Cadle Primary School - A Vision for ICT
“Preparing today’s children for tomorrow’s technologies”
At Cadle Primary School we greatly value the contribution that ICT can make for the benefit of all stakeholders. It is to this end that our school enthusiastically embraces and utilises ICT throughout the whole school structure with the ethos firmly set on supporting learning and teaching.
As technology rapidly advances and so becomes an ever increasing part of our lives in society, we believe that all children should become confident and competent users of ICT, equipped with the appropriate set of skills that will prepare them for these changes, and in turn prepare them for the working world.
At Cadle Primary all stakeholders understand that ICT can enhance and extend children’s learning across the whole curriculum and that it can be used to help motivate and enthuse children’s learning whilst developing their communication and social skills.
It is with this collective understanding that our vision statement has been arrived at following consultation between staff, governors, pupils and parents and will be reviewed on an annual basis.
ICT for Pupils
At Cadle Primary School we aim to:
· Use ICT to engage, motivate and support pupils in all areas of the curriculum, by providing a multi sensory approach to learning with lessons that are both challenging and enjoyable.
· Provide a safe and secure environment where children are able to become autonomous learners without risk of exposure to unsuitable and inappropriate material.
· Encourage and develop social interaction and collaborative working by planning lessons which cater for paired and group work.
· Set well planned relevant lessons which have clear objectives communicated to the children, and take account of pupils’ prior experiences and attainment.
· Provide pupils with the opportunities to develop their discrete ICT skills whilst encouraging them to apply these skills in all subjects of the National Curriculum and areas of learning in the Foundation Phase where appropriate.
· Use the Internet and Email where appropriate, confidently and with sound knowledge of e-safety under supervision of adult.
· Ensure all pupils succeed regardless of their social, ethnic or linguistic background.
· Ensure our pupils understand what they are doing, how well they are progressing and what they need to do to improve, whilst regularly monitoring their progress and attainment.
ICT for Teachers
At Cadle Primary School we aim to:
· Use ICT where appropriate to deliver high quality teaching and learning experiences.
· Use ICT in our roles within the school to minimise and reduce administrative workload.
· Provide high quality training for all staff which demonstrates value for money and has a direct impact on the learning and teaching within the school.
· Find, create, adapt and share a range of high quality interactive, multimedia and digital learning resources to be used across the curriculum and shared on our school network.
· Maintain high ICT proficiency levels in all teaching and associate staff by promoting a continuous culture of development and self improvement based on regular auditing of ICT training needs.
· Use ICT as an effective tool to support work planning and monitoring, for groups and individuals.
ICT for Management
At Cadle Primary School we aim to:
· Encourage all staff to utilise our school network and Internet as a powerful administrative tool to create, organise and communicate policy and good practice and to create and share resources for all stakeholders.
· Promote ICT as a valuable tool for all staff to use in day to day administrative tasks within their job.
· Provide access to achievement, attendance and target-setting data for administrative personnel.
· Support communication with parents about students' attendance, behaviour and attainment.
· Enable the gathering and analysis of data to provide information about staff and learner performance.
· Provide a secure and integrated system with curriculum and student recording systems.
· Enable the use of pupil performance data to inform decisions about staff development and deployment.
· Enable secure transfer of data with other schools, local authorities, and children's services
· Develop a system that is accessible to all who need to use it - including school governors.
· Allow for efficient administrative and financial systems including electronic filing and cashless financial transactions within the school
· Allow for integrated personnel, timetabling, cover and associated arrangements.
ICT for Parents and the Local Community
At Cadle Primary School we aim to:
· Use ICT to keep parents involved and informed of their children’s attainment.
· Use our school website to communicate important information and celebrate the success of our pupils work.
· Develop means of electronic communication with parents and the local community as more families become internet connected.
· Provide useful links to websites for parents to utilise the internet and protect their Childs safety.
· Invite parents into school to attend exhibitions and class assemblies.
· Provide opportunities for parents to attend ICT workshops.
ICT for Inclusion
At Cadle Primary School we aim to:
· Seek out new and existing resources to help support our pupils who have Special Educational Needs.
· To use ICT to make the curriculum accessible for our pupils with SEN.
· To instill confidence and enjoyment in ICT for our SEN pupils.
· To liaise with relevant advisory staff to support additional learning needs of SEN pupils where appropriate.
· Train staff to use appropriate hardware an software suited to the needs of SEN pupils.
· Use ICT to set and review targets for pupils with SEN through IEP’s.
· To use ICT data to collate assessment information and target pupils for support groups and extra funding.
Outcomes - How We Will Measure Our Success?
We aim to:
· Produce confident, competent users of technology both In ICT as a subject and in its application across the curriculum.
· Produce children who are autonomous users of ICT and who are reflective and motivated in their challenges.
· Have a relevant and up-to-date scheme of work which challenges and excites our pupils whilst reflecting emerging technologies.
· Have a wide range of high quality and highly reliable ICT equipment in place to be able to administer this scheme of work to help maximise its full potential.
· Produce a rich and balanced curriculum which recognises the potential of ICT and exploits appropriate opportunities to develop ICT as a Key Skill to create and communicate and find and analyse information to different audiences.
· Maintain a highly motivated and ICT proficient teaching and associate staff.
How we will Sustain and Achieve Our Vision?
· Resources
Persons Involved:
Head Teacher,
ICT Coordinator,
Finance Committee,
S.I.T.
Role: To assess equipment, procure and implement them into the school community to enhance both the operational life of the school and the quality of the teaching and learning experience and environment within a sustainable program of renewal.
· Curriculum
Persons Involved:
Head Teacher,
Deputy Head,
ICT Coordinator,
Subject Co-ordinators.
Role: To ensure that the Key Skill of ICT and subject is firmly embedded within the school and that it is planned for, delivered and assessed in a manner fitting with current school policy. New technologies should be used when available.
· Training
Persons Involved:
Head Teacher,
Deputy Head,
ICT Coordinator,
School Development Officer,
School Governors.
Role: To ensure that all staff within the school have access to ICT training which will improve learning and teaching and help them in their roles within the school. Provision must be identified, prioritised and provided either in house or by external providers showing good value for money.