Nessy Learning Programme Deluxe

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Product Names: Nessy Learning Programme Deluxe
Manufacturer/Publisher: Nessy

Nessy Learning Programme is an interactive literacy development suite to encourage positive, independent, learning for pupils of all ages

Nessy Learning has been developed at the Bristol Dyslexia Centre and is designed for pupils of all ages and abilities to learn how to read, write and spell confidently. It is also ideal for teachers who need to provide a complete literacy scheme for dyslexic students.

The new Nessy Learning Programme Deluxe won the Education Resources Award (ERA) 2010 in the category of "Special Educational Needs Resources or Equipment - Involving ICT".

Nessy's humorous approach combines structured incremental phonics linked with language, writing skills and vocabulary development, to create an highly effective multisensory learning environment; which is both fun and effective.

Students take on more responsibility for their own learning with encouragement to mark their own work. They quickly get involved in monitoring their own record-keeping and progress. Their efforts are rewarded with Nessy Nuggets, which can be spent at an interactive Fairground. This game-based learning approach has proved extremely effective for motivating learners and building self-esteem.

Time saving resources for teachers include: guided lesson plans, teaching tips and strategies, as well as integrated planning, monitoring, record keeping and assessments.

Nessy provides a comprehensive resource of learning material to enable the pupil to practise the same skill in many different ways, so there is little chance of getting bored.

New Features of Nessy Learning Programme:

Integrated electronic record keeping with group monitoring

Users create their own profile and all progress is automatically saved

10 new games include titles such as Jig Sore, to build up phonemes, and Chimp Fu, for syllable division

25 animated rules

120 lesson plans with strategies for learning

70 animated phonemes

Library of interactive mnemonics and word endings

40 interactive worksheets

Provided a teaching manual full of information about dyslexia and how to use Nessy's resources

Interactive comic explains 'What's it like being dyslexic?'

The Fair - 9 games to maintain motivation

Lessons for Punctuation, Thinking Skills and Past Tense

Revision games linked to printable certificates

Improved Features:

5000 words and many more sentences all professionally re-recorded
Favourite games have been recreated and improved so that timer is an option
Extended early stage resources
Facility to record and play games with your own words
Every worksheet has been recreated and every illustration redrawn
Worksheets and card games display in a carousel (Mac style cover flow)

You will need:

Windows XP/Vista/7
RAM (Memory) 512MB (XP), 1024MB (Vista/7)
Processor 1.6Ghz (XP), 1.8Ghz (Vista/7)
Space 1GB (2.5GB for installation)
Video Card 64MB
Requires Adobe PDF Reader 9

N.B. The single user version is a CD Rom, however the network versions comes on a DVD, but a CD version can be supplied if requested.

Writing Support

Software support for students with dyslexia in FE and HE Colleges

Spell Checkers - Feature Comparison Chart

The Accuracy of Electronic Spell Checkers for Dyslexic Learners

Comments and Reviews

“This programme is an intuitive and engaging resource aimed at analysing the specific learning needs of dyslexic children. It is immediately obvious what the programme’s objectives are through the multi-media explanation that plays when the programme is opened. This is an excellent pupil-friendly analytical tool, enabling pupils to self-diagnose and address specific learning needs. The comic book explanation of how it feels to be dyslexic is superb, making children realise that dyslexia is not their fault, nor related to their potential to do well in life after school.” (Comments from the Judges for the winning entry for the Education Resources Award 2010 under the category "Special Educational Needs Resources or Equipment - Involving ICT".)

'This is great - it doesn't feel like work!' (Jamie, dyslexic student)

'The kids love it because of the games and funny characters. They actually don't realise they are learning!' (Specialist Teacher of dyslexic pupils)

'A brilliant teaching and learning tool.' (Susanne Davidson, Teacher - quoted in www.schoolzone.co.uk);

'Nessy is the best literacy resource I have come across in over 20 years of teaching.' (Stuart Pattison, Teacher - in teem.org.uk/2247)