Reading Readiness Approx. RA: 5 - 6
This course helps build language and conceptual skills to prepare students to learn to read. It comprises 35 hours of courseware and strands that develop 36 essential reading skills. Student exercises are continuously reviewed and individualised. Supports emerging literacy with engaging interactivity.

Initial Reading Approx. RA: 6 - 8
Initial Reading develops comprehension, vocabulary and word analysis. Following on from the Reading Readiness Course, students learn letter identification, patterns, phonics and sight words. Joins content and colourful animated graphics to help students develop strong skills.

First Adventures Bookshelf Approx. RA: 5 - 7+
This course supports reading, writing and speaking development in young learners. It consists of 16 children's books filled with interactive opportunities in a multi-media setting. Students can read and hear unfamiliar words in sentences. They can click on unfamiliar words to access glossary definitions or on a picture to see and hear identifying labels. New post reading comprehension activities can be immediately and automatically tracked. This can be used as a shared book.

Reading Adventures Primary Approx. RA: 5 - 6+
A literature based reading and language arts course for young learners. It uses multi-media, text, graphics, audio, video and animation – to engage, motivate and teach beginning readers. Grounded in educational research, it provides instruction, but also offers opportunities for personal responses to the literature through speaking, writing and drawing activities. Illustrated glossary, online lesson journal, text to speech to provide audio feedback on what student writes, story painter, integrated drawing and writing tool that includes writing activities.

Readers Workshop Approx. RA: 7 - 13
With more than 12,000 activities, this major course supplements the classroom reading programme by promoting reading and critical thinking skills in a multimedia environment. Two of the strands, Passage Comprehension and Thematic Lessons develop integrated and content area reading. Five additional strands contain courseware that develop and apply specific skills in a variety of reading contexts.

Reading Adventures Approx. RA: 8 -11
Reading Adventures includes more than 100 award winning multicultural titles. Online writing activities are integrated before, during and after reading. Students can use online writing tools to organise their thoughts and improve writing skills. Teachers can build lessons around themes or subjects making it easy to integrate the courseware with other classroom activities.

Reading Investigations Approx. RA: 11 -14
This course develops content-area reading by guiding students through challenging literature selections from over 100 books. Fiction and non-fiction are used to help students build comprehension and thinking skills, develop reading strategies and extend their vocabularies. Strategy lessons show students how to become more proficient readers through analysis of content and theme. Writing activities are integrated throughout the reading lessons.

Discover English Approx. RA: 5 - 8
70 hours of courseware designed to help students acquire necessary English language skills so they can begin functioning successfully within the school and the larger community and to build early literacy skills. Develops English language proficiency through a range of classic children’s literature from poems, stories, chants and folk songs, to multicultural folk tales, it is designed to teach English and reading skills in a meaningful content. Interdisciplinary topics such as health, plants, animals and maths skills help students to make connections in their learning. Extensive audio use in courseware and glossary.

Spelling Skills Approx. RA: 7 -14
With over 3200 words in this module graded by year, it comprises three activities, quiz, word study and learning games. Spelling skills uses picture and word animations, contains audio and online help and also a sophisticated error analysis system. It’s purpose is to develop spelling skills by combing practice, tutoring and learning games. It helps students achieve spelling mastery.

Writer’s Studio Y3 - 9
A process focussed writing programme with instruction, activities, tools and resources. It provides guidance at all stages of the writing process – pre-write, draft, revise, proof-read and publish with hundreds of writing and publishing ideas and unique project planning tools. More than 100 writing assignments based on ideas, topics, starters, videos and books. Detailed publishing ideas for sending, producing or performing. Student checklists for draft revise and proof-read.

Story Painter Y1 - 6+
This is an age appropriate drawing and writing tool. It motivates young learners to write and illustrate their writing ( or vice-versa) by providing intuitive icons and tools that little fingers can easily use. Simple clicks, drags and drops fill the paint area with appropriate backgrounds and delightful animated characters. It is seamlessly integrated into Reading Adventures Primary to help emerging writers make the connections to reading. Text to speech in children’s voices, sound effects, word-bank from RAP, numerals and maths symbols to support maths.