Forget learning a list of words for the weekly spelling test - pupils at Norwich Road School in Thetford get to play games instead.

Using a computer keyboard recognition game, teachers have pupils shouting out answers, spelling out loud and talking at the front of class.

The game - Keyboard Crazy - uses an enlarged plastic model of the keyboard with removable letters.

The aim is to put the letters and command keys into the right holes, reproducing the correct keyboard layout.

But teachers at Norwich Road say the game can also be used to encourage pupils to build words, understand spelling rules and explore word meanings.

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