Schools and EDArcade

Below highlights the extensive amount of learning games, resources and content on EDArcade for learners available for your classroom delivery, homework, catch up sessions or to challenge and have fun with your students.

Click the flags to view the modern foreign languages avaialble to learn within the platform alongisde the resources accessible for your ESOL and EAL pupils.

 
 

ENGLISH GAMES

Topic: Phonics

Time to get out your old letter blocks. This is a simple spelling and phonics-based game that will test your language skills. Using your letter blocks you will need to correctly name as many objects as possible before you run out of time

Topic: Spellings 

Test your English skills in this interactive comic book game. In this particular comic the words for the pictures are spelt wrong. As the editor, your job is to select the right spellings for the corresponding pictures.

Topic: Sentence Structure 

Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the new game show... Cat’s Phrase. Join Tommy Tomcat for a night where anyone can be a winner. In this game show, Tommy will give you a sentence where he has left out every alternate word. All you need to do is fill in the blanks from a list of possible answers.

Topic: English

Welcome to the Food Factory; the first factory of its kind to use artificial intelligence. We take pride in making the finest cuisine in the land. Unfortunately, the machines have a tendency to break. As our new employee, you need to make sure ingredients go in the cooker and broken machine parts go in the furnace. No one wants a rivet burger after all!

Topic: Nonsense Words

It’s time to join the crew of an Atlantic fishing trawler. In these waters, you’ll be trying to catch one type of linguistic fish, the real word fish. There is another type known as the nonsense fish which you will need to throw back into the sea. Your job as a crew member is to sort the fish you catch. Be wary of junk floating in the sea and keep your eye out for any treasure you may find. Prepare yourself for some frantic fishing!

Topic: Grammar 

Welcome to the articulate artillery. Your job is to fix linguistic problems using nothing more than your brain and a fifty-pound grammar cannon. You need to modify rotten sentences by blowing away the incorrect grammar and replacing it with the correct amendments. Good luck!

Topic: Spelling

In this game, you are a bee. You are not just any bee, you're a spelling bee. You collect pollen from the spelling sunflower. As a worker bee, you need to avoid misspelt sunflowers and collect the pollen from the correctly spelt ones. This is important as you don't want pollen that is going to make substandard honey. The better the pollen, the yummier the honey

Topic: Spelling

You need to defend your castle walls against the goblin hoards who want to steal your gold. Choose a wizard to protect the walls from the warty invaders. You need to type out spells correctly and as quickly as possible to defeat the enemies. Stop as many as you can before you are overwhelmed. Let the light conquer over darkness. 

Topic: Prefixes

Prefixing is an English language based game. Your task is a simple one. Match prefixes to their counterpart words to build complete words. Create as many full words as possible before you run out of time. A prefix is a string of letters that are added to the beginning of a word, changing its meaning.

Topic: Spelling 

Uh Oh, all of our letters have sunk to the bottom of the ocean! Use the speedboat to sail to the right side of the screen, then climb up the rocks to get the diving gear! Now you're ready to dive. Collect each letter from the seabed, avoiding the dangerous creatures! Spell the word by collecting the letters in the correct order.

Topic: Slang

Shoot the slang out of the air with its correct meaning! Use the mouse to select the correct meaning on the left of the screen, and use the arrow keys to aim. Try playing this game with a friend! One of you on the mouse and one of you on the keyboard!

Topic: Spelling

Invented by Dr Lang, the Spell-o-Rama is the latest in linguistic innovations. Use the machine to physically build words correctly. The sentence manufacturers are always in need of words for their construction teams, so get building

Topic: Spelling 

Dr Lang has been busy building more linguistic inventions. His latest is the Spell-o-vision, a machine designed to quicken your mind and language skills. As a willing test subject, you get to try it out. Your aim is to correctly type out what the television is showing you. Try and do this for as many images as possible within the time limit. 

Topic: Spelling

The work is never done for a busy spelling bee. You collect pollen from the spelling sunflowers. In this game, there are four spelling sunflowers with different words in them and only one is spelt correctly. As a spelling bee, you need to collect the pollen from the right sunflower each time. This is important as you don't want pollen that is going to make substandard honey

Topic: Nouns

Take to the waters to catch yourself a whopper! Catch yourself a range of different fish such as the 'Noun Trout' or the 'Vowel Cod'. But beware of danger lurking in the waters like sharks and sea mines

Topic: Suffixes

Suffix It is an English language-based game. Your task is a simple one... match suffixes to their counterpart words to build complete words. Create as many full words as possible before you run out of time!

Topic: Word Identification 

Test your English skills again in this interactive comic book game. In this edition, there has been a mix up with the pictures and words. The words do not have the correct pictures attached to them. As the editor, your job is to select the right pictures that correspond to the correct words.

Topic: Spelling

In this mysterious mountain range, crossing rivers is done quite differently. You need to ford the dangerous mountain rivers by spelling out the bridges. Spell them correctly or you might end up floating downriver

Topic: Word Construction

Word Drop is a word-based building game. Your aim is to create full words using letter blocks that will be falling thick and fast. Make words to gain points and clear rows to make room for more letters. Create as many words as possible within the given time limit and be careful not to let the blocks reach to the top of the game grid.

MATHS GAMES

Topic: Multiplication

This light-hearted balloon game will test your time's tables knowledge. Groups of numbered balloons will appear and a target times table to complete. You simply need to pop the right balloons in the right order for as many target times tables as possible.

Topic: Weights & Measurements

Welcome to Edopolis, the city famous for its unique balancing bridges. In order to cross these bridges you will need to balance them correctly using a collection of weights. If the weights don’t match then you may be in for a fall. Hope you’re not scared of heights!

Topic: Addition

It’s time to test your number skills once again at the temple of numeracy in Addus Maximus. The temple elders will be testing your adding ability. They will give you a target number that you need to make using a set of Roman numeral terracotta tiles. Create number chains that correctly add up to the target score. Make as many chains as you can before you run out of time!

Topic: Time Management

You are a personal shopper under the employment of the brand new Chicago’s Mall. Your job is to quickly navigate the mall and collect specific items for clients. Get through as many client shopping lists as possible before your shift is over.

Topic: Shapes

Snappy Shapes is an easy to play card game based on the classic game of snap. The cards you play with are linked to specific shapes. Each shape has 3 unique cards linked to them. These cards are the shape name, the shape image and the number of sides in the shape. You need to find and match the 3 linking cards from a larger group of cards. Link as many cards as possible before the time runs out!

Topic: Probability

Higher or lower and choose your colour. Test your probability skills in this prediction card game. Your challenge is to successfully predict what type of card (higher or lower, red or black) is going to come next.

Topic: Weight

Help Percy catch and weigh the fish in this fun game! Use the arrow keys to move Percy to the fishing rod. When you've bagged a fish, take it to the other end of the boat to weigh. Then put it in the correct box and hurry to catch more!

Topic: Fractions, Decimals & Percentages

The sweet stock exchange is ready for business! Four of the biggest confectionery companies have their stockbrokers ready to buy some sweet shares. You have the majority of the current shares. Using a variety of graphs you need to correctly divide up your shares between the 4 major companies. Sell as much as possible and make yourself a sweet deal. 

Topic: Shapes

Hoards of alien triangles have amassed near to earth, threatening its survival. You are tasked with getting rid of these creatures. To do so you need to create triangular portals around the aliens to evaporate them. You will need to make specific triangles that match particular triangle species and shapes. Make your planet proud.

Topic: Addition

Test your mental agility with this fast-paced adding game. Create a number of chains to reach a target score as quickly as possible!

Topic: Shapes

Welcome to the Shape Mania builders yard. Construction is underway of a new super tower complex. The builders need you to send them up to shape the material so they can continue construction. Through a series of levels, you must fit these shapes into crates that can be sent up to the builders. If they don't fit then the crate will come crashing down and delay the construction!

Topic: Money

You are a new employee at the Tillicious superstore. Your job is to man the till during the busy period in the store. You need to pack customer’s shopping and handle their money. You’ll need to hurry to get through as many customers as possible before the busy period time runs out

Topic: Sums

Crossbows at the ready! Test your maths skills in this fruit shooting game. Your aim is to complete sums by shooting fruits that have the answers on them. Get as many answers correct with the available bolts. If you are good enough then you may even get the Midas touch!

 

Topic: Sums

Smooth Operator is a simple sums game. You will be given an incomplete sum where the operators are missing. Your aim is to place in the correct operators in order to complete the sum.

Topic: Sums

It’s time to test your number skills at the temple of numeracy in Roman Stack. Your task is to find correct Roman numeral tiles and build as many terracotta number tile stacks as possible. You need to do this before you run out of time. The stacks you build will be later used by the temple elders for complicated calculations.

Topic: Addition

The number droids are invading. Use your numerical annihilation cannon to bond your sum ammunition with your foe on a molecular level to disintegrate them. Survive as many ever-increasing waves as possible

Topic: Shapes

Shape Prints is a basic shape identifying game. You will be given a number of pattern blueprints to check. Your task is to identify the number of different shapes in the patterns before the prints are moved on. Try and get through as many blueprints as possible before the time runs out.

Topic: Sums

It’s time to get artistic in this colourful arithmetic based game. Choose from a selection of pictures to paint. The paint, however, will not attach to the canvas unless you correctly answer a mathematical sum. Grab your paintbrush and lets 'Paint Sum Pictures'.

Topic: Angles

Get ready for some paper pulping fun. Your aim is to knock over the sketched fortifications and men using a catapult fashioned from every-day stationery. You will have to set up the angle of your shots. Try and complete levels using as few shots as possible in order to gain more points. All that is left to say is... ready, aim, FIRE!

Topic: Probability

Let's shake, rattle and roll! It's time to see just how good your probability skills are. Your aim is to correctly predict the outcome of your dice rolls. Try and get as many correct in a row to increase your score multiplier and to become a rolling rolling ace.

Topic: Prime Numbers

The aim of the game is to shoot the prime number aliens and avoid the composite number aliens. Think fast as the aliens come quickly.

Topic: Fractions/Decimals/Percentages

Welcome to the ‘Piece of Cake’ patisserie. We pride ourselves in making the best custom made cakes that combine a mixture of delicious flavours. If you feel like a half blueberry and half coffee cake or even a quarter chocolate and three quarters candy cake then come on down. Our dedicated staff aims to make your unique cake correctly to your specifications as quickly as possible. It’s just a piece of cake.

Topic: Coordinates

In Plot to Plot, you will need to try and create shapes by correctly completing puzzling plotting problems. Make shapes by correctly marking out their coordinates. Try and build as many shapes as possible before you run out of time.

Topic: Money

It’s time to test your monetary skills in Money Matcher. Use coins and notes to make correct values of money in order to solve a series of numerical conundrums

Topic: Shapes/Sums

Is it possible to get a square peg in a round hole? It is in Hole Shapes. You need to try and alter shapes so that they will fit into particular holes. Use a calculator to increase and decrease the number of sides on the shapes. Be careful though as some of the buttons have a habit of going missing.

Topics: Fractions

Prepare yourself for battle. Lead a tank convoy to push through the enemy blockades. Your tanks will be painted with fraction numbers. Your aim is to destroy enemy tanks that are painted with equivalent fractions. Our intelligence suggests that these vehicles are the weak points in the enemy lines. Good luck soldier!

Topic: Sum

Edoku is an alternative take on a classic brain training game. You will need to complete grids where each row and column has to be filled with numbers between 1 and 9. Numbers cannot repeat in a row or column and must match up to the inequality symbols on each grid.

Topic: Sums

This is a fun and simple adding game. Who needs fingers for counting when you can use a colourful set of number blocks? Use your blocks to work out as many counting conundrums as possible before the timer runs out

Topic: Estimation

As an athlete, you need to train your mind as well as your body. In this game, you will be practising your javelin throwing skills. Try and throw javelins as far you can whilst taking into account power and wind. You will also need to estimate how far you have thrown your projectile in order to gain points. It’s time to throw, guess and go.

Topic: Angles

Your aim in this game is to collect as many fireflies as possible. These, however, are no ordinary bugs. These are a unique species known as angle fireflies which come in different types such as acute, obtuse, reflex and many more. During your hunt, you will need to catch specific types of angle fireflies to add to your collection. It’s time to grab your net and start catching.

Topic: Sums

Get ready to play some darts. You can play three different game types which are target score, countdown and blackout. In the target score, you need to reach a certain score in as few darts as possible. In countdown, you need to get from a score to zero in as few darts as possible. In a blackout, you need to reach a target score in as few darts as possible but you can’t use a section more than once. 

Topic: Shapes

Get ready to play some darts. You can play three different game types which are target score, countdown and blackout. In the target score, you need to reach a certain score in as few darts as possible. In countdown, you need to get from a score to zero in as few darts as possible. In a blackout, you need to reach a target score in as few darts as possible but you can’t use a section more than once. 

Topic: Fractions/Decimals/Percentages

Choco Block is a chocolaty numeracy game that puts your fractions knowledge to the test. Your aim is to fill as many chocolate containers with the right amount of delicious confectionery before you run out of time.

Topic: Sums

Flight Math enables you to train your mathematical skills whilst flying around our flight simulator

Topic: Maths

A simple maths game that tests your addition, subtraction, division and multiplication using dominoes. Your goal is to create the longest domino chain possible within a time limit.

Topic: Fractions/Decimals/Percentages

Get ready for some factor fury fun. You are a factor destroying node that must navigate its way through the numerical ether. Your aim is to get rid of numbers that are factors of a target number. Use both your maths skills and flying ability to achieve your goals. 

Topic: Shapes

Break Through the tiles to reveal images and questions in this game of skill and knowledge. Use one ball or risk them all in the pursuit of points. 3 game modes to test your knowledge while you smash tiles using various powerup balls.

Topic: Time

Time locked vaults are the latest rage in treasure security. They can only be opened by matching the time ‘codes’ of both the analogue and digital clock locks. You need to try and open as many of these vaults a possible within a given time limit. How much gold can you collect?

Topic: Coordinates

Players will be given a set of directions. You need to follow the directions in order to find the buried treasure. Press the 'Dig!' button when you think you are at the treasure location.

Topic: Prime NumbersHelp Sketch navigates his way up the page in this balloon bouncing game. You need to bounce on correct balloons in order to progress higher. Don’t land on any incorrect ones though or you might be in for a hard landing. Get as high up The Page as you can. You never know, you might get to the top

 

Topic: Multiplication

Test your skills in this all-time classic Archer game. Answer questions to gain arrows and then shoot the moving targets. Simply try and get the highest score with the arrows available to you. How many bullseyes's can you get?

Topic: Multiplication

Roll up, roll up! Test your skills in this all-time classic carnival game. Answer questions to gain hooks then hook up as many targets as possible.

Topic: Multiplication

It's time to race! Test yourself in this classic mechanical fairground game. Answer multiple-choice questions to earn throwing balls. Use the balls to hit the target area to make your racer move. Use both speed and skill to beat the other racers

SCEINCE GAMES

Topic: Atoms & Elements

This is the atom lab where you have to build the requested atoms. Players need to drag the particles from the tube on the right to create the right combination of protons, electrons, and neutrons. The aim is to create as many atoms as possible in the given time. 

Topic: Balance & Weights

Welcome to Edopolis, the city famous for its unique balancing bridges. The aim is to balance the bridge in order to cross is successful. The pupil must place the given weights into the baskets on both sides of the bridge. The weights will need to match each other otherwise there will be a fall.

Topic: Blood Circulation

This is the pipe puzzle game where players need to correctly connect the flow of blood from the heart to particular organs. Link the oxygenated blood to an organ and the deoxygenated blood from the organ back to the heart. Once this is done players will be given information on the particular organ.

Topic: Shapes, Metals, Food, Energy, Acid & Alkalis

The mission is to liberate supplies from the enemy in order to foil their dastardly plans. Players must fly and shoot at enemies whilst collecting items from the chosen topic. Chocks away!

Magnet Mayhem

Topic: Magnetism & Materials

Welcome to the Rust Recycling facility. Players aim to collect magnetic material and put them into the recycling smelter. They must find the magnetic material and you will get points for every item you recycle.

Pathode

Topic: Coding

Help to overcome multiple code layers and get to the end node. Players will be given 4 different codes; move, rotate, wait and reset. They will be followed with a bracket and that will either be the degrees to turn or the spaces moved.

Topic: Charts, Energy, Materials, Energy Sources & Types of Wave

Who said libraries were boring? In this quick categorizing game, players need to place books on the correct shelves. Place as many books as possible within the time limit. 

 
Topics: Solar System

It's time to look towards the vast emptiness of space. Players will use a giant telescope to find and identify the many planets and moons within our solar system.

Topics: Light & Reflection

Players must change the angles of the surface to reflect the light but only certain surfaces reflect the light. The aim is to power the sun crystals with light so you can further explore the temple depths.

Personal, Social and Health Education along with Internet and safety Games

 

Topic: British Values

The player will play as a dog of their choice, and chase down various different icons. These, for example, include Beatrice Potter, The Angel of the North and the famous Black Cab. This game is particularly suited to pupils who have recently transferred to a UK school, or who may show signs of disengagement or withdrawal.

Topic: British Values

This game works well in conjunction with the British Icons game and uses the same gameplay mechanics to teach pupils about famous British inventions. To aid the retention of this information, the player must then, after each round, match the picture of the invention up with the name.

Topic: Mental Health

Players must learn to deal with the weight of the world on their shoulders, or rather, the donkey's shoulders! Thoughts and worries are piled on the cart one by one, and the player must respond before the worries get too much! Thoughts must be categorized into Financial worries, negative emotions, positive emotions and things to take actions on.

Topic: Anti-Bullying

Players are put in the role of a bully. In order to change their ways, they must use the letters they are given to spell the mystery word. If the word is completed, the player is stopped from being a bully! Every few words, there will be a bullying-related word, such as ‘Threaten’, ‘Abuse’ and ‘Racism’. This can spark open conversation amongst pupils, and eliminate the stigma around bullying.

Topic: Mental Health

Channel it helps the player understand and categorize their emotions, and gain an understanding of their mental health and wellbeing. They must drag and drop the emotions into different areas, too many wrong answers will cause them to lose their mind!

Topic: Internet Safety 

Positive and negative phrases are given to the player, and they must choose whether to bin them or treasure them. The aim is to treasure the positive thoughts and bin the negative- some of which include common slang words that can often go overlooked in traditional bullying awareness lessons.

Topic: Equality

A versatile, introductory PSHE game that covers a range of hard-to-teach topics such as discrimination, radicalization and disability awareness. Players are asked a multiple choice question and must throw the dart at the correct answer. You can choose a higher difficulty for the more confident students!

Topic: Internet Safety

Players must sharpen their fast keyboard skills to protect their computers from viruses and malware. Some safe-looking files may glitch into viruses, showing how many dangers online are disguised. This game is a perfect game to engage students in competition with their peers and get them excited about e-safety!

Topic: Healthy Eating

The player must identify healthy and unhealthy foods as they navigate through the school canteen. Bad choices will be detrimental to the player getting out of school on time. At the end of the game, the player will be given feedback on their performance and can compare scores with friends and family.

Topic: Healthy Eating

In Kebab Hero, players must follow the orders of the customers to make the correct kebab in time. Any incorrect orders will result in a point deduction, but a perfectly followed order will grant the player a tasty bonus! Players can see and learn about healthy and unhealthy foods around them in this fast-paced game

Topic: Stranger Danger

A brilliant game for teaching independence to children to maybe, or are soon to be left at home alone. The parent figure will tell the player who is expected to be at the door. The player must then follow the procedure of using the doors lock-and-chain to check the identity of the visitor. They must then make the decision to let the person in, or keep the door closed. 

Topic: Manners

In this game, players must navigate through mazes and collect coins as they do so. Often, they will encounter doors, which will only open when a question is answered correctly. The questions in this game revolve around manners and behaviour, and is a perfect game to introduce KS1 pupils to manners, and refine the understanding of manners for KS2 students and beyond.

Topic: Mental Health

Control Billy the goat in the hike to positive thinking! By using the arrow keys, players will navigate up the mountain, avoiding boulders with negative insults on them such as poor, crazy, gross and ugly. This game teaches players to always be resilient, and understand the common words that can but should not, tear down their confidence.

Topic: Life Skills

Task your students to get in the right lane in this symbol identification game. With topics such as the weather and religion, players must identify the correct symbols and drive in the lane corresponding to the right answer.

Topic: Life Skills

This fun game is great to generate competition in the classroom. Players must use their keyboard skills and understanding of physics to get the character as far through the level as possible.

Topic: Mental Health 

Rise above it teaches players to be resilient, and how to cope with tough and intimidating situations. When faced with a comment from another person, the player can choose whether to listen to or ignore the comment. Some of these are good, but some are bad, and this game gives pupils the opportunity to take initiative to respond to these comments in a safe space.

Topic: British Values

Scrap it encourages pupils to identify key values of a British citizen and discard those that are dangerous, illegal or promote negative behaviour. Pupils will see these values written on the side of industrial barrels, and must salvage the positive ones and scrap the negative ones.

Topic: Prevent

This game tests the memory and spelling ability of the pupil, as well as their platforming skills! The pupil must navigate up a long tower, collecting letters as they go. At the top, the player is given five different PSHE words, such as ‘Democracy, Gangs, Resilience, Beliefs, and Liberty’. Then, the pupil must figure out which word can be made up of the letters they collected. This game can be great when played In teams.

Topic: Social Skills 

The pupil is faced with a number of daunting yet realistic life situations regarding interactions with other people. The pupil must navigate their character to the door that represents their response. After each round, the correct answer will be revealed, with an explanation as to why it is correct. This game is well applied to pupils who may have just received their first smartphone or computer.

Topic: Internet Safety

Players are sent friend requests from different mythical web users. It is up to them to decide whether the requests are safe or too risky to accept. This game is excellent preparation for students who may have or want accounts on popular social media platforms.

Topic: Stranger Danger

This game teaches players the potential dangers of being out alone, and what people can be trusted. The player will be offered lifts from various people, and they must use their initiative to decide whether they accept the lift or not. 

Topic: Life Skills

Pupils are given words, acts, and feelings on screen, and must answer if what they see is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’. These questions are prompted by the wind blowing leaves into the player's path- if they do not responsibly clean them up, more questions will be asked of them, teaching them responsibility and wellbeing.

Topic: Internet Safety 

This e-safety game teaches players about the potential dangers online, and what they can do to avoid danger. They must collect the emails and open them, responding appropriately to what’s inside. A wrong answer will prompt an explanation of the scenario, and why their decision was wrong.

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Pricing Structure from 1st September 2020

 

Individual Subscription: £10.95 per licence (3p per day)

 

School Licence

Number of Licences 1 Year Subscription 3 Year Subscription (Special Offer)
0-250 £6.00 per licence (1.64p per day) £17.10  per licence (5% discount) (1.56p per day)
251-500 £4.75 per licence (1.3p per day) £13.53 per licence (5% discount) (1.23p per day)
501-750 £4.50 per licence (1.23p per day) £12.84 per licence (5% discount) (1.17p per day)
750-1000 £4.00 per licence (1.09p per day) £11.40 per licence (5% discount) (1.04p per day)

 

 
 
 

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