iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
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Core Apps (which incorporate multiple KLAs)
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Word processing app with templates included. Add text, images and
shapes. Format using pre-set or own styles and fonts.
Pages
Numbers
Keynote
Google Sheets
Google Docs
Google Slides
School A to Z
Doceri
Educreations
Nearpod
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Spreadsheet app with templates included. Add tables, charts, text, and
images. Touch and drag your finger to reorder columns and rows and to
resize tables. Double-tap a cell to bring up the keyboard that helps you
enter text, formulas dates etc. Add column, bar, scatter, and bubble
charts.
Create presentations on the iPad. Add charts, transitions and animations.
Present full-screen view. Compose texts on iPad; email and share links;
introduce and consolidate learning. Present an idea or concept.
Create new spreadsheets or edit any that were created on the web or on
another device. Share spreadsheets and work together with others in the
same spreadsheet at the same time. Open, edit, and save Microsoft Excel
files.
Create new documents or edit any that were created on the web or on
another device. Share documents and work together with others in the
same document at the same time. Open, edit, and save Microsoft Word
files.
Create new presentations or edit any that were created on the web or on
another device. Share presentations and work together with others in the
same presentation at the same time. Open, edit, and save Microsoft
PowerPoint files.
Provides dictionary of terms for English, Maths and technology. Produced
by the NSW Department of Education and Communities to helps parent to
understand homework. Includes Spelling Bee game and Maths Monkey
Times Tables game.
Movie / lesson / presentation creator. Create a lesson or presentation,
insert images, save and edit projects and record a screencast video to
save or share.
Create video stories, lessons, recounts, explanations. Record and replay
your voice, handwriting and drawings. Add photos from the iPad camera,
Photo Albums or the Web.
Create content for students to view on their own iPad (with wifi)  create
quizzes and assessment tasks for students to answer  must have
teacher account to create and share. Free accounts have limited storage school and paid accounts available.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
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Core Apps (which incorporate multiple KLAs)
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Skoolbo is a literacy, maths and language game for 4 to 12-year-olds.
Games include 3D worlds, individualised avatars and a reward system.
Student achievement is assessed to adjust numeracy and literacy
Skoolbo
questions, providing a balance of revision, practice and new learning.
The Sorting
Machine
Counting with the
Very Hungry
Caterpillar
Futaba
Chipotle
Scarecrow
ES1 / S1
Sort shapes, colours and numbers. Arrange items in the correct order.
Activities include:
 matching number to item
 matching fruit name to picture
Up to 4 students can cooperatively play a variety of games on one iPad.
The game begins as images and questions spin into the playing area. The
first player to answer correctly scores a point. Win 3 rounds and earn a
Futaba (a small ‘seedling’).
Game where you collect crates by tilting iPad in direction in which you
need to run, deliver to dock.
Game: directional pursuit game with obstacles in the way. many
mathematical skills can be practised while playing!
Temple Run
Students and teachers can create videos to tell stories, explain ideas, or
document their learning.
Puppet Edu
Seesaw
Piiig Labs
Hungry Caterpillar
Sticker Book
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In Seesaw, students can create a digital portfolio of what they are learning
at school. They can use photos, videos, drawings, text notes, links or
PDFs to show what they know.
Piiig Labs Science Experiments allows students to explore science
concepts, by putting together mini projects and learning through
interaction and sometimes trial and error. By being “hands on” in the
building process, kids get an inside look at how things work!
Create roleplay scenes, by dragging and placing stickers onto a range of
backgrounds.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Literacy Apps
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Rocket Speller
Bluster
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Students drag letters to match spelling words. Need to stress with
students that they must spell word in correct order, rather than just drag
letters to position.
Fun game to develop vocabulary and word understanding. Learn and
practise word skills, match rhyming words, prefixes and suffixes,
synonyms, homophones, adjectives and more.
Fun word puzzle. Swipe your finger in any direction to create words from
the jumbled puzzle  earn points (and trophies).
Word Scramble
Order words within sentences. Includes questions in expanded versions.
Sentence Builder
Practise instant recall of high frequency words (from Dolch List) to
improve reading fluency. Add own word lists.
Sight Words
One Minute
Reader
Timed Reading
Lite
Spelling City
rED Writing Learn to Write
Structured reading program which helps to improve fluency, vocabulary
and comprehension. Contains interesting, nonfiction stories.
Sample stories of different levels to practise fluency and comprehension.
Able to track stories read, words per minute, percent above or below
average reading rates, and what's next on the reading list. In-app
purchases of additional texts available.
Learn spelling and vocabulary words by playing games. Premium
membership available at a cost.
App for learning the alphabet and numbers. Practising writing letters and
numbers  trace, copy lower and upper case letters and numbers.
(Screen froze when accessing “Shake for a letter”.)
Flashcard drill to teach and practise phonic awareness. Recorded sounds
help students recognise and distinguish words and sounds.
Phonics Genius
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Literacy Apps
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Eye Movement
Training
Letter Quiz
Montessori
Crosswords
Little Writer
Read Naturally
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Follow the moving object by rolling eyeball only to improve the eye
muscle usage. Background colour and object's appearance can be
changed. Speed and size of object are adjustable.
Free version (up to letter “h”) to develop recognition of letters, uppercase
and lowercase matching, letter identification quiz and letter tracing (some
letters not identical formation to NSW Foundation Style font).
Tool for phonics and spelling. Useful for Stage 1 as support for Jolly
Phonics. Focus on sounds for specific learning.
Trace the path of letters, numbers 1 to 10, basic shapes and 3 and 4
letter words. Add own words and pictures (some letters not identical
formation to NSW Foundation Style font).
Structured reading program to help students develop reading fluency,
comprehension, vocabulary and phonics. Must have current paid account
to access – teacher assessment plots students at appropriate level.
Improve fine motor skills  pinch to help with grip.
ES1, S1.
Pinch Peeps
Create story books containing photos, videos, text, and audio.
Story Creator
Sky Fish
Sky Fish Phonics is a fun game which guides students through phonic
recognition at their own pace. Includes progression through letter
recognition, letter-sound correspondence, reading consonant-vowelconsonant (CVC) word groups, and word building (substituting individual
sounds in CVC words to build new words). Recommended Ages: 4-6
Find the matching pairs on multiple levels. Helps to train memory and
improve observation skills!
Pairs
Book Creator
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Create your own books by adding text, photos and images. Add video and
music, and record your voice. Choose from multiple fonts and portrait,
landscape or square book sizes.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Numeracy Apps
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Numbers Memory
Match!
Oh No Fractions
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App is a good teaching tool for number identification and counting skills.
Activities include card matching game (with narration), fun music and
positive feedback. Can turn off in-app purchases and promotional buttons.
Provides visual example of written fractions. Straight comparison to more
complicated operations. Play and test your knowledge of fractions.
Compare, add, subtract, multiply and divide two fractions.
Estimate the decimal equivalent for fractions.
Coop Fractions
Fractions
Includes lessons with visual models and audio narration, practice
questions, manipulative section for hands-on discovery learning and
challenge games to test understanding. Suitable for ages 9-14.
Students solve puzzles to create given pictures using tangram pieces.
Tanzen Lite
Stretch bands around pegs to form lines and shapes. Explore perimeter,
area, angles, congruence, fractions and more.
Geoboard
MathBug
TVOKids Hop
Frog Hop
Number Lines
10 Frame Fill
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Fun app which teaches students to count, add and subtract. Animations
keep children focused as they learn. For the beginner levels, there is also
a visual hint to help students count to the correct answer. Once students
get a sufficient number of correct answers, the app will automatically
advance to the next level.
Visual memory game to copy the movement / position of frog. 16 levels of
difficulty.
App can be used for a variety of purposes including simple counting, to
make jumps or leaps, to model addition and subtraction, for students to
demonstrate their thinking visually, to practise skip counting and to
demonstrate simple multiples.
App helps children practise number combinations to 10. Set the 10 Frame
to fill in sequence or randomly. Use contrasting colour chips to fill the 10
frame as you determine the answer. Select to show a corresponding
number sentence.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Numeracy Apps
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Number Rack
Rekenrek
Easy Chart
Ice Math Ninja
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App helps students develop number understanding. Coloured beads
encourage learners to think in groups of fives and tens, helping them to
explore and discover a variety of addition and subtraction strategies. Hide
beads with the resizable shade and model subtraction problems. Use the
drawing tools to annotate work and show understanding. Write equations
and expressions with the text tool.
Make visual models that help explore mathematical thinking related to:
understanding number relationships; representing numbers in different
ways, composing and decomposing numbers; subitising (instantly seeing
“how many”); understanding addition and subtraction; developing
multiplicative thinking; visualizing division facts.
Easy Chart is easy to use. Enter data using slide bar or keyboard input.
Create bar, line, pie and column charts. Save to photos in
small/medium/large size. Works without an internet connection. Multiple
colour schemes available.
Fun app which includes 7 different games; power-ups to achieve; 3
difficulty modes; animated intro of the Icelands. Concepts covered in
games include number recognition and values, odd & even numbers,
number combinations, prime numbers, addition & subtraction skills,
factors, multiplication & division
Plots coordinate points on vertical / horizontal axis.
Geogebra
Challenging game which develops students’ understanding of place
value. Stimulates students’ mental calculation strategies.
Wishball
Multiflow
MultiFlow is a great tool for practising multiplication tables. Adapts to your
ability as you go! Inside or outside the classroom, it is a fun and addictive
game – challenge yourself while you learn!
Four in a Row
App of the popular game where you Connect 4 pieces of your colour in a
line before your opponent. Excellent for testing your skills or teaching
strategy to kids.
DivisionFlow
DivisionFlow is a great tool for practising division skills. Adapts to your
ability as you go! Inside or outside the classroom, it is a fun and addictive
game – challenge yourself while you learn!
Flow Plus
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FlowPlus is a great tool for practising addition and subtraction skills.
Multiple games included such as Enter The Flow, Mad Minute, Beat the
Clock and Reversals.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Numeracy Apps
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FourInARow
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Four in a Row is a simple game in which two players drop tokens into a
grid, each trying to connect four tokens in a row. Four in a Row Free
supports one player and two player gameplay.
A puzzle game to test your speed and math skills. The main purpose of
the game is to combine the numbers in the grid to match the given one.
GREG
Matrix Game 3
Matrix Game helps develop visual perception skills such as visual
discrimination. It also helps develop attention and concentration, spatial
orientation and principles of classification and categorization.
Furthermore, it helps develop executive functions such as planning and
perseverance.
Creativity Apps
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Virtual instrument player with guitar, keyboard, drums and microphone.
Record compositions or program pre-set “Smart” instrument compositions.
Garageband
Create professional movies or trailers. Tap to add video, photos, music and
sound effects.
iMovie
Animation program with voice recording options. Create thematic videos.
Add puppets, props, scenery and backgrounds.
Sock Puppets
Create picture collages with easy- to-use layouts.
Pic Stitch
Doodle
Buddy
Aging Booth
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Activities include:
 drawing with finger  special effects include glitter, smudge, chalk
and brush
insert stamps (special sound effects when inserted), shapes and icons,
text, backgrounds and photos.
What will you and your friends and family look like when you’re old? Find
out with Aging Booth, an easy to use and amazing face aging machine.
Aging Booth is a funny (or scary!) way to instantly age face photos.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Creativity Apps
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Video Star
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Fun app to create videos. Many built-in features such as "backwards" clips,
move in slow-motion & fast forward, and make awesome stop motion and
green screen effects.
Chatterkid
Encourages creativity! Simply take any photo, draw a line to make a
mouth, and record voice caption. Create greetings, messages, creative
cards, or fancy book reports. Suitable for ages 6-12.
Music4Kids
Can make your own tune, play back or complete challenges. Challenges
are good to identify sounds and where they are on the music staff. Need to
match the sounds to notes.
Slide X is a simple way to create videos from your favorite pictures. It has
built-in transitions, a variety of filter effects, soundtracks and much more.
Slide X
Trading Cards
Tellagami
Green Screen
ReadWriteThink’s Trading Cards app is a great way to share
understanding of various topics, to build study aids for school, or to create
fictional world of characters. Create trading cards for any number of
categories, including: Fictional person; Real person; Fictional place; Real
place; Object; Event; Vocabulary word.
Tellagami is a mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated
video called a Gami. A Gami can be a fun way to tell a story, communicate
topic knowledge or create a book report.
Use Green Screen app to tell a story, explain an idea, or just create a
movie. The green screen effect works by combining images from multiple
sources into a single video. These images can come from photos or videos
in your camera roll, or from the live video camera.
Voice Record is a professional voice recorder which allows you to record
voice memos and sounds of unlimited length.
Voice Record
FunSlides HD
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Create video slideshows from your favourite photos. You can import photos
from your camera roll or take new photos with camera. After adding photos
to your project you can add text, insert transitions and add a sound track
from FunSlides built-in music library, or record a custom narration, with
voice over feature.
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Coding Apps
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Scratch Junior
Bee-Bot
Tynker
Hopscotch
Kids’n’Code
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Learn to code by snapping together programming blocks. Children can
make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. In the process, children
learn to solve problems, design projects, and express themselves
creatively on the computer.
Improve skills in directional language and programming through
sequences of forwards, backwards, left and right 90 degree turns. The
app has been developed with 12 levels encouraging progression. Will
appeal from age 4 upwards.
Tynker is easy way for kids to learn programming. Play fun puzzles to
learn the basics and then create your own amazing games using over 100
step-by-step coding tutorials.
This award-winning app lets students make their own games and publish
them instantly for anyone to play. Super easy-to-follow videos available to
make games like Angry Birds, create pixel art, or build something brand
new.
Solve puzzles, control robots and learn basic concepts and principles of
programming. Kids will recognize basic patterns, learn problem solving,
consistent and algorithmic thinking, spatial visualization, debugging
programs. The game develops skills that are useful in algebra, geometry,
logic and computer science.
News Apps
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DOGOnews
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With over 3,000 articles on topics ranging from Science and Social
Studies to International current events, DOGOnews exposes kids to the
world around them and helps develop vocabulary and reading skills.
News-O-Matic
News-O-Matic covers relevant news of the day with images, maps,
videos, and games. It offers a window to the world and beyond, helping
readers become global citizens!
Transfer Apps
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Transfer files between devices  just drag and drop.
Instashare
Transfer photos and videos (backwards and forwards) from iPad to PC.
Simple Transfer
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iPad Apps We Use at BWPS
Scanning Apps
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FastScanner
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Scan documents, then print or email them as multipage PDF or JPEG
files. Save the PDF files in your device or open them in other apps such
as iBook, PDF Reader, etc.
QR reader and barcode scanner.
Scan QR Reader
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