Highlights of 2014

I’m sure that you’ll agree that it has been an excellent year so far for EducationCity! As it’s December, we’re going to take a good look back at what we’ve done over the year to date and share our many and varied highlights!

EducationCity’s Brand New Platform

We’ve had the exciting launch of EducationCity’s brand new platform! It’s brought about so many benefits, such as:

  • Curriculum-ready content as well as a brand new Computing module and the PlayLive French challenge.
  • A refreshed look and feel with improved navigation. Our new platform has all of your favourite EducationCity content and features in a modern, sleeker platform.
  • Access via mobile devices to allow you and your students to use EducationCity anytime, anywhere using Puffin Academy.

Over 1000 Pieces of Content Have Been Added!

EducationCity has been exceptionally busy this year and has delivered a record amount of content – none other than over 1000 new pieces in fact! Our new content has included ThinkIts, Learn Screens and Activities… However, our main highlights have included:

  • 12x Table Song
  • 8x Table Song
  • Programming for Beginners Learn Screen
  • Manu’s Music Machine Activity
  • Robo Task Activity

Award Wins and Nominations

We’re continuing to see success as we’ve won more awards to add to our collection this year with more up for grabs in the near future! This year, we’ve been shortlisted for many awards, here’s a few, including our most recent Bett Award 2015 nominations:

  • GESS Education Awards 2014: Best Paid for ICT / App Product
  • Education Resources Awards 2014: Exporter of the Year
  • Stamford and Rutland Business Awards: Outstanding Contribution to the Community
  • Bett Awards 2015: International Digital Education Resource
  • Bett Awards 2015: ICT Exporter of the Year
  • Bett Awards 2015: ICT Company of the Year

We’ve won:

  • Bett Awards 2014: Exhibition Stand of the Year
  • GESS Education Awards 2014: Global Education Supplier of the Year
  • EDDIE Awards 2014: Best Multi-Level Multi-Subject Website
  • Practical Pre-School and Primary Teacher Award Winner 2014: Silver in the ‘Other Resources’ category
  • Practical Pre-School and Primary Teacher Award Winner 2014: Bronze in the ‘Modern Foreign Language Content’ category

We’ve Expanded Internationally

EducationCity is now in an impressive 67 countries worldwide!

Further Milestones

2014 has also seen more milestones, such as:

  • A brand new Computing module
  • A new PlayLive French challenge
  • 3,000 followers on Twitter
  • 300,000 views of our 8x Table Song on YouTube
  • EducationCity’s first HUB School

These highlights prove that it’s been a brilliant year here for us at EducationCity! But that’s not all! Watch this space for news of what we have to reveal at Bett 2015. We promise you, you won’t be disappointed!