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Blackburn, the Redeemer C E Primary School were among the first 20 schools in the country to collect a new award: the ICT mark, the new quality mark for ICT in schools. The presentation was made during the annual BETT exhibition at London’s Olympia.

Photograph and more details will be uploaded to http://www.elearningbwd.net/news in the very near future.

BETT is the annual showcase for all that is new in ICT and the best in hardware and software also receives awards. This year’s winners were:

English Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Winner: Longman Digitexts: Feargal Fly Private Eye – Pearson Education
Highly Commended: Interactive Literacy: Multimedia Reading – Harcourt Education Ltd

English Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
Winner: Stagework: National Theatre

Maths Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Joint Winner: EducationCity.com – EducationCity.com Ltd
Joint Winner: Maths-Whizz Teachers’ Resource – Whizz Education

Maths Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
Winner: The Mathematical Toolkit – Intel IT Innovation Centre

Science Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
Winner: Simulation Explorer – Granada Learning

Science Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4
Winner: Graphical Logger Pack – Data Harvest
Highly Commended: Logger Pro 3 – Vernier Software & Technology

Early Years and Primary Software, Content, and Tools
Winner: 2Create A Story – 2Simple Software
Highly Commended: 2Animate – 2Simple Software

Secondary Software, Content, and Tools
Winner: MediaStage – Immersive Education

Early Years and Primary Hardware
Winner: Bee-Bot – TTS Group Ltd

Secondary Hardware
Winner: Graphical Logger Pack – Data Harvest

Learning and Skills Software, Hardware, Content, and Tools
Winner: AEP (Accelerated Electronics Programme) – LJ Group Ltd
Highly Commended: Making movies make sense – Media Education Wales
Highly Commended: Odyssey: Matter in Motion – Fable Multimedia Ltd

Early Years, Primary, and Secondary Special Educational Needs Hardware
Winner: Magnilink S Series: MLS Student – Professional Vision Services

Supporting School Management
Winner: Text Someone – Truancy Call Ltd

For more details see: http://bettawards.co.uk/