Please Help A Poor Teacher In The UK....

........... Hi, I've just come across this forum and was hoping that you can lend a hand.

I teach in a special school - our pupils are slow learners and find reading and writing rather challenging. They are slow learners. Here, we say that they have moderate learning difficulties. In most other ways, they are like any other kids - and if you met them out and about on the streets, they would not seem any different to their mainstream peers.

I teach Computer skills throughout the school, and this year, I have to teach databases to our older pupils. In the past, I confess, I have used excel to demonstrate some database capabilities, but I would like to use the proper program this time.

I purchased Access for the school - only to discover that it is Access 2007. So not only do I have to learn an unfamilar program [for me] but also it looks very different too.

Not to be outdone, I have bought one of those 'teach yourself access 2007' CDs and all is going well with that. [Though it is still early days].

What I need are some sample databases for the kids to practice sorting, filtering etc on. I have downloaded some sample databases, but they all seem very complicated to me. Simple is the key, here. Something like someone's database of cds [I did start to make one of these myself but it was very time consuming]

Or maybe some ideas of simple databases that the kids could have a go at making. That could be good. My mind is such a jumble that I can't think straight right now.

Any ideas? Can anyone please help?

Eternally grateful, in advance,

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