| The pupils at our school in Hampshire absolutely | | | | product covers many learning objectives. It is a |
| adore these literacy based computer games. | | | | standalone product but could be incorporated into |
| They spend much of their free time playing the | | | | word, sentence and text level literacy work and is |
| games in order that their Nessy can grow and | | | | a brilliant teaching and learning tool. Colleagues |
| grow. Many of the children have bought the | | | | have used the resource and they are all in |
| games CD to use at home because they are able | | | | agreement regarding its value. |
| to put their weekly spelling lists onto the games. | | | | There are many learning strategies and |
| The literacy programme is an interactive, | | | | mnemonics used through the product to help |
| multimedia resource that teaches children of all | | | | children learn and remember difficult spellings and |
| abilities and ages to learn to read write and spell. | | | | root word extensions. The 'Monster Words' |
| The children at Chiltern have gained confidence | | | | proved very useful highlighting the difficult spellings |
| and they have great enthusiasm for all the games | | | | 'ought' and 'aught' with mnemonics to aid memory |
| and resources. There are 120 lessons which follow | | | | whilst prefixes and suffixes are also focussed |
| a structured, phonic approach and all the lessons | | | | upon in detail through the Heads and Tails |
| are supported by printable card games, activity | | | | activities. Printed work is of a good standard, in |
| sheets, mnemonics and computer games. Simply | | | | colour, with choices for how to use the card |
| put, Nessy provides a fun way to learn. | | | | games. There were no glitches with the program, |
| The programme is based on ten islands. These | | | | installation and navigation was extremely easy and |
| islands represent ten levels of achievement. Each | | | | the children were using it within minutes. |
| island has ten lessons which come with | | | | Literacy games for school and home |
| worksheets, card games, interactive games and | | | | The games CD is full of exciting games, excellent |
| simple stories. We use all of these resources | | | | for children who need extra help with spelling and |
| which help the children to develop specific skills in | | | | reading and is Ideal for home use. |
| reading, spelling and auditory processing.Our | | | | The literacy games can be used by children |
| classroom teachers didn't require specialist training | | | | without teacher or parent supervision and can be |
| as assessment activities direct them to the | | | | used to provide support for the Nessy Learning |
| appropriate starting point for individual students. | | | | Programme. Nessy GamesPlayer follows a |
| Recording sheets can be printed off for | | | | storyline where skills improve as they grow and |
| completion and learning is cross referenced. The | | | | keep their own pet Nessy. |