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HIAS ICT Team Primary Newsletter - Autumn 2009
ICT Leaders’
Meetings 25.11.09 and 03.12.09 at Parklands JuniorsWelcome to the Autumn issue of the HIAS ICT Team Newsletter
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designed to keepyou up-to-date with ICT issues on a local and national level. Subscribe to the ICT inHavering blog for regular ICT updates www.haveringict.edublogs.org
HIAS Primary ICT Leaders
’
Meetings Wednesday 25.11.09 and Thursday 03.12.09
Focus:
„Next Generation Learning
and the London MLE
in Action‟
.
Venue:
Parklands Junior School, Havering Road, Romford, RM1 4QX
Dates:
Wednesday 25.11.09 and repeated on Thursday 03.12.09
Time:
4.15pm-6.00pm.
Highlights include
Pupils and staff from Elm Park Primary School to share some of the activities that they havebeen undertaking
with games-based learning, Apple Macs, podcasting, digital video, the London MLE
eSafety scheme of work materials from the London Grid for Learning.
Suzanne Nott from Crownfield Junior School will explain how the London MLE is transformingorganisational efficiency and the extended schools agenda.
Find out how Towers Junior School are rolling-out the London MLE
in school and at home.
Explore how to embed espresso in the London MLE.
Karen Webley of Scargill Junior School will share outcomes form the recent Technology WeekThe HIAS ICT Team will share outcomes from the current Teach-IT pilot*
(see below).
Teresa Carter of Parklands Junior School
will explore how visualisers support learning and teaching.
Find out what the changes to Ofsted inspection arrangements
mean for ICT.
Discover how parents can apply Home Access Grants
for free ICT equipment.
Explore issues to do with Safeguarding and eSafety
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resources will be available to support this.
Details of the next round of HIAS ICT Innovative ICT Bursaries
Please sign-up now via the HIAS course booking system.
ICT Excellence Awards and ICT Mark Accreditation
The HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary School receive ICT Excellence Award recognition
On Thursday 19
th
November 2009 the HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary Schoolwere recognised at the Becta ICT Excellence Awards
‟ ceremony
in Bristol. The HIASICT Team were
awarded „Winners‟ in the „Support for Schools‟ category and
the teamfrom Engayne Primary School were
awarded „Runners
-
up‟ in the „Leadership,Management and Collaboration‟
category. Both the HIAS ICT Team and EngaynePrimary School are delighted by the awards that recognise the success of ICT in Havering at a national level.
Find out more at
Scargill Infant School and Scargill Junior School receive ICT Mark accreditation
In July 2009, following an extensive external assessment Scargill Infant School wasawarded the prestigious ICT Mark by Becta.
The award recognises the school‟s success in
developing the strategic use of ICT in both administration and across the curriculum.
HeadTeacher, Kath Keeper
commented “We are delighted to b
e awarded the ICT Mark. Itrecognises our positive approach to ICT and the benefits it is bringing to our children.
”
In July 2009, ScargillJunior School was awarded the ICT Mark too.
In the ICT Mark Assessor’s report the following
elements were highlighted as
‘Areas of strength/outstanding practice within the self
-review
framework’:
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Passion and vision for handheld learning supporting independent, pupil led learning across thecurriculum. Commitment and enthusiasm from all staff. Management, implementation and review ofinnovations led by the ICT co-ordinator.
Amanda Ireland, Scargill Junior School’s Head Teacher
commented,
“We are thrilled at achieving the ICT Mark. It is recognition for the fabulous work we are doing to
enable our children to achieve lifelong learning and skills in the 21st Century
.”
Harold Court Next
‘Genera
tion Learning
Team’
member
Jenny Hall with the School’s‘
Commitment to Next Generation Learning
’
certificate.
Next Generation Learning and Becta Self-Review Framework
Becta Next Generation Learning campaign starts ‘The Journey’ at Elm Park Primary School
“The Journey” i
s an eight-part series of video diariesfollowing Elm Park Primary School
‟s transformation
through ICT. As well as a new building, uniform, logo andstaff to think about, they want technology to play a centralrole. The school aims to give children, and parents,access to a full range of technology. They want children toaccess learning through the technologies they are used tousing. They want to help parents play a bigger role in their
children‟s education. But how easy will this be? There‟s
the funding to consider. And staff and parents will needtraining and support. This is your chance to be a fly-on-the-wall. Follow the ups and downs and share thecelebrations as the Headteacher, Vicki Knox, her staff, pupils and parents start on the journey of a lif
etime…
Next Generation Learning
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are you committed yet? Harold Court Primary School is...
The
Government’s Next Generation Learning
campaign is encouraging parents/carers/governors totake an increased interest in ICT provision withinschools.
Harold Court Primary School recently signed-up to theNext Generation Learning Charter and is
committed toattaining ICT Mark accreditation. The School received acertificate recognising its commitment and is able to usethe logo on the School website and stationery.
Becta's Online Self-review Framework (SRF)
offers a route for
assessing
and
improving
a
school's use of ICT as part of Next Generation Learning.The framework is
free to use
and is linked to the
national standards
for ICT. It can help:
Show what "good" use of ICT looks like
Benchmark your progress against other schools
Identify your strengths
Produce action plans for improvement.
London Managed Learning Environment - MLE
London Managed Learning Environment
15 of the 18 secondary schools and 40 of the 59 primary schools are now onboard.
Remember you
must have a working MLE in place by the end of the Summer Term 2010.
The HIAS ICT Team will fund for set-up and first year costs.
Effective practice with the London Managed Learning Environment - Towers Junior School
Staff at Towers Junior School have been working-to develop theirMLE for staff and pupil use. As well as web access, the School hasinstalled an LCD screen linked to a laptop in the staffroom to enable
all
staff to quickly see at-a-glance what is happening. Alongside thisstaff are developing content for pupil-use in-class and away fromschool.
Find out more by attending the Primary ICT Leaders’
meetings.
Learning and Teaching
Pupils at Scargill Junior School win another national Handheld Learning Award
For the second year in a row pupils from Scargill Junior School achieved third placein
„The Learners‟ Y Factor‟
at the national Handheld Learning Awards at TheBarbican, presented by Jason Bradbury of Ch
annel 5‟s „The Gadget Show‟.
Led byteacher and ICT leader Karen Webley, the children showed the audience and judges the excellent ways in which they use handheld learning to support learningand teaching. This included sharing their teacher and pupil joint planning forTechnology Week and a live survey with the audience using SmartPhones andWildKey to gather data!
LGfL National Poetry Day 2009
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Live and kicking from Crownfield Junior School
On Thursday 8th October 2009, Havering pupils celebratedNational Poetry Day
by sharing their prose with young people fromover 100 schools worldwide via a live video-conferencing (VC) linkfrom Crownfield Junior School. Pupils were joined by close to 3,000young people from countries across the world, including France,Finland and Texas, USA to read and talk about poetry with poetsJohn Hegley, Michael Rosen, Paul Cookson and rap artist Breis.
Crownfield’s Head Teacher Gary Nott said,
“It is quite amazing to
think that in this classroom our students are sharing poems and
their learning experiences with other students all over the world.”
Teach-IT pilot
As part of the HIAS ICT Team‟s
strategy to explore new ways to use ICT to supportlearning and teaching a pilot group has been set-up to trial the TEACH-IT materialsfrom www.do-be.co.ukThe materials explore the use of digital Imaging, digital still and video camera,Google Earth, mp3/mp4 audio files, games consoles/Nintendo DS/Nintendo Wii,Podcasting with Podium/GarageBand and Web and Web 2.0 technologies
Find out more by attending the Primary ICT Leaders’ meetings.
Lights, camera, action at Squirrels Heath Infant School
Reception teacher, Isabella Martin has transformed
her „homecorner‟
into a film studio. With a laptop, digital video and digitalstills camera
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children are undertaking photoshoots andcreating films. She has added a red carpet, a
„film awards‟
backdrop and some cardboard spotlights. The children love it!
‘
Visualiser
–
Hints and Tips across the Curriculum
’ –
new-magazine full of ideas
Click on the link below to access the first issue
of „Visualiser –
Hints
and Tips Across The Curriculum‟.
http://www.elmo-visualiser.co.uk/visualiser-lesson-ideas-online-magazine.asp Paper copies of the magazine will also be
available at the Primary ICT Leaders‟ Meetings.
Are you interested in introducing visualisers in your school or youwant to make more effective use of the ones that you have?Contact your HIAS ICT Link or email dsmith1.311@lgflmail.org
Visit the Visualiser Forum www.visualiserforum.org for
videos/case-studies of visualisers in action.
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