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For all those who use Roamer, I game I came up with on the hoof that has paid massive dividends in all sorts of other ways.

I created a roamer grid using masking tape on my ICT floor (it was 5 squares by 5 squares), and got the group I was working with to bring a toy in each, ending up with 8 toys. I then placed the roamer in the middle, and put the toys in various places around the grid.

The children then played Roamer Chess, where they each had to make one move, be it forward, back, left or right. If they landed on a square with a toy, they could keep it. The game required c-ordinations skills, as well as the ability to plan ahead, and not keep giving the next person playing a good advantage.

For those who weren't playing, this site has a brilliant online turtle simulator, and you can make some fantastic geometric shapes with it.