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ABOUT SQUIZZES

Squizzes is the popular new website for UK schools. It offers pupils and teachers a selection of fun, educational quizzes and competitions in support of the National Curriculum.

A Squiz is an animated educational quiz game played online. Squizzers must correctly answer a series of multiple choice questions in the fastest time. To succeed they often need to review 'Fast Facts' and view a video clip before playing.

The heart of Squizzes.com is our quiz database. Questions are appropriate for the player's age and are selected randomly, so every Squiz is unique. Squizzes are designed so that pupils improve their results with each play. Teachers are able to check and compare pupils' scores.

Most of all, Squizzes make learning fun and exciting! Pupils love quizzes and the leader boards add the spice of competition among classmates and friends. Many of our visitors are dedicated Squizzers, with half of all Squizzes played from home!

Squizzes.com is operated from London by JazzyMedia, the UK's leading in-school communications specialists. Our producers, educational writers and web developers are continuously preparing new Squizzes.

ABOUT SCHOOLS CHALLENGE

A Schools Challenge is a national competition built around a sponsor's Squiz, creating excitement in school communities across the country. Pupils compete over several weeks at class, school and national levels to win hundreds of prizes from pencils and books to bicycles and games consoles. Squizzers play repeatedly to improve their score, checking their results on school and national leader boards. Older pupils do not have an advantage over younger pupils; their questions are harder!

There's more - schools themselves compete with other schools to post the highest scores and win resources such as computers, classroom equipment and sports gear. Parents too are often invited to play to help their school's results.

The Schools Challenge is featured on Squizzes.com and is often supported in school with posters and handouts.

FAQ'S

Is Squizzes.com safe for children?

Yes. We have endeavoured to make the online activity entirely safe for our young visitors and the use of the website under teacher supervision provides extra security. It is not possible for outsiders to contact children through the website, nor can children communicate with others.

What about personal information and privacy?

We ask for users' personal information in order to provide pupils with a good educational experience and to administer competitions. For example, teachers need to see children's results and children like to see their names and their classmates' names on leader boards.

JazzyMedia observes the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. We will not disclose personally identifiable information to outsiders.

For more details, please view our privacy policy.

What does Squizzes.com cost?

Use of the website is completely free. Entry into competitions is free. The website is paid for entirely by sponsorship.

Who are the sponsors?

Our sponsors are government departments, charities, universities and commercial sponsors, mostly in children’s and family entertainment. We do not accept sponsorship from inappropriate sources such as unhealthy foods and violent computer games. Teachers are in control of which Squizzes they promote to their pupils. All commercially-sponsored Squizzes contain a significant educational component with links to the National Curriculum.

CORPORATE INFORMATION

Squizzes.com is operated by JazzyMedia Ltd., the UK's leading in-school communications specialist. We were founded in 1997 and now reach five million children and youth in 10,000 nursery schools, primary schools, secondary schools and colleges with displays, curriculum activities, handouts, events and our new educational quiz website, Squizzes.com.

Clients include government (Departments of Education, Health, Transport and Defence), charities (NSPCC, British Heart Foundation), universities (Oxford University, London Metropolitan University), employers, and a variety of sponsors such as BBC, GlaxoSmithKline, MTV, Penguin Books and Warner Brothers. As part of our business, JazzyMedia provides schools with a regular supply of non-sponsored material promoting positive themes of good citizenship, health and safety, education, the environment, careers and sport.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or suggestions about Squizzes.com or a particular activity, please contact us in writing at:

JazzyMedia Ltd
112-114 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 6PH
UK

To contact us via email, please email schoolschallenge@jazzymedia.co.uk.

SAFETY AND PRIVACY

Squizzes.com is operated by JazzyMedia Ltd. on behalf of schools and sponsors. We have endeavoured to make the online activity entirely safe for our young visitors and the use of the website under teacher supervision provides extra security. We create, check and test all content with care. It is not possible for third parties to contact children through the microsite, nor is it possible for children to communicate with unknown parties. We gather the minimum of personal data required to administer the programme. Visitors to the website are not required to register; they may enjoy the activity and play the games without providing any personal data. However, registration is necessary in order for a visitor to enter a competition, obtain a ranking on leader boards and win prizes. Registration also permits participating schools to administer their pupils' activity. To register, a visitor must enter their first name and last name, date of birth (or just age if 11 or under), gender and email address (if over 11 years old). Optional information is school affiliation. Date of birth and gender allow us to serve up appropriate content (e.g. quiz questions of appropriate difficulty) and to distinguish between two contestants with the same name. School affiliation allows the individual to compete against others in the school and to count towards that school's participation figure. Email addresses allow us to contact players directly during the competition period if required, to contact winners who are not in participating schools, to invite registrants to participate in future Schools Challenges and to provide information on behalf of our current and future sponsors.

Children under 13 must obtain their teachers’ or parents’ consent before registering. Children who register and play on behalf of a participating school are deemed to have obtained the consent of their parents, either directly or via their school, to provide any personally identifiable information in order to benefit from online educational resources and JazzyMedia does not accept liability for any breach of child privacy laws.

Data collected is the property and responsibility of JazzyMedia which observes the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998. Keeping sensitive information secure is extremely important to us. JazzyMedia will use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that all personally identifiable information relating to Squizzes and received via the Internet is secure against unauthorised access.

JazzyMedia shall not disclose any personally identifiable information to third parties. Authorised administrators in participating schools will be able to view registered pupils’ first and last names and competition activity upon logging in using a password.

JazzyMedia shall retain contestants’ registration data in order to facilitate participation in future educational activities. A registered user (or their parent, if applicable) of the website may request that JazzyMedia remove their personally identifiable information from its database and JazzyMedia shall comply.

Competition winners who are not in participating schools will be notified by email requesting their parent's email address. We will email the parents of winning children requesting their approval to deliver prizes. We will send parents a form containing their home address which they will be required to sign and send us by fax or regular post.

‘Cookie’ are small pieces of information that are stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. Cookie technology is utilised to track how many people visit us and where visitors go on the website, which areas are favourites, which areas may need improvement, or what technologies and Internet service are being used by our visitors so that the website may be improved. Most browsers automatically accept cookies but a browser can usually be changed to prevent this and most of the features on the website can be used without cookies.

OTHER MATTERS

  1. Intellectual Property

    1. This site is owned and operated by JazzyMedia Ltd. 'JazzyMedia', 'Squiz' and 'Schools Challenge' are trade marks of JazzyMedia Ltd. The use of the 'Schools Challenge' trade mark is granted to clients under limited licence for purposes of campaigns.

    2. All the software used on the website and all information and materials (the 'Content') included on it (including without limitation, website design, text, graphics, audio and video and the selection and arrangement of the Content) are the property of JazzyMedia Ltd or its clients and are protected by international copyright laws.

    3. None of the Content may be downloaded, copied, reproduced, republished, posted, transmitted, stored, sold or distributed without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

    4. You are prohibited from modifying any of the Content or using any of the Content for any purpose other than as set out herein (including, without limitation, on any other website or computer network).

  2. Links to Third Party Websites

    This website may have links to other Internet websites that are controlled and maintained by third parties. These links are included solely for your convenience and do not constitute any endorsement by us of the websites linked or referred to. We have no control over the content of any such website.

  3. Liability Disclaimer

    JazzyMedia and its clients cannot accept any responsibility for any damage, loss, injury or disappointment suffered by any entrant entering the competition or as a result of accepting any prize. We are not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any computer on-line systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software failure of any email or entry to be received on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the Internet or at any web site, or any combination thereof, including any injury or damage to entrant's or any other person's computer related to or resulting from participation or downloading any materials in the competition.

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