Monthly Archives: April 2009
Primary Curriculum Review
Sir Jim Rose has published the final report of his Independent Review of the Primary Curriculum , which you can download from here. Look out for the enhanced role of ICT, which he recommends becomes part of the new core of … Continue reading
Tagged Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2
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KS2 classrooms
A number of primary schools have decided to use the full SLG product for their older pupils rather than the primary product. This can be very successful, as demonstrated by Clunbury pupils at the ICT conference (though schools need to … Continue reading
Cyberbullying of school staff
Following a number of incidents nationwide of members of staff being attacked online, there is a new DCSF publication available from here called Cyberbullying: supporting school staff It includes information on the following What is Cyberbullying? Cyberbullying and the law … Continue reading
Blogging on the Gateway
Sharepoint allows schools to create and moderate their own blogs and it’s good to see some schools already doing so on the Shropshire Learning Gateway. To support teachers in setting up blogs in Sharepoint I have written a brief guide. … Continue reading
Conference 2009 2 minute presentations
E twinning eTwinning is part of Comenius EU programme for schools. Its aim is to strengthen learning about Europe in the curriculum. This is done through using ICT to form short or long term international projects in any subject area … Continue reading
Ict 2009 Conference Workshops
A series of workshops were held (morning and afternoon) at this year’s conference at Albrighton hotel. I had the pleasure of attending two. The schools had put a lot of hard work into their presentations and the children did a … Continue reading
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Tagged Conference, Digital Imaging, Enhancing the curriculum
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Smart Notebook 10
Schools can update to version 10 by visiting http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/default.htm You will need the serial number of your existing hardware and if you don’t know where it is go to http://smarttech.com/nb10productkey/FindYourSerial.aspx. To read about the new features of Smart 10 go to … Continue reading
Futurelab April Newsletter
Futurelab’s latest newsletter is available online. Particularly interesting are the handbook for leaders on Curriculum and Teaching Innovation and the web article on the use of PSP across the curriculum in The Ridings School, Halifax where the technology is engaging … Continue reading
ICT conference – Clunbury Primary
We hope to post a series of reports from the ICT conference over the next few days. I’d like to start by thanking the pupils and staff of Clunbury School for providing a fantastic workshop on their use of the … Continue reading
i-board Easter activities
i-board are offering 6 free activites for Easter suitable for KS1 and early KS2. They are free to use and available here. They are creative, pattern making activities, some themed around Easter. Simply go to the library area of the … Continue reading
Posted in Enhancing the curriculum
Tagged Add new tag, elearning, Enhancing the curriculum, IWBs
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