SUMS Inner City
7th April 2008

SUMS Online has been awarded contracts to provide SUMS Maths to two local authorities with problem inner city schools. More than 100 Primary schools in Bristol and Leicester have been provided with SUMS Maths as part of strategic action led by their CLCs to improve standards. All schools have been provided with locally installed copies for in-school use, and Home Edition CDs for pupils revising for their SATS. Leicester has also been provided with a full SCORM implementation on their Fronter Learning Platform (VLE) so that schools and teachers can gain web access on demand.

Free SCORM compliant Maths Showcase for VLE released
18th February 2008

SUMS have packaged up the 8 sample resources from the Playground area of the www.sums.co.uk website into a Maths Showcase pack. This is available free of charge as demonstration material to anyone running a VLE/Learning Platform. Simply email david@sums.co.uk with your details and we will email you the pack. The full set of 85 resources is, of course, also available in SCORM compliant form for VLEs like RM Kaleidos, StudyWiz, Fronter, Microsoft Sharepoint Learning Kit (SLK) and Moodle.

BETT 2008 - SUMS Maths and Phonics on eeePC 'a major success'.
12th January 2008

The SUMS stand was one of the busiest of the show, with people excited by the ASUS eeePC/RM Minibook now looking for educational software. SUMS Maths and SUMS Phonics work beautifully on the ASUS, and buyers from across the UK and abroad flocked to the SUMS stand to get their full working demonstration copies.

SUMS on eeePC launched
20th November 2007

SUMS are delighted to announce that both SUMS Maths and Handheld Phonics are now available for the ASUS eeePC (RM Minibook). The ASUS sub-£200 laptop is going to be a major hit with schools, and SUMS have become the first major educational software supplier to make its software work locally on the ASUS - no need to be online all the time.

SUMS on PSP retail product launched
15th October 2007

SUMS maths games for the Sony Play Station Portable (PSP) are now available on the web at www.sumsfun.co.uk . The retail packs will also soon be available from retail outlets. The software is provided on a 256 memory stick and works with all PSP models. Schools are already using SUMS on PSPs within the classroom, and the demand from parents for a home version triggered the development of the retail product.

SUMS launch of HANDHELD PHONICS Synthetic Phonics Software at HL07
12th October 2007

SUMS Online Ltd and Synthetic Phonics Ltd launch Synthetic Phonics software to support classroom teachers using Interactive Whiteboards to teach reading skills. Key feature is that software is also available in a handheld version for PDAs and PSPs to enable children to continue learning at home. See www.syntheticphonics.co.uk for more information. (HL07 is the short name for the annual Handheld Learning event).

SUMS to be available in medium of Irish
21st August 2007

SUMS have been awarded a contract to translate all 80 of our core mathematics activities into an Irish language version. SUMS Online is working with Dublin based companies Carroll Education and Intelligent Learning Solutions Ltd to ensure that we achieve the highest quality translation possible.

SUMS in Welsh Language final release
17th May 2007

At last, the final release of the complete Welsh language translation of the core SUMS games and activities for KS1 and KS2. We are extremely grateful to all of the people who have helped us iron out the remaining language issues, and hope that the Symiau set of games and activities will make a real contribution to mathematics education in Wales. If you are an existing customer with an earlier version of our software, please email support@sums.co.uk and we will arrange for you to receive the final release at no additional charge.