Evolving to meet your needs...
Abacus Evolve is constantly evolving to meet your classroom needs by providing support for problem-solving, assessment, mixed-age planning, gifted and more able children and speaking and listening.
For more information, you can download the component chart| to see how it all fits together, or click here to understand how it's structured|.
Real-Life Problem Solving
For Years 1-6
Available September 2010
Bring maths to life with Real-Life Problem Solving software, packed with interactive problem solving activities and first-class BBC video clips! This brand new digital resource for KS1 and KS2 delivers maths problems in real contexts to help your children develop real problem-solving skills.
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Interactive maths within real contexts help children grasp new concepts and develop problem-solving skills
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Designed for individual, group or whole-class teaching and learning
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Open-ended activities allow all abilities to be challenged
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Comes complete with comprehensive teacher notes, including suggested strategies and ways to vary the problem.
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Suggestions for further support and extension are provided within each activity.
Look out for a Real-Life Problem Solving sample activity, coming soon for you to try!
I-Planner
The innovative, interactive assessment and planning tool at the heart of Abacus Evolve went online in 2009, giving you a bank of assessment, planning and teaching resources, including support with APP, at your fingertips!
With I-Planner you can:
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Capture assessment information that will feed directly back into your plans when you need it, helping you with assessment for learning and APP.
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Search for the perfect resource directly from your plans, as well as accessing a bank of resources all in one place, including Teaching Assistant notes, Homework Sheets, Photocopy Masters and Assessment Tasks and Tests.
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Easily access and adapt default lesson plans to suit you and your class, and share your edited plans with colleagues.
Please note: I-Planner is only available to buy as part of a Teacher Toolkit within a Starter Pack.
Why not visit our dedicated I-Planner webpage| to watch a demo of it in action?
Mixed-Age Starter Packs
Only Abacus Evolve’s extended range of mixed-age resources provides a complete solution for teachers of mixed-age classes. Abacus Evolve Mixed-Age Starter Packs contain everything you need to plan simultaneously for two year groups , and are available for:
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Foundation/Year 1
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Year 1/Year 2
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Year 2/Year 3
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Year 3/Year 4
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Year 4/Year 5
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Year 5/Year 6
Structured in the same way as regular Starter Packs, the Mixed-Age Starter Packs contain all you need to get going, and can be supplemented with any of the additional Abacus Evolve resources depending on your needs. With all the planning and teaching support you would expect from Abacus Evolve, you can be confident that the needs of both your year groups are met.
Each Mixed-Age Starter Pack contains a Teacher Toolkit consisting of Mixed-Age Teacher Cards, Mixed-Age I-Planner Online, Interactive Teaching Resources CD for both year groups, and a combination of free workbooks and textbooks per mixed-age group.
Challenge resources 
Abacus Evolve Challenge will help your maths stars reach for the skies with a range of enrichment and extension activities you can easily integrate into your weekly planning or use as a stand-alone resource.
With a level of differentiation above that found in other programmes, the Challenge Textbook activities offer depth, breadth and pace and the Challenge Teacher Guide contains all the support you need to ensure your more able pupils achieve their true potential.
Challenge Teacher Guides, Workbooks, Textbooks and I-Planner modules are available to buy individually for Years 1-6, or as KS1 and KS2 packs.
Visit the dedicated Challenge page| to find out more and download the FREE Challenge Sample Booklet, so you can try before you buy.
Whether you’re looking for support for summative or formative assessment, materials for embedding review throughout your lessons, or ideas for implementing APP, Abacus Evolve’s wide range of assessment resources are easily accessible through I-Planner or in the Assessment Kit.
Assessment in I-Planner
With just a few clicks you can record your class’s progress at the end of a day, week or block; create on-going learning reports summarising where your class are; and generate alerts at the relevant points in your planning to enable you to act upon your assessments.
Take a look at the I-Planner demo| to find out more about assessment in I-Planner.
Assessment Kits
All Abacus Evolve Assessment and Review Tasks and Tests are also available in the Assessment Kits. They are all set in context with an introduction to the different types of assessment and best practice for using them. Every Task and Test comes with clear guidance on how to run it and get the most out of it in the classroom.
The Assessment Kits are available to buy individually for Years 1-6, or as part of a whole-school pack.
and listening
Talk Maths Extra
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Abacus Evolve Talk Maths Extra is an exciting range of pupil software that actively involves children in their maths and promotes cooperation between them on one computer to find a solution.
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Develops speaking and listening skills
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Encourages pupils working and talking together to find solutions
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Gets pupils solving mathematical problems and discussing strategies
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Four levels of differentiation for pupils of all abilities.
Abacus Evolve Talk Maths Extra Software is available to buy individually for Years 1-6, for single or multi users.
Find out more about Talk Maths Extra (and the rest of the Abacus Evolve software range) by visiting the Software tab| - you can even try some FREE sample activities before you buy!
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