Bromley ICT Forum Blog

12,00 high quality music files are available from the LGFL web site.

These files have been created from a cooperative of professional British composers. This is a ’paid for’ resource provided by the NEN RBC’s , saving schools up to £95 every time they download a clip for use in teachers adn pupils work.

The Audio Network Licence has been extended for another three years with lots of additional files to download. Great for podcasting

Like the real world, the online world has good and bad in it. And going online is like going out in the real world. We need to take care. London Grid’s unit on e-safety gives practical advice and activities to help you use the internet safely. Find US Online either through the LGFL Content Grid for ICT (KS2) or go directly to www.usonline.lgfl.net

Now available in the KS2 and 3 ICT menus. www.ict.lgfl.net

(From Caroline Greenall and Penny Jones) 

Free Interactive Whiteboard Training Event
LAST CHANCE

Churchfields Primary and Nursery School are excited to be hosting an Interactive Whiteboard users cluster meeting on Tuesday 10th June
3.45 (for refreshments)
4.00pm – 5.00pm
Come along to:

• Find out some free training tips
• Share flipcharts and resources
• Update yourself on the new developments in IWB technology including pupil response systems
• See a range of new available software
• Every attendee will receive a free goodie bag of ready to use resources
• Lots of great competitions with fantastic prizes
• Have free refreshments

Everyone Welcome

This event is run in conjunction with Promethean Technologies but is suitable for users of all IWB software and hardware.

Don’t forget to bring along your memory key!

If you would like to attend please email:
pennyj.churchfields.bromley@lgfl.net

If you would like to take the opportunity to share your own good practice or demonstrate any of the work you have done using IWBs please let us know, we can definitely fit you in.

Penny Jones (DHT) & Caroline Greenall (ICT SL)
Churchfields Primary and Nursery School
Churchfields Road
Beckenham
BR3 4QY
0208 650 5247

(Message from Alison Tanner and Seld Ziya)

 Venue:Darrick
Wood
Junior
School BR6 8ERDate:  Wednesday 11^th June

I am writing to invite you to an event which we are holding at Darrick Wood Junior school on Wednesday 11^th June at 4pm.

The purpose of the event is to bring teaching practitioners together to learn new interactive teaching techniques as well as sharing their experience with others. 

 Using an interactive whiteboard and voting devices we shall share flipcharts and other downloadable curriculum based resources as well as showing you other resources which are free such as Top Tips, Love you Whiteboard and research into learner response devices – the Reveal project.

You will be pleased to know that whatever your interactive whiteboard type is you will benefit from the session as tips and software are not manufacturer specific. 

At the end of the session you will have the chance to take away 60 day trials of either Activprimary or Activstudio software as well as other useful resources.I very much hope you can join us, and look forward to meeting you and helping you to maximise your impact in class.

If you would be interested in attending please could you let us know numbers by ringing 01689 85730 or emailing tanner.darrickwood-jnr.bromley@lgfl.net   

Churchfields Primary and Nursery School are hosting an Interactive Whiteboard Cluster Meeting on Tuesday 10th June commencing at 3:45pm

Come along to:

• Find out some free training tips
• Share flipcharts and resources
• Update yourself on new developments in IWB resources including the pupil response systems.
• See a range of new available software
• Take away some free resources
• Have free refreshments

This event is run in conjunction with Promethean Technologies but is suitable for users of all IWB software and hardware.

Don’t forget to bring along your memory  key!

If you would like the chance to attend please email: pennyj.churchfields.bromley@lgfl.net

If you would like to take the opportunity to share your own good practice and demonstrate any work you have done using IWB’s please let us know, we can definitely fit you in.

Penny Jones (DHT) and Caroline Greenall (ICT SL)

Churchfields Primary and Nursery Schools

Churchfields Road

Beckenham BR3 4QY 0208650 5247

Primary ICT Coordinators (Foundation, Key Stages 1 and 2) 

Some time ago we mentioned the excellent Newham Schemes of work for ICT as well as the materials produced by National Curriculum in Action.

You might want to consider these links and documents put out by

 Greenwich LA,

Hertfordshire Grid for Learning,

Wokingham Primary Schemes of work 

 Darrick Wood Junior School.

If you would like to share your school’s scheme of work or provide examples of successful lessons please email me at andrew.ferrier@bromley.gov.uk
Click here to download Lesson plan proforma

As Tesco would say ‘every little helps..’

Reprinted from the NAACE Newsletter

There are two objectives for this article: describing the podcasting project we have established in Halton and inviting your participation. This principle of participation and collaboration lies at the heart of the project.

We decided that any project aimed at producing teaching and learning outcomes through podcasting needed to acknowledge the following key factors

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Since Bob Usher’s  course in January, many of our schools are now beginning to incoporate Podcasting as a strategy in the delivery of engaging curriculum activities.

We have  examples of teachers using podcasts as a strategy for supporting children with their homework such as teacher,  Karen Easterling’s ‘Division using Chunking’ podcast at Farnborough Primary School. We can also see examples of  students recreating and processing their learning in the form of their own podcasts such as the Year 6 Flashback at Darrick Wood  Junior Primary School. Churchfields Primary School (Christmas in Argentina ) and Warren Road Primary School  have also been very active in using podcasts to supplement their curriculum program.

Podcasts are not hard to do and they can offer  great value to the school’s curriculum program. They can be used successfully from Reception to Key Stage 4.

The LGFL offer a site for hosting podcasts produced by teachers and children. Schools can set up their accounts and load their podcasts to be shared with other schoools. The site also has some great suggestions for incorporating podcasts into currioculum planning along with tools to help you get started (and most of those tools are free). Visit Podcast Central for more information. (Use your LGFL login and password to get cracking…).

If you are interested in having your class participate in a podcast ICT Project Adventure please email me. If any other Bromley Schools (or from any other borough for that matter) are using podcasting, please share your thoughts with us on the blogsite. I would be really keen to hear from your, especially any secondary schools)

Enclosed is a message from Lyn Whitford (IEARN UK)

A great opportunity has arisen with our colleagues in iEARN in Thailand as 2 schools are looking for UK partner schools with which to exchange a Teddy Bear.

Ideally, we’d like a class from Year 4 and another from Year 7.

This is an ideal first project and also one of our most popular! Why? It’s relatively simple to start; the bear is involved in all of your school activities; the pupils learn about another culture and new technologies….and it’s fun!!!

Pupils often exchange clothes, books, sweets etc for the Teddy and like to stay in touch.

The schools in Thailand are very keen, so if you would like to take part then please email me by return with the following details:-

Name of Teacher

Name of School

Address of School

Teacher email

Year of Pupils

Number of Pupils

If you are interested in an exchange with schools in a different country, then please let me know and I can try to match your request.

Best Wishes

Lynne Whitford
Administrator

iEARN UK
Technology House
Rhewl
Ruthin
LL15 1TN

01824 708772
www.iearn.org
Registered Charity No. 1109069

The NAACE Primary on line activities, reviews and resources remain available here

This wide ranging collection includes primary curriculum support materials, primary on line resources, software applications and curriculum activities covering all Primary education including Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.

Popular software titles include Big Book Maker, Find the Pairs, Jumbo, History Photo Quiz, Number Board and Sorting Games.

There are also reviews of books, software and hardware with a focus on embedding ICT in Primary Education.

The Direct2U service was a weekly email service produced by Becta in partnership with NAACE. The service was for primary teachers and offfered lesson plans featuring ICT in activities based on six subject strands. The service is now discontinued but you can view the lesson plans in this archive