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It's back to school time again and although most of you may not like the idea lets face it, things could be worse... You could be facing a firing squad or being horribly tortured with some matches and a pair of pliers, or, even more terrifying, forced to watch a Bob Monkhouse TV show with special guest stars Bruce Forsyth and Jeremy Beadle. See, going back to school isn't THAT bad.

Although Mr. Brown in 4C with the long nose, dandruff and bottle bottom spectacles might be a boring old fart there are in fact far more enjoyable ways of learning. One of which is right here on your Speccy - educational software. It's puzzling, informative and fun, and best of all, it gives you an excuse to play on your Speccy during time normally allotted for homework without incurring the wrath of your elders. (It also gives you a chance to slip in the odd arcade game for mental stimulation, though don't tell your mum I said this.) There are a wide variety of educational games available so here, to help you choose, is a selection of those currently readily available and a quick guide to their usefulness.

Hooray For Henrietta is the maths follow up to this month's Great 8 spelling game, Henrietta's Book Of Spells. The game is divided into two parts; 5 - 8 year olds and 8 - 12 year olds. It is designed to go from a basic grounding in adding, subtraction, multiplication and division to sums which are quite complicated. There are eight difficulty levels and overall this is a much more complicated and advanced game than Count and Add. Again graphics are relatively simple but the game is still lots of fun to play and you'll do a helluva lot better in class having learned in a more enjoyable way from Henrietta at home.

Lander Software Phone: (041) 357 1659 Tape: £12.99 Disk: £15.99