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Published on Friday, 26 January 2007 01:19

Greygum Software is Australia's most experienced developer of top-quality software for education. Our publications are designed for education rather than entertainment, and are used in schools throughout Australia and around the world.

Lion Eats Software

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Published on Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:44

With the release of Mac OS X 10.7 "Lion", Apple have withdrawn support for PowerPC applications (Rosetta). Fortunately, only a handful of our more venerable titles are affected. We have worked feverishly to produce compliant (Intel) versions of these titles, and have released free patches where possible.

If you order a replacement CD or full retail package, please mention that it is for the Lion upgrade.
  

Fitzroy Sounding Readers Released

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Published on Friday, 06 May 2011 20:34

		New Software New Activities New Teacher Functions

Fitzroy Sounding Readers is the latest result of collaboration between Greygum Software and Fitzroy Programs. The software features the popular Fitzroy Readers books which use the Phonics Method to teach reading...

 "The phonic approach starts with the sounds of the alphabet. Children are exposed to simple words first, such as cat and picnic. They sound them out, letter by letter. Then they are gradually introduced to the sounds of the typical letter-patterns of English, such as ch and aw and tion.

This approach opens their eyes to a vast vocabulary from an early age. They can read, for themselves, many words in the world outside of school. This is rewarding and motivating for them. We at Fitzroy Programs have received many messages of thanks from teachers and parents. We are often told that a child's reading confidence has been restored."

The software reads each page of the stories aloud, in a pre-recorded Australian voice, and a moving underline (optionally) highlights each word as it is spoken. This allows children to associate the sound of each word with its printed appearance and its meaning – which is what reading is all about! Students can also click on any word to hear it. Importantly, if the student clicks on a phonic word, the computer sounds out the components of the word, as well as the word itself. Hence "sounding" readers.

Each story is accompanied by a series of questions designed to reinforce and test the concepts and sounds of the story. Also, each book has activities that provide practice with sounds, spelling, special words, grammar, word-formation, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Popular Readers Software Now Windows 7 Compliant.

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Published on Wednesday, 16 March 2011 22:59

			Evergreen Fitzroy Talking Readers and PM Story Books Software have been upgraded to run on Windows 7 64-bit systems. The original software still runs on any other Windows version  - including Windows 7 32-bit.   If you need to upgrade your original copy of the software, patches are available for download...   Download Patch for Fitzroy Talking Readers   Download Patch for PM Story Books  These titles are also compatible with the latest Mac OS X.

Spinout Stories Goes Mobile

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Published on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 23:15

UM on the iPad

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Published on Thursday, 27 May 2010 20:31

		The Land of UM is now available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.   The mobile version of Land of UM for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch is now available from the iTunes App Store. This version does not include the world editor that the desktop version has, but includes the six standard worlds each with twenty-five rooms - 150 levels in all! - , and room and world timers for competition.

Stocktake Sale

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Published on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 00:55

 Shipping within Australia is $11.00 inc. GST regardless of the size of your order.

Act 6 Has Landed!

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Published on Monday, 20 April 2009 23:53

Greygum Software proudly announces the latest in the enormously popular Maths Circus series.   Act 6 continues the tradition of engrossing and original puzzles which engage students and encourage an abiding interest in practical mathematics.   Build a bridge, fly a balloon, mow a lawn. Twelve puzzles each with ten levels of difficulty present challenges to children of all ages.    Teachers around the world have praised Maths Circus for the way it encourages children to take risks when solving problems, for its ease of use and for the confidence it inspires in children to tackle challenges they thought they couldn't handle.

PM Gems Released

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Published on Thursday, 25 January 2007 02:30

Greygum in Papua New Guinea

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Published on Thursday, 18 January 2007 20:00

Greygum Software supports a school near the end of the Kokoda Trail in Oro Province, PNG.  Each year since 2004, Greygum's David Smith has spent six or seven weeks at the school, under the auspices of the Anglican Board of Mission . PNG is attempting to improve its secondary education system; currently only about 10% of the population proceed to year 11 and 12, and there is a desperate shortage of experienced teachers in this area.  Martyrs' Memorial School is one of only two schools in the whole of Oro Province to offer years 11 and 12.  Use this link to see a report on David's 2004 visit to the school.

Site Licence Policy

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Published on Tuesday, 09 October 2007 22:11

If  you are an educational institution, and you buy two copies of a Greygum Software package from us or one of our resellers within Australia, you have a Site Licence for that product. The Site Licence entitles the purchasing institution to install the software onto an unlimited number of computers, of any platform, and on to networks, provided that all computers with access to the software are owned or leased by the purchasing institution, and are permanently situated at a single campus of the purchasing institution. We will also issue you with a formal document to assist your auditing process.

Fitzroy Readers Universal

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Published on Tuesday, 25 September 2007 19:39

		The evergreen   Fitzroy talking Readers
		is now available for Mac OS X. (including Intel Macs)

The Land of UM Re-issued

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Published on Monday, 19 February 2007 23:44

		Ideal for the times when you want to reward your children with an educational activity that’s also wonderfully entertaining.   Completely re-written, The Land of UM features new graphics, new editor, full compatibility with Windows Vista and Mac OS X (Intel and PPC), but still the same head-scratching, beard-tugging, frustratingly challenging worlds.

Goldfields Revisited

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Published on Monday, 22 January 2007 20:00