SUMS continue Appily
5th Jan 2012

SUMS continue to release Apps (now 11) and to see them used in school pilots across the UK. If you have an iPad or iPhone project etc we are happy to gift you your first Apps. Just email your project details to David on the contact email addresses found elsewhere on this website.

Irish Government puts SUMS Maths in its Irish Speaking Schools
14th Jan 2011

After an extensive trial period the Irish Government has agreed to put the SUMS Maths Online Service, in its Gaelic version, into all of its schools that use Gaelic as a first language. The agreement is for an initial three years. SUMS works in partnership with local publisher Gill and MacMillan.

NB SUMS also has a great Welsh language version and would be delighted if the Welsh government wanted to do something similar...

Learn Your Tables Worldwide
28th Dec 2010

SUMS are delighted to release the new version of their popular free to web Times Tables website www.learnyourtables.co.uk in ten languages, with nine more planned within the month. Language versions include Polish, Spanish, German, Chinese, and Russian.

The plan is to offer this free facility, which is designed to work well on the new generation of touchscreen smartphones and tablets, in as many language versions as can be achieved.

SUMS goes App
18th Dec 2010

SUMS are delighted to have had their fifth App accepted for the Apple iTunes App store, for use on iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. To see them search the iTunes App store for "SUMS Online", or visit our dedicated Numeracy App website.

The SUMS team is working hard to provide many more of its 100+ activities in App store form, building on a long tradition of leading handheld educational solutions.

London Borough of Newham selects SUMS Maths
18th Aug 2010

Thirty Newham Schools are adding SUMS Maths to their VLE in a major project, as SUMS increases its profile in London. The London Borough of Haringey has already put SUMS Maths onto Fronter for use by all Primary Schools.

Wolverhampton Learning2Go Handheld Project confirms value of SUMS Maths
11th May 2010

The latest report on the Wolverhampton Learning2Go Mobile learning initiative analyses six years of work. You can get a copy at http://www.learning2go.org/ You will first need to navigate to the downloads page. See the full report "Learning2Go Phase4 Comparitive Evaluation Full Report" This has many references to SUMS use, not least at East Park Infants, and including the high rating given to SUMS Maths by pupils of Long Knowle Primary School.

Bury Local Authority selects SUMS Maths for RM Kaleidos
12th February 2010

Bury have taken SUMS Maths for all of their Primary Schools, to aid the rollout of the popular Kaleidos VLE during 2010 and beyond. SUMS Maths is easy for teachers to use in the classroom, and is known to be able to tempt reluctant teachers to logon for the first time.

Bradford Local Authority puts SUMS Maths on all Primary School Learning Platforms
15th January 2010

Bradford have selected SUMS Maths as a key software package to be provided as standard to all of their Primary Schools. Bradford use SERCO Skillspace as their platform. Bradford first used SUMS Maths on handheld and netbook projects, an area where they are one of the national leaders.

London Borough of Haringey selects SUMS Maths for Fronter
9th November 2009

Haringey have selected SUMS Maths as a software package that will be provided as standard to all of their Primary Schools. Haringey use Fronter as their platform, and see SUMS Maths as a key part of their plan for introducing the benefits of VLE use to their 60+ Primary schools. They are the first London local authority to purchase an authority wide licence.

Warwickshire selects SUMS Maths for RM Kaleidos Learning Platform
14th October 2009

Warwickshire County Council have selected SUMS Maths as a software package that will be provided as standard to all of their Primary and Secondary Schools. Warwickshire use RM Kaleidos as their platform, and have been trialling SUMS Maths for some time. The rollout to more than 150 Primary and Secondary schools will begin this autumn.

Blackburn with Darwen selects SUMS Maths for UniServity Learning Platform
10th October 2009

Blackburn with Darwen Council have selected SUMS Maths as a software package that will be provided as standard to all of their 50+ Primary Schools as they introduce UniServity. Blackburn are also a leading local authority in the use of mobile devices and handheld games consoles like the Sony PSP in education (case study). SUMS Maths is of course always a core software element on those platforms.

Nottingham City selects SUMS Maths for its Sharepoint based Learning Platform
1st September 2009

Nottingham City have selected SUMS Maths as one of only two core software packages to be provided as standard to all Primary and Secondary Schools using their new Learning Platform. The rollout to approximately 100 schools will begin this autumn, and SUMS Maths will be the friendly, easy to use, but curriculum rich software package that will help schools when they are learning to use the Learning Platform.

Dudley selects SUMS Maths for World Leading Multi-Platform Project
30th July 2009

Dudley Council have selected SUMS Maths as a key software package that will be provided as standard to all of their Primary Schools, to be delivered both through their Learning Platforms, StudyWiz and Kaleidos, and on a range of mobile devices, not least the RM Minibook (ASUS eeePC) and Nokia 810 tablets. Dudley have many thousands of handheld devices in Primary Schools and are one of ony two or three local authorities in the UK as advanced in their deployment of technology in schools.

Buckinghamshire schools go for SUMS Maths for Moodle
6th July 2009

Moodle is the open-source Learning Platform that is used by a large proportion of UK schools. Buckinghamshire are the most advanced local authority in introducing Moodle into their schools. We are therefore delighted that SUMS Maths has been selected as one of the first curriculum packages to be bought for Moodle on an LA wide licence. SUMS Maths and Moodle work very well together.

Black Country Challenge schools go SUMS Multi-Platform.
15th March 2009

SUMS Maths has been adopted by lead schools in four Black Country local authorities in an exciting project sponsored by Black Country Creative Partnerships. The sixteen schools involved have been provided with the full SUMS Maths Multi-platform solution that gives them access to SUMS Maths on all of their network, at home using Learning Platform delivered SCORM versions, and on a wide range of handheld platforms such as Sony PSPs, ASUS eeePCs, Windows Mobile devices and Nokia 810s.

Oxfordshire schools go for SUMS Maths on their VLE.
5th February 2009

Oxfordshire have selected SUMS Maths as a leading curriculum software package to go across their 230 schools. Oxfordshire use RM's Kaleidos Learning Platform. SUMS Maths was supplied in SCORM format - a standard that allows students and teachers to use SUMS Maths online in the most powerful way to deliver individualised learning.