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What’s on LGfL for Primary
Premium content and LA projects for e-learning
E-learning content on the London Grid for Learning (summer 2009)
The London Grid for Learning has created, bought or commissioned a range of softwarefocussed on supporting learning and teaching in the Primary sector.Many London LAs have been involved in action research projects, involving classroomteachers and supported by LGfL, which include the best and latest practice in using arange of software and hardware across the curriculum.The London Grid for Learning is also part of the National Education Network, bringingtogether 10 grids which cover all the regions of England, each with its own unique content.
What’s in this booklet
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Foundation2
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Literacy3
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Numeracy5
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Science6
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History7
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Modern Foreign Languages (French & Spanish)8
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RE, Citizenship and e-safety9
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Music10
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Other products and services11
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‘Sharing Good Practice’ - LGfL and London LA projects12
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National Education Network resources14
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Foundation and Early Years
PB Bear (P)
LGfL PB Bear provides 5online video stories and talkingbooks, with differentiatedactivities based on Foundationgoals. The activities are alsomapped to the KS1 curriculum.Produced in collaboration witha team of teachers andadvisers from London schools,It is the result of the LGfLpartnership with PearsonLongman.You can find it in theFoundation as well as the KS1Literacy, Numeracy and ICTmenus.Each story contains a numberof differentiated activitiesbased on Foundation goals.The activities are also mappedto the KS1 curriculum.You can find a summary of theactivities by selecting theActivity menu button from theStories home page
Magic School from I-Board (P)
Choose a character, dressthem up and change theirappearance then visit one ofthe play rooms for a variety ofEY-focused activities.In this example, children canexplore the sounds ofinstruments in the music room,compose a performance andplay it on the music system onthe wall.Find this at
www.iboard.lgfl.net
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Literacy
Talking Stories 1 for KS1 from 2Simple (P)
Five online talking stories onKS1 QCA topics (mainlyHistory and Geography). Thetext is spoken out in a rangeof languages and all storiesinclude activities for a rangeof subjects.The stories use Shockwavev10; if they don’t load it willbe because your machinehas an older version.
Talking Stories 2: Multimodal teaching resources for key stage 2
This resource is in the KS2 Literacymenu. It supports the renewedframework for KS2 Literacy.The ‘stories’ are Coleridge’s
The Ancient Mariner
; Sherlock Holmesin the
Red-Headed League,
theforest scene from
Midsummer’s Night Dream
,
Food
, and a co-production with the Met around
the role of PCSOs
.Each is an incredibly rich resource,supporting extensive work at KS2Literacy, possibly up to 4 weeks insome cases, with additional off-computer resources for activities.
2Simple Talking Stories 3 (for KS1 and 2)
Find this in the KS1 and 2 English menus or directly at
www.stories3.lgfl.net
The third collection of talkingstories from 2Simple software incollaboration with LGfL is nowavailable online for Londonschools. This popular resourcehas now been expanded withfamiliar stories andtraditional tales from around theworld. Featured stories include:
Orpheus
,
A Trip in the Car
,
The Wishing Tree
,
The Emperor and his Advisor
&
The Parrots and the Raja.
One unique feature of thenew collection is the ability to writeand save your own stories online.
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