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HIAS ICT Team Primary Newsletter - Autumn 2009 ICT Leaders’ Meetings 25.11.09 and 03.12.09 at Parklands Juniors Welcome to the Autumn issue of the HIAS ICT Team Newsletter – designed to keep you up-to-date with ICT issues on a local and national level. Subscribe to the ICT in Havering 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 have been 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 transforming organisational 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 Week The 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 – 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 19th November 2009 the HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary School were recognised at the Becta ICT Excellence Awards‟ ceremony in Bristol. The HIAS ICT Team were awarded „Winners‟ in the „Support for Schools‟ category and the team from Engayne Primary School were awarded „Runners-up‟ in the „Leadership, Management and Collaboration‟ category. Both the HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary School are delighted by the awards that recognise the success of ICT in Havering at a national level. Find out more at: http://awards.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?page=2071
Scargill Infant School and Scargill Junior School receive ICT Mark accreditation In July 2009, following an extensive external assessment Scargill Infant School was awarded 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. Head Teacher, Kath Keeper commented “We are delighted to be awarded the ICT Mark. It recognises our positive approach to ICT and the benefits it is bringing to our children.” In July 2009, Scargill Junior 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’:- Passion and vision for handheld learning supporting independent, pupil led learning across the curriculum. Commitment and enthusiasm from all staff. Management, implementation and review of innovations 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.”
Next Generation Learning and Becta Self-Review Framework Becta Next Generation Learning campaign starts ‘The Journey’ at Elm Park Primary School “The Journey” is an eight-part series of video diaries following Elm Park Primary School‟s transformation through ICT. As well as a new building, uniform, logo and staff to think about, they want technology to play a central role. The school aims to give children, and parents, access to a full range of technology. They want children to access learning through the technologies they are used to using. 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 need training and support. This is your chance to be a fly-on-the-wall. Follow the ups and downs and share the celebrations as the Headteacher, Vicki Knox, her staff, pupils and parents start on the journey of a lifetime… Watch the videos - Visit the Next Generation Learning Website
Next Generation Learning – are you committed yet? Harold Court Primary School is... The Government’s Next Generation Learning campaign is encouraging parents/carers/governors to take an increased interest in ICT provision within schools. Harold Court Primary School recently signed-up to the Next Generation Learning Charter and is committed to attaining ICT Mark accreditation. The School received a certificate recognising its commitment and is able to use the 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.
Harold Court Next ‘Generation Learning Team’ member Jenny Hall with the School’s ‘Commitment to Next Generation Learning’ certificate.
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. Register for the Becta SRF at: - https://selfreview.becta.org.uk
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 their MLE for staff and pupil use. As well as web access, the School has installed an LCD screen linked to a laptop in the staffroom to enable all staff to quickly see at-a-glance what is happening. Alongside this staff are developing content for pupil-use in-class and away from school. 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 place in „The Learners‟ Y Factor‟ at the national Handheld Learning Awards at The Barbican, presented by Jason Bradbury of Channel 5‟s „The Gadget Show‟. Led by teacher and ICT leader Karen Webley, the children showed the audience and judges the excellent ways in which they use handheld learning to support learning and teaching. This included sharing their teacher and pupil joint planning for Technology Week and a live survey with the audience using SmartPhones and WildKey to gather data!
LGfL National Poetry Day 2009 – Live and kicking from Crownfield Junior School On Thursday 8th October 2009, Havering pupils celebrated National Poetry Day by sharing their prose with young people from over 100 schools worldwide via a live video-conferencing (VC) link from Crownfield Junior School. Pupils were joined by close to 3,000 young people from countries across the world, including France, Finland and Texas, USA to read and talk about poetry with poets John 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 support learning and teaching a pilot group has been set-up to trial the TEACH-IT materials from www.do-be.co.uk The 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 „home corner‟ into a film studio. With a laptop, digital video and digital stills camera – children are undertaking photoshoots and creating 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-onlinemagazine.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 you want to make more effective use of the ones that you have? Contact your HIAS ICT Link or email [email protected] Visit the Visualiser Forum www.visualiserforum.org for videos/case-studies of visualisers in action.
Havering Primary Renovation/Transformation Programme On Friday 23rd October 2009, Teachers from Towers Junior, Hylands Primary, Elm Park Primary and Gidea Park Primary School svisited the RM Real Centre, as part developing the new ICT provision within their schools. They explored an impressive array of new technologies, developing their vision and considering ways to transform learning and teaching through ICT.
Ofsted and ICT Feedback from recent Ofsted inspections under the new framework showed a clear focus on the need for effective differentiation in discrete ICT lessons, tracking of the assessment of pupils in ICT and individual pupil targets for ICT. The „Ofsted - Importance of ICT‟ report in 2008 highlighted the Assessment of ICT and the teaching of Control Technology and Datalogging as areas of weakness in schools.
Safeguarding ‘Safeguarding’ is now a key part of the new Ofsted Framework. As part of this it is recommended schools have a whole-school eSafety strategy to help address this. This should include (amongst other things) eSafety activities embedded in schemes of work, annual eSafety awareness sessions for staff, parents/carers, governors and other stakeholders and an eSafety Policy. Find out more about what is needed at the Primary ICT Leaders’ meetings, where resources/strategies to address this will be shared.
HIAS ICT Competitions Printing Inks - Engayne helps to save the environment and wins a birdbox with a webcam Engayne Primary School has won a borough wide challenge organised by Cartridge World Romford to collect the most printer cartridges for recycling in a school year. The school collected 368 cartridges in total! By using recycled printer cartridges the school made considerable savings, allowing school funds to be spent on other equipment and raising the importance of green issues. The school was presented with a trophy, and a prize of bird box fitted with a webcam in recognition of this. The competition is running again this year. Please contact [email protected] to take part.
The Havering ‘Hoscars’ – Time to submit your films... The closing date for entries for the Havering Hoscars is Friday 4th December 2009. Please send your finished videos on CD/DVD/USB to Nesha Sadheura, HIAS, Scimitar House, Eastern Road, Romford RM1 3NH. Winners will be announced W/C 11.01.2010 Any questions? Please contact... [email protected]
Continuing Professional Development for ICT from the HIAS ICT Team ICT CPD courses - Autumn 2009/Spring 2010 – see the HIAS course booking system for details Course Name A Taste of Apple - Apple Macs in the Classroom to support podcasting, animation, film-making and comic-books Digital Video – Stopframe Animation and Digital Storytelling – 2 session course Making the whiteboard even more interactive using Promethean ActivPrimary/ActivInspire The Becta ICT Self-Review Framework and Applying for ICT Mark
Date/Time Thurs 27th May 2010 Time: 4.15pm-6.00pm Tues 2nd February 2010 and Tues 9th February 2010 Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm Mon 29th March 2010 Time: 4 .15pm – 6.00 pm Tues 24th March 2010 Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
The HIAS ICT Team and the ICT in Havering Blog Penny Patterson – Senior Inspector ICT Futures [email protected] Amanda Jackson – General Inspector ICT [email protected] Nesha Sadheura – ICT Consultant [email protected] Dave Smith – ICT Consultant [email protected] Subscribe to the ICT in Havering blog http://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 have been 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 transforming organisational 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 Week The 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 – 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 19th November 2009 the HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary School were recognised at the Becta ICT Excellence Awards‟ ceremony in Bristol. The HIAS ICT Team were awarded „Winners‟ in the „Support for Schools‟ category and the team from Engayne Primary School were awarded „Runners-up‟ in the „Leadership, Management and Collaboration‟ category. Both the HIAS ICT Team and Engayne Primary School are delighted by the awards that recognise the success of ICT in Havering at a national level. Find out more at: http://awards.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?page=2071
Scargill Infant School and Scargill Junior School receive ICT Mark accreditation In July 2009, following an extensive external assessment Scargill Infant School was awarded 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. Head Teacher, Kath Keeper commented “We are delighted to be awarded the ICT Mark. It recognises our positive approach to ICT and the benefits it is bringing to our children.” In July 2009, Scargill Junior 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’:- Passion and vision for handheld learning supporting independent, pupil led learning across the curriculum. Commitment and enthusiasm from all staff. Management, implementation and review of innovations 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.”
Next Generation Learning and Becta Self-Review Framework Becta Next Generation Learning campaign starts ‘The Journey’ at Elm Park Primary School “The Journey” is an eight-part series of video diaries following Elm Park Primary School‟s transformation through ICT. As well as a new building, uniform, logo and staff to think about, they want technology to play a central role. The school aims to give children, and parents, access to a full range of technology. They want children to access learning through the technologies they are used to using. 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 need training and support. This is your chance to be a fly-on-the-wall. Follow the ups and downs and share the celebrations as the Headteacher, Vicki Knox, her staff, pupils and parents start on the journey of a lifetime… Watch the videos - Visit the Next Generation Learning Website
Next Generation Learning – are you committed yet? Harold Court Primary School is... The Government’s Next Generation Learning campaign is encouraging parents/carers/governors to take an increased interest in ICT provision within schools. Harold Court Primary School recently signed-up to the Next Generation Learning Charter and is committed to attaining ICT Mark accreditation. The School received a certificate recognising its commitment and is able to use the 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.
Harold Court Next ‘Generation Learning Team’ member Jenny Hall with the School’s ‘Commitment to Next Generation Learning’ certificate.
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. Register for the Becta SRF at: - https://selfreview.becta.org.uk
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 their MLE for staff and pupil use. As well as web access, the School has installed an LCD screen linked to a laptop in the staffroom to enable all staff to quickly see at-a-glance what is happening. Alongside this staff are developing content for pupil-use in-class and away from school. 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 place in „The Learners‟ Y Factor‟ at the national Handheld Learning Awards at The Barbican, presented by Jason Bradbury of Channel 5‟s „The Gadget Show‟. Led by teacher and ICT leader Karen Webley, the children showed the audience and judges the excellent ways in which they use handheld learning to support learning and teaching. This included sharing their teacher and pupil joint planning for Technology Week and a live survey with the audience using SmartPhones and WildKey to gather data!
LGfL National Poetry Day 2009 – Live and kicking from Crownfield Junior School On Thursday 8th October 2009, Havering pupils celebrated National Poetry Day by sharing their prose with young people from over 100 schools worldwide via a live video-conferencing (VC) link from Crownfield Junior School. Pupils were joined by close to 3,000 young people from countries across the world, including France, Finland and Texas, USA to read and talk about poetry with poets John 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 support learning and teaching a pilot group has been set-up to trial the TEACH-IT materials from www.do-be.co.uk The 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 „home corner‟ into a film studio. With a laptop, digital video and digital stills camera – children are undertaking photoshoots and creating 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-onlinemagazine.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 you want to make more effective use of the ones that you have? Contact your HIAS ICT Link or email [email protected] Visit the Visualiser Forum www.visualiserforum.org for videos/case-studies of visualisers in action.
Havering Primary Renovation/Transformation Programme On Friday 23rd October 2009, Teachers from Towers Junior, Hylands Primary, Elm Park Primary and Gidea Park Primary School svisited the RM Real Centre, as part developing the new ICT provision within their schools. They explored an impressive array of new technologies, developing their vision and considering ways to transform learning and teaching through ICT.
Ofsted and ICT Feedback from recent Ofsted inspections under the new framework showed a clear focus on the need for effective differentiation in discrete ICT lessons, tracking of the assessment of pupils in ICT and individual pupil targets for ICT. The „Ofsted - Importance of ICT‟ report in 2008 highlighted the Assessment of ICT and the teaching of Control Technology and Datalogging as areas of weakness in schools.
Safeguarding ‘Safeguarding’ is now a key part of the new Ofsted Framework. As part of this it is recommended schools have a whole-school eSafety strategy to help address this. This should include (amongst other things) eSafety activities embedded in schemes of work, annual eSafety awareness sessions for staff, parents/carers, governors and other stakeholders and an eSafety Policy. Find out more about what is needed at the Primary ICT Leaders’ meetings, where resources/strategies to address this will be shared.
HIAS ICT Competitions Printing Inks - Engayne helps to save the environment and wins a birdbox with a webcam Engayne Primary School has won a borough wide challenge organised by Cartridge World Romford to collect the most printer cartridges for recycling in a school year. The school collected 368 cartridges in total! By using recycled printer cartridges the school made considerable savings, allowing school funds to be spent on other equipment and raising the importance of green issues. The school was presented with a trophy, and a prize of bird box fitted with a webcam in recognition of this. The competition is running again this year. Please contact [email protected] to take part.
The Havering ‘Hoscars’ – Time to submit your films... The closing date for entries for the Havering Hoscars is Friday 4th December 2009. Please send your finished videos on CD/DVD/USB to Nesha Sadheura, HIAS, Scimitar House, Eastern Road, Romford RM1 3NH. Winners will be announced W/C 11.01.2010 Any questions? Please contact... [email protected]
Continuing Professional Development for ICT from the HIAS ICT Team ICT CPD courses - Autumn 2009/Spring 2010 – see the HIAS course booking system for details Course Name A Taste of Apple - Apple Macs in the Classroom to support podcasting, animation, film-making and comic-books Digital Video – Stopframe Animation and Digital Storytelling – 2 session course Making the whiteboard even more interactive using Promethean ActivPrimary/ActivInspire The Becta ICT Self-Review Framework and Applying for ICT Mark
Date/Time Thurs 27th May 2010 Time: 4.15pm-6.00pm Tues 2nd February 2010 and Tues 9th February 2010 Time: 4.00pm – 6.00pm Mon 29th March 2010 Time: 4 .15pm – 6.00 pm Tues 24th March 2010 Time: 9.00am – 12.00pm
The HIAS ICT Team and the ICT in Havering Blog Penny Patterson – Senior Inspector ICT Futures [email protected] Amanda Jackson – General Inspector ICT [email protected] Nesha Sadheura – ICT Consultant [email protected] Dave Smith – ICT Consultant [email protected] Subscribe to the ICT in Havering blog http://haveringict.edublogs.org/
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