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If youve looked in the iPad App Store youll know that theres a bewildering array of apps available. This list attempts to identify a few tried and tested ones that work in primary schools. The list is also about identifying core, open ended, creative, productivity apps that support the Computing (ICT) Curriculum (organised to match headings in the Herefordshire Primary ICT Progression, altered slightly to match the new 2014 Computing curriculum). A shaded background in the description column is to indicate what we consider to be the core apps for this particular area. If there is a white background these apps are nice to have. In addition to the apps listed here there are, of course, thousands that are great for supporting discrete aspects of primary curriculum. A great place to begin looking for such apps is www.apps4primaryschools.co.uk, but youll find plenty of other places. Please contact us (details at the bottom) for more help with integrating iPads into the classroom. Dont forget that Apples volume purchasing agreement means that once you buy 20 copies of any app the price drops by half. For more information on anything below, click on the app icon and youll be taken to the iStore where you can read the official blurb and, if youre on an iPad / iPod / iPhone, download the app.
EYFS
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KS2
A great little app for EYFS and KS1. Best to use it in challenge mode first where five simple challenges teach children how to use it. After that, free-play mode allows them to set their own challenges. Based on simple Logo programming and great for EYFS / KS1
Hopscotch HD (free)
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Inspired by MITs Scratch. Program your own games, animations and apps. A follow on from Daisy the Dinosaur.
Cargo-Bot (free)
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A bit of a brain teaser - a puzzle game where you teach a robot how to move crates. Its based on programming and is a good introduction to coding
EYFS
KS1
KS2
This is not an app and you wont find it in the App Store. It works well on an iPad and is an excellent resource for teaching the programming elements of the 2014 Computing curriculum. More at www.espressocoding.co.uk
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KS1
KS2
Two programs in one really. At its most simple level you can create using reflections to create a kaleidoscope effect. You can then move on to use a Logo type programming language to program these kinds of drawings using routines that are already built for you (in MirrorPaint Lite). Pay for the full version and you are able to use Logo programming language to create your own.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Free for all iPads registered after 03/09/2013. 6.99 for older iPads. An essential app. The big daddy of them all, this is the app version of Apples main word processor with parallels to Microsoft Word. Most things are possible as well as a vast array of sharing options.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A fantastic app for primary use. Children can easily create and share (via iBooks) a simple or much more complex book which immediately looks professional. Multimedia elements can be included: pictures from the camera roll, sounds recorded directly into the iPad (great for narrating their work) and video (existing or recorded live). Sharing options are great and as an added bonus you can compile books (as long as they are the same size).
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Free for all iPads registered after 03/09/2013. 6.99 for older iPads. Key Note is the Apple equivalent of Microsofts PowerPoint and is part of the Apple iWork suite. Well worth having.
msanderson@herefordshire.gov.uk
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Comic Life is a cross platform program that has been available for some while. As its name suggests it is primarily designed to create comic style publications but it is ideal for all kinds of things especially creating instruction texts, explanations etc. Pictures can be imported from the camera roll or taken live, so its great for experiment write ups, for example.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A good planning tool. This app produces mind maps. Its good on an interactive whiteboard as a collaborative tool.
EYFS
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KS2
These are great apps and there are currently 8 titles available free of charge. They are essentially e-books with interactive sound and animation built in. There is also the facility to record your own response onto each page and even to create your own pages using the characters from the story. An excellent compliment to the printed books but a must have anyway! Just search for Big Cat in the App Store to find them all.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
This is intended as an interactive whiteboard tool. It allows users to record almost anything and share it (text, annotations, sound, video, images ..) but its good as an art tool with added extras. Its also a great tool for capturing explanations, working methods, thinking etc from children.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A good free app a fairly basic drawing / paining tool, includes different pen effects, stamps and some rather fun stencils. Backgrounds can also be used, either from the range of effects built into the app or from the iPads camera roll.
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A high powered app for KS2, it pretty much takes up where Doodle Buddy (above) leaves off. It has a good range of drawing tools and supports layers. Not for the feint hearted though!
Pic Jointer
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Allows you to combine photos together into a collage using a range of configurable templates. Easy to use. Pictures can be cropped, frames can be rescaled. Finished results can be used in other apps etc.
msanderson@herefordshire.gov.uk
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A really simple interface that is a delight to use, allowing children to get on and create. Offers a range of drawing / painting tools and different paper. Its the next best thing to real paint!
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A great tool for creating 2D animations. Children place characters, or themselves into imaginary situations using backgrounds in the app or captured using the camera. They then act out their scene with speech all of which is recorded. There is a free version of this app with limited characters / backgrounds.
Puppet Pals 2: All Areas (2.99) EYFS KS1 KS2 Similar to above but contains a different range of characters / backgrounds and has even more functionality, including the facility to be able to pose characters by moving arms / legs etc. There is a free version of this app with limited characters / backgrounds. Animation Creator HD Express (free) Lego Super Heroes Movie Maker (free) EYFS KS1 KS2
A really easy app to use as long as you can manage to keep the iPad completely still as you create the project. You dont have to use Lego characters. Its easy to create an animation then there are special effects, annotations, music etc. that you can add. Finished projects are exported to the camera roll. This is an iPhone app so make sure youre looking in the right place in the App Store (works on the iPad)
Videoscribe (2.99)
EYFS
KS1
KS2
A good tool for producing animated titles etc for films. Type in the text, import pictures and an animated hand with a choice of drawing tools draws the title in an animated form
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Great fun, animate any photograph (of yourself, from the camera or one youve downloaded / imported). Make the eyes and mouth move and record speech to make your character talk. Finished products can be saved to the camera roll and then imported into other video projects etc.
msanderson@herefordshire.gov.uk
Croak.it! (free)
EYFS
KS1
KS2
Worth every penny. The number one app for music composition. Its also good for podcasting (with a few easy tweaks)
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Designed to work with LabDisc, an expensive datalogger, but will log motion and sound levels using sensors built into the iPad.
Numbers (free / 6.99) EYFS KS1 KS2 Free for all iPads registered after 03/09/2013. 6.99 for older iPads. Numbers is a spreadsheet app - Apples equivalent to Microsofts Excel and the app is specifically designed for a tablet, of course. An essential app for KS2 especially now that its free.
msanderson@herefordshire.gov.uk