Milestone+5+Evidence

Milestone 5 Teacher Evidence Room 1
 * At Wyndham Primary School to date this year we now have active boards in all classroom in our school. Teachers have being doing inschool professional development on a Thursday afternoon led by the lead teacher on how to work the activboad, the programmes associated with it and then we have have looked at programmes from previous years like photo story 3 again so all are familiar with it. After meeting with Jill earlier in the year, teachers have being looking a ways to increase writing levels though ICT. Many teachers in our school have taken on the coaching model, looking at our schools levels and what we want to see using a computer at the end of a year 1 to a year 6. This has been taken back to a basic level, to turning on a computer, space baring to working up in the senior school introducing track changes. The children really liked the part where they became the teacher. It was quite interesting seeing the children at the start teaching peers the skills that they were required, then the more children they taught the clearer the instructions became, the more self confidence in themselves grew. Its a fantastic approach.Many teachers find the use of technology often a daunting task, but with our schools support and collaborative approach to it, I feel teachers are opening up a lot more and are more open towards new software. At our school we have two teacher that have no experience using an activ board and for them this is their main focus as in using it constantly in the class so children are being exposed to the technology but yet, they are seeing, using the tools to write with. Teachers that are confident are being quite supportive towards others, often encouraging them and guiding them. The teachers that are using the activ boards in the classes daily are now trialing using the comic life programme in the class from the age of a yr2 - to yr 6, photo story3 is being used in a junior room confidently as an ignitor in writing to refresh an event that has happened and then as an oral retell, so that when it comes to writing the children are really tuned in a nd ready to go. With ERO last term this PD has been put on the back burner a little but it is now a real focus and we hope to see some good increases in levels.
 * The school is using the coaching model - teaching each child skills they are required to know at there level, therefore the more independent they come when using computers for tasks.
 * Teachers are all being taught how to use the activboard programmes - some have gone to courses on it to increase there ability. Inschool PD on the using the boards, This is led by lead teacher
 * Teachers are using the comic life programme to enhance writing interest from junior to senior levels
 * Teachers are now using computers for writing but the children are now going there and directly typing and not transfering from books. (this is a big thing as it is quite easy to say you can now go and publish on then computer and generally it ends up taking more of your own time fixing, helping, but now teachers are teaching children especially in the senior school how they can see the changes the make through track changes.) This is at the early stage, but as a school we are trailing it now.
 * Teachers are revisiting photostory3 and using this as a writing tool to help enhance writing levels and engagement. - Not all teachers were familiar with this programme at the start of the year, as we had staff changes from the end of last year. Those teachers were receptive towards this and can see the benefits in using it.

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Curriculum Documentation

Learning @ School Conference 2010

Our focus is getting teachers all using the active boards confidently, children mastering and developing skillls at required levels therefore teachers/children are having common understandings with ICT technology in rooms. We see skills being developed with both T and C in class and then we see children taking the role of teacher on and are developing skills further by teaching peers using the coaching model.

Room 1 aiming high term 1

Wyndham Primary's school foyer with rooms 1 & 2 version of what aim high means to them

Room 6 with people aiming high and what they do to show others that they are aiming high

Room 2 displaying our school motto, river and where abouts we are (inregards to level) and then values in baskets and what we consider important and need to remember.

This display in room 3 is their way of displaying aim high and the 3 important values in our school.