[senco-forum] Was Nessy, now other games

From: mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com

I also make LOADS of games by setting up tables in Word and printing the
words I want in 36 point font onto 160gsm pastel-coloured card and cutting
it up along the lines. That way you don't even need to buy the cards from
LDA. 

How does your time bingo work? Do you say the times and he has to identify
them on his card?

Mary

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From: WrayJanice Wray [mailto:jwwray14 at hotmail.com] 
Sent: 03 November 2007 13:44
To: Mary Kelly; 'chris white'; 'senco forum'
Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Was Nessy, now other games

Yes, I agree with you Mary here - I have loads of home made games which I
made when teaching dyslexics in a dyslexia centre and the ones you tailor
for them are really always good value - I have just made a game of Bingo
about time with a Yr 9 lad - so far we're doing the hour, quarter past and
to and half past - then we'll go on to 5 mins past etc - and so we are
making the game together with what he needs to practise and reinfoce so far
- then we'll add the other time telling bits as we go - he'll finish up with
a game he can take home if he wants to - sometimes time consuming but well
worth it. All you need are bits of card and those little blank playing cards
from LDA I think.
Janice 

Janice Wray Secondary SENCO, Herts

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> From: mary.kelly4 at ntlworld.com
> To: chris19251 at blueyonder.co.uk; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] Was Nessy, now other games
> Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2007 12:36:22 +0000
> CC: 
> 
> Also, the Crossbow games often come in a downloadable form quite cheaply
so
> you an make them up yourself. And don't forget GAMZ, which are fantastic
> because you can differentiate so carefully with them, to the precise
> spelling and reading patterns you want. Although these games are designed
to
> play as card games, if you want to include spelling you can use them as
> source material for "Read and Spell" games such as the one someone
described
> recently. I have a variety of home-made boards (made using Word and images
> from Google images) so that I can indulge each child's obsession. For
> example, on one board if you land on a Dalek you have to read a word and
if
> you land on a Cyberman you have to spell it. The pieces are Dr Who and his
> current assistant, printed, laminated and cut out. I have another that
looks
> like a big spider's web, and the pieces are plastic creepy-crawlies. And
so
> on and so on ...
> Mary
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of chris white
> Sent: 03 November 2007 11:47
> To: 'senco forum'
> Subject: RE: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme
> 
> You've made some good points Kate,
> I've got a low boredom threshold! Consequently I like to use a combination
> of Nessy, Word Shark, Starspell, and also to 'dip in' to the hundreds of
> free games that can be found on the internet.
> For example the 'Starword' game for commonly used words on the BBC website
> is great. I also like the R and R spelling that has recently been
> recommended....and all this week everyone has been playing Halloween
Hangman
> as recommended on here. That not only taught the Halloween words but also
> reinforced the alphabet!
> For card games in my opinion the Crossbow take a lot of beating.
Incidently
> a couple of years ago I asked Bob Hext from Crossbow to come and do a
> training day for the support assistants on Dyslexia and on using games to
> teach literacy skills and he was very good. (And no I don't have a
> commercial interest!) 
> Chris
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk
> [mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Kate Barnes
> Sent: 03 November 2007 09:12
> To: Ruth Wilkinson
> Cc: 'senco forum'
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme
> 
> This is well discussed on the forum, but I know the archives can be tricky
> to access. Try using this link.
> http://lists.becta.org.uk/pipermail/senco-forum/
> I do like Nessy, but you do need to think how and what you want to use a
> programme for. Children in groups? in classroom, with support?
> independently?
> Nessy is great to provide variety, and you get loads of card/ worksheets
> games as well. However....
> The card games and sheets are very repetitative.
> Nessy cannot be "locked down" like wordshark to limit access to certain
> games and wordlists
> You cannot view children's errors etc like you can in wordshark
> The games are more fun/better graphics than wordshark, but less time is
> spent actually reading /spelling.
> Nessy has far fewer games than Wordshark, although the Nessy games are
great
> fun I have found kids get bored with some of them, very quickly,
> particularly at the lower levels. In contrast there are so many games in
> wordshark that, although kids dont like certain games, they can always
find
> another.
> I had wordshark, and found Nessy well worth the money as an addition - as
> much for the phonic card games/sheets as the computer games.
> But...I would always want wordshark first....
> (can I have my commision now Rik!)
> Kate
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ruth Wilkinson <ruth at ruthwilkinson.f9.co.uk>
> To: senco-forum new <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>
> Sent: Thursday, 13 September, 2007 5:27:23 PM
> Subject: [senco-forum] nessy learning programme
> 
> Has anyone used the Nessy Learning programme? The demo disc looks good and
> it would be nice to have an alternative to Wordshark but I'd like to be
sure
> it's worth it before I try to persuade the head to buy it.
> 
> Ruth W
> 
> 
> 
> 

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