BwD E Learning Service

News from the E Learning Service in Blackburn with Darwen

Entries from January 2006

Primary ICT Co-ordinator’s Spring Term Network Meeting

January 30th, 2006 · No Comments

This will take place at the E Learning Centre Thursday 9th February 2006 4:15pm – 5:15pm.
Refreshments will be available from 4:00pm.
Agenda – Updates on Scheme – Assessment and Levelling of Children’s work – General updates – AOB
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New NGfL Guides – Holocaust Memorial Day 2006 & Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2006

January 25th, 2006 · No Comments

The latest additions to the National Grid for Learning (NGfL) Guides bring the total number of guides up to 88. There is something here with relevance to all age groups from Foundations Stage to 6th form (and beyond). 
The guides don’t contain content, as such, but act as a route map to [...]

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“In a world heaving under the weight of billions of web pages, keeping up to date with the information you want can be a drag. ………”

January 24th, 2006 · No Comments

… (BBC website).
If this sounds familiar then RSS newsfeeds could help you!
This page from BBC website explains them much more eloquently than I could.
We have been developing a parallel site to these news pages – with an RSS newsfeed. Although we’ve been working on it since before Christmas, [...]

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The Latest Links – new links we’ve added in the last two months – all teachers

January 24th, 2006 · No Comments

Solve It – http://kids.mysterynet.com/solveit/ – English – KS2

A whodunit for children – updated weekly. Each story is about 700 words in length. Click on the name of the person you suspect, and you can see how others have chosen, along with the correct solution and the [...]

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New Resources on our website – something for everyone

January 20th, 2006 · No Comments

The following items have been added since the beginning of December:
RE – Key Stages 2 and 3
Leaders and Leadership – basic flip chart for brainstorming ideas of what is a leader, where you might find a leader, who leaders are etc.
The Trinity – A flipchart that [...]

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Foundation Stage flipcharts from St Joseph’s RCP, Darwen

January 20th, 2006 · No Comments

Helen Rigby of St Joseph’s RC Primary in Darwen has very kindly given us a number of flipcharts that she has made. They can be found in: 
Foundation Stage – Communication Language and Literacy 
level 1 words (birds).flp
Foundation Stage – Mathematical Development  5 people.flp -Counting to five 
Patterns.flp  CountingToSixOnTheBeach.flp
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A winning BETT – all teachers with an interest in ICT

January 12th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Blackburn, the Redeemer C E Primary School were among the first 20 schools in the country to collect a new award: the ICT mark, the new quality mark for ICT in schools. The presentation was made during the annual BETT exhibition at London’s Olympia.
Photograph and more details will be uploaded to [...]

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Practical Support Pack – Learning and Teaching using ICT – KS1 & 2 English & Maths – KS 3 all subjects

January 11th, 2006 · No Comments

The Practical Support Pack is an online collection of downloadable resources designed to help primary and KS3 secondary teachers develop their teaching practice using ICT. They include lesson plans, audio/video clips, presentations, software applications, skills guidance and evaluation materials. There’s also an extensive library of video case studies.
The web address is http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/supportpack/
The website [...]

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National Whiteboard Network Spring Package 2006 – All Primary Teachers

January 5th, 2006 · No Comments

This package has been designed to support planning and teaching in the Spring term. You will find annotated planning, electronic resources, stand-alone lessons, materials to support specific targets and links to other resources to support the use of the interactive whiteboard to enhance teaching and learning.
http://www.nwnet.org.uk/pages/spring_pkg.html
New for Spring 2006 – There are [...]

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Happy New Year – BwD E Learning Conference – all with an interest in using ICT – all Key Stages

January 5th, 2006 · No Comments

E Learning Conference – Thursday 23rd March – Ewood Park 
As with the last conference we organised in October 2004, this will consist of keyonote speakers, seminars and an exhibition. Put the date in your diary now, and watch this space for more details.

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