We introduced our new Year 1 classes to working on the school laptops at the start of the term. This is the first time that the children have accessed the laptops at school. We will be using these on a weekly basis throughout the year as part of the Year 1 ICT curriculum.

We held a class discussion first, thinking about how we can share the resources amongst our friends. We also addressed ICT basics such as how to turn on the laptops, and the importance of shutting down at the end of each session.

Our first ICT session in Year 1 was all about familiarity and feeling comfortable with the machines. The children explored the CBeebies website, finding many fun games and learning experiences to share. Future ICT sessions will introduce new software to Year 1, such as basic data handling and sorting, and how we can use the laptops for our literacy work.

We introduced our new Year 1 classes to working on the school laptops at the start of the term. This is the first time that the children have accessed the laptops at school. We will be using these on a weekly basis throughout the year as part of the Year 1 ICT curriculum.

We held a class discussion first, thinking about how we can share the resources amongst our friends. We also addressed ICT basics such as how to turn on the laptops, and the importance of shutting down at the end of each session.

Our first ICT session in Year 1 was all about familiarity and feeling comfortable with the machines. The children explored the CBeebies website, finding many fun games and learning experiences to share. Future ICT sessions will introduce new software to Year 1, such as basic data handling and sorting, and how we can use the laptops for our literacy work.

Year 1 are incredibly proud to be able to share a selection of our multimedia work based around literacy and ICT. Having had such a wonderful trip out to London Zoo, we decided to capture our memories and make a selection of videos.

The children took many photographs on the day. As part of our literacy work, we then asked each child to recount their personal experiences of the zoo, and to write a script to accompany the images.

Working with the Photostory software, the next stage was to use our ICT time to produce a selection of stunning videos. The work displayed below is all the work of our Year 1 pupils. They selected the images, recorded the audio, chose the music and even added in their own choice of transition effects.

We are very proud to present the Year 1 London Zoo Video Project!

Brooke and Mariah:

Diego and Enaya:

Finn and Farhana:

Ishmel and Debbie:

Kelly and Eniola:

Lauren:

Lucy and Konrad:

Shakwon and Warren:

Soni and Edith:

Tomiwa and Leah:

All of our Year 5 children were presented this week with their very own high spec Asus netbooks! This is as part of an ICT scheme which we hope will allow the pupils to work independently at both school and at home. We are incredibly proud of this major project and we are extremely grateful to our friends at Southwark Council for working closely with the school on the funding for the netbooks.

All of Year 5 had an introduction session with their new machines this week. The aim is to have a two week intense period of using the netbooks in the classroom, and then the children will be encouraged to take their computers home to continue their work and learning. The netbooks will remain with this particular year group up until the end of Year 6.

The first task that we carried out during our introductory workshop was to connect the netbooks online. The school has improved its WIFI provision, having put in place a network that will support all fifty machines simultaneously. We learnt about how to turn our WIFI settings on and off, as well as basic customising of our desktops. You can listen to a selection of our Year 5 pupils talking about the project in the podcast below.

All pupils have signed a school and home agreement. This confirms the ownership of the netbooks, as well as setting out the Michael Faraday Online Safety policy. We have talked in great with our pupils about the problems we might find when using the internet. The children are aware that social network sites such as Facebook, can provide dangers for young people. Year 5 asked some great questions about how to remain safe whilst online.

This project provides staff and pupils at Michael Faraday with a whole new way in which to learn. We hope that parents will offer support to our pupils at home. All that we ask in return is a nominal £10 contribution per term to cover insurance costs. This is a major project at Michael Faraday – we are confident it will be a huge success, and will lead the way for other schools in the borough.

The first day of online learning proved to be a wonderful introductory session. We had a few minor technical problems, but plenty of fun! We caught up with some of the pupils at the end of the day to find out what their netbook experience had been like:

All of our Year 5 children were presented this week with their very own high spec Asus netbooks! This is as part of an ICT scheme which we hope will allow the pupils to work independently at both school and at home. We are incredibly proud of this major project and we are extremely grateful to our friends at Southwark Council for working closely with the school on the funding for the netbooks.

All of Year 5 had an introduction session with their new machines this week. The aim is to have a two week intense period of using the netbooks in the classroom, and then the children will be encouraged to take their computers home to continue their work and learning. The netbooks will remain with this particular year group up until the end of Year 6.

The first task that we carried out during our introductory workshop was to connect the netbooks online. The school has improved its WIFI provision, having put in place a network that will support all fifty machines simultaneously. We learnt about how to turn our WIFI settings on and off, as well as basic customising of our desktops. You can listen to a selection of our Year 5 pupils talking about the project in the podcast below.

All pupils have signed a school and home agreement. This confirms the ownership of the netbooks, as well as setting out the Michael Faraday Online Safety policy. We have talked in great with our pupils about the problems we might find when using the internet. The children are aware that social network sites such as Facebook, can provide dangers for young people. Year 5 asked some great questions about how to remain safe whilst online.

This project provides staff and pupils at Michael Faraday with a whole new way in which to learn. We hope that parents will offer support to our pupils at home. All that we ask in return is a nominal £10 contribution per term to cover insurance costs. This is a major project at Michael Faraday – we are confident it will be a huge success, and will lead the way for other schools in the borough.

The first day of online learning proved to be a wonderful introductory session. We had a few minor technical problems, but plenty of fun! We caught up with some of the pupils at the end of the day to find out what their netbook experience had been like:

We are incredibly pleased and proud to announce an amazing brand new ICT project at Michael Faraday School. All of our Year 5 pupils will be given a minibook to take home and use for their schoolwork and research. These high end Asus machines are the latest minibook models. They are more powerful than most home laptops!

The funding behind the scheme has come from Southwark Council. The aim is to make our pupils be able to work independently in the home environment. We held a meeting at the school last week for all Year 5 family and pupils. Many thanks to all of the adults who were able to attend.

Our school ICT team has carefully planned this project for a number of months. We understand that there may be security concerns in giving our pupils this hardware. The machines have the usual security blocks in place. Year 5 will only be able to access the online sites that we give access to the pupils to at school. Social networking sites such as Facebook have been blocked. Secure passwords will also be in place.

We view this move as extremely encouraging and a further step in allowing our pupils to engage with the school curriculum online. Michael Faraday School is also currently in talks to extend the scheme to families throughout the school who may be on a low income. All that we ask in return is a nominal fee of £10. This will pay towards the insurance of the minibooks. You can listen to a selection of our very excited Year 5 pupils eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new minibooks in the podcast below.

We are incredibly pleased and proud to announce an amazing brand new ICT project at Michael Faraday School. All of our Year 5 pupils will be given a minibook to take home and use for their schoolwork and research. These high end Asus machines are the latest minibook models. They are more powerful than most home laptops!

The funding behind the scheme has come from Southwark Council. The aim is to make our pupils be able to work independently in the home environment. We held a meeting at the school last week for all Year 5 family and pupils. Many thanks to all of the adults who were able to attend.

Our school ICT team has carefully planned this project for a number of months. We understand that there may be security concerns in giving our pupils this hardware. The machines have the usual security blocks in place. Year 5 will only be able to access the online sites that we give access to the pupils to at school. Social networking sites such as Facebook have been blocked. Secure passwords will also be in place.

We view this move as extremely encouraging and a further step in allowing our pupils to engage with the school curriculum online. Michael Faraday School is also currently in talks to extend the scheme to families throughout the school who may be on a low income. All that we ask in return is a nominal fee of £10. This will pay towards the insurance of the minibooks. You can listen to a selection of our very excited Year 5 pupils eagerly anticipating the arrival of the new minibooks in the podcast below.