February Round-up 2021

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  • New Class League Tables! 
    Is your class in the top hundred on Spellzone? Find our new Class League Table, as well as the School League Table and the Student League Table on your Admin Homepage if you’re a teacher or on the My Spellzone page if you’re a student. Read more about league tables here. 
     
  • Closed Leagues Now Available 
    Would you like to organise a closed league for the schools in your LEA or Academy Trust? Contact us and we will set one up for you. Once set up, your new league table will appear on your Admin Homepage if you’re a teacher or on the My Spellzone page if you’re a student.
     
  • Have you added an Avatar to your profile? 
    Click on the Create Your Avatar box on the top right corner of your My Spellzone page to add some personality to your Spellzone profile. You can be as realistic or as imaginative as you like!
     
  • Wonde Data Sync and Login
    Wonde is now available for subscriptions with 250+ students or during a trial. Learn more about using Wonde to add students here. 
     
  • 3 Word Lists for February
    February’s word lists were based around three festivities that took place over the month: Lunar New Year, Valentine’s Day, and Pancake Day. 
     
  • 10 Pet Names for Valentine's Day
    For Valentine’s Day, we shared a 10 Words article with a twist and looked at 10 different pet names people give to their loved ones. How many of them have you heard of? Click here to practise spelling these words in a word list.
     
  • American English vs. British English: The Food Edition
    Eggplant or aubergine? Candy or sweets? Pickle or gherkin? Some words have different meanings depending on whether they are used in an American English or a British English context. This month we shared 20 American English words for food and their British English counterparts.  
     
  • Word for Wednesday
    We continued with the theme of colours this month. Where did blue, purple, pink, and brown get their names from? 

28 Feb 2021
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One of the students has put in a huge amount of effort in completing Spellzone at least 3 times a week since his arrival with us in January. Looking at his scores after the latest GL testing, his standardised score has risen from 99 to 131. This is a truly phenomenal result. I just wanted to share the best result I have ever seen.

Terrie Penrose-Toms, Casterton College

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