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In-service Courses for Year 5 and Year 6 Teachers
Summer Term 2002

Planned in association with South Tyneside LEA, two special courses have been organised for teachers in Year 5 and Year 6. Both courses will comprise of four full days, and will be held at St.Mary's RC Primary School, Ayr Drive, Jarrow. The courses are designed to help teachers working in these year groups to deliver the QCA ICT Scheme of work.
The courses are advertised in the LEA Inset Book, and applications should be made in the normal way. The first session will be held on Thursday 25th April, beginning at 9.00 a.m., with further sessions on 9th, 16th and 23rd May. The Year 6 Course begins on 30th May, and continues on 13th June, 4th and 11th July.
For further details, click here to download an outline programme, or contact Robin Sanderson by email at inset@itsallovernow.com .

Coming soon: an accredited course for Primary ICT Coordinators

It is hoped that this course, designed by NAACE and Nottingham-Trent University, will be delivered in South Tyneside in the Autumn Term. Further details to be published soon, but if you wish to register an interest, please email Robin Sanderson at inset@itsallovernow.com

Link between ICT provision and performance of schools. ICT is improving standards--it's official

To read more, download the main findings from this site. Click here. To save the summary to your hard-drive, click the right-button and use Save Target as…... To view, simply click on the left button.

To read the complete document click here

UK Online
The UK online citizen portal for all government information and services has
now been officially launched, and is being extensively advertised in the
national press. The website contains various search options including a quick find option allowing you to search on UK local and national services.
http://www.ukonline.gov.uk/online/ukonline/welcome

Becta: Building the Grid Website ( http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/ )
Helen Warner reports that there have been numerous additions and updated material added to the Building the Grid Web site.  These include:
Key Web Sites - DfES resources-   Target setting
Useful reference page with links to key DfES target-setting documents http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/index.php?locId=118#res371

Planning - Schools - Other policy issues - Accomodation
Case study examples: Example case studies of ICT suites - secondary and sixth form http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/index.php?locId=159#res389

On-line room layout planner: Interactive on-line room layout planner from the Counties Furniture Group may be of interest to schools http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/index.php?locId=159#res383

Planning - Schools - Reviewing and monitoring
LEA Review Tools: Oxfordshire LEA makes its primary and secondary ICT self-evalution booklets available http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/index.php?locId=136#res326


You might also be interested in this information:
Laptops for Teachers: Guidance for CEOs on the Laptops for Teachers scheme http://buildingthegrid.becta.org.uk/index.php?locId=144#res97