"One product we're particularly excited about is Easimaths; online maths tuition software for children aged five to 11. Easimaths is adaptive, which means as soon as the child masters something, they are immediately moved on to the next level. It's bright, colourful and games-based and costs just £34.99 a year."
RM At Home also offers another solution for parents - RM School Finder (home.rm.com/schoolfinder). There is currently no one place parents can go for information about their local schools - they have to trawl through several sources of data. RM School Finder, which is free to use, takes all available school data and presents it in a user-friendly format so it's easy to see not just Ofsted reports, but exam results, extra curricular activities, what pupils achieve, plus softer information on the culture of the school direct from the establishment itself.
Product overview
RM At Home provides a range of products that have been tried and tested by teachers, children and parents, to help support children's learning at home and have fun whilst doing it. Available from Home.rm.com in the following categories is:
· Numeracy: evidence shows our numeracy skills in the UK lag behind other nations (source: OECD) and many parents lack confidence when it comes to helping their children. The RM At Home numeracy products help address the issue by making maths fun and interactive, while enabling children to grasp core mathematical concepts.
For example: Easimaths - games-based online maths tuition for 5 -11 year olds.
· Extra Help: one in five children in the UK has some form of special educational need (SEN) or needs additional support (source: DfE data). There is often a delay between a parent first recognising developmental challenges and receiving a diagnosis, it can be up to two years, during which time learning progress may stall. At Home has categorised a number of products by observed behaviour - e.g. difficulty with speech and language, difficulty reading - that are designed to give parents the tools to help their children overcome these challenges.
For example: Handwriting Essentials Kit, Focus for Fidgets Kit, Fine Motor Skills Kit.
· Holidays, rainy days and 'I'm bored' days: Products to help maintain learning momentum during holidays so children don't experience a 'learning dip'. Also great for rainy days and general 'I'm bored days'. At Home offers a range of exciting, interactive, and challenging products to keep children pin-sharp and on track, even when they are not at school.
For example: Speaking and listening kit (includes talking tubes, conversation cubes, Storytellers Kit (storyteller's cloak, recordable story mountain, sound effects cd)
· Sensory room: enables children with more severe special educational needs to benefit from immersive and sensory play at home.
For example: Bubble Tube. Fibre Optic Harness
· Educational Gifts: a range of offers high quality and entertaining educational gifts, ideal for those who want to buy something worthwhile rather than adding to the 'toy mountain'.
For example: EasiSpeak MP3 recordable microphone, Active Maths Kit, Time to Talk Baskets and Making Bath Bombs kit.
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Notes to editors
1. * Research
As part of a larger survey on education issues, we asked 460 people how important they thought certain issues were for a parent in terms of their child's education. The following chart provides the five issues that gained the most votes for 'great importance'.
Q. Please let us know how important you think the following issues are for a parent in terms of their child's education.
|
Question |
Online Safety |
% |
Avoid Falling Behind |
% |
Help with numeracy |
% |
Make learning fun |
% |
Checking progress |
% |
|
Great Importance |
309 |
68% |
312 |
69% |
287 |
63% |
327 |
72% |
263 |
58% |
|
Some importance |
123 |
27% |
127 |
28% |
150 |
33% |
116 |
25% |
172 |
38% |
|
Little importance |
22 |
4.5% |
13 |
2.5% |
18 |
4% |
10 |
2% |
16 |
3.5% |
|
No importance |
3 |
0.5% |
2 |
.5% |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1% |
2 |
.5% |
|
Total number of respondents / % |
457 |
100 |
454 |
100 |
455 |
100 |
454 |
100 |
453 |
100 |
2. **Source: YouGov survey commissioned by RM Education. Sample size 1087. October 2011
