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1 Leadership and Management

The vision for ICT The Vision: Our vision for ICT

2 * See ICT Mark blog (http://chadvaleictmark.blogspot.com) for full version of vision.

* See ICT Mark blog for notes on how vision was formulated.

The use of ICT has been embedded into Chad Vale Primary School to the point where if a server were to 'go down', it would


The vision for ICT Development and ownership of the vision: The development of our vision for ICT

2 *ICT specific questions on Annual Parents Questionnaire* Minutes of Governing Body meetings* Pupil involvement in creation and agreement of AUP's.


The vision for ICT Reviewing the vision: Review of our vision for ICT

2 *Annual Date of review of Vision of ICT (November)

*See ICT Mark board in staff room4 Leadership

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A strategy to achieve the ICT vision

Strategic leadership: Our strategic leadership and responsibility for ICT

1 * ICT Mark Action Plans displayed in staffroom and discussed regularly with staff and governors (see minutes of meetings)*TCO spreadsheet maintained.*ICT Mark budget created*ICT Mark Action plans integrated into SDP.



Operational leadership: Operational leadership of our ICT strategy

1 *Chad Vale Staff 'Experts' list for professional development* Annual Technician budget allocation* Technician available from Harborne Hill EAZ Athena

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A strategy to achieve the vision: Our ICT strategy

1 * See ICT Mark blog (http://chadvaleictmark.blogspot.com) for full version of vision.*See SDP on school website (www.chadvale.bham.sch.uk)* See ICT Mark blog for notes on how vision was formulated.*Staff Training Plan on ICT Mark board in staff room



Budgetary effectiveness for ICT: Our budgeting for ICT

1 *TCO Planner on school website 'ICT Mark' page



Sustainability of ICT provision: The sustainability of our ICT provision

2 *TCO

*Action Plans (on blog)

*SDP

*ICT Mark board in staff room

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Organisational effectiveness and efficiency

Use of management information systems: Our use of ICT to support management tasks

2 *Lesson resources on intranet*Schoolcomms used widely for communication with parents*Staff take registers electronically* Teachers record and track behaviour using MIS* Inform Tracker used for Assessment and pupil tracking- this information will also be fed into MIS end of Nov 09.*All policies on website*Policy Central web monitoring software in place



Use of performance data: We use ICT to manage pupils' performance data

2 * WE have requested to be part of early adopters scheme for SIMS.net Learning Gateway in B'ham.* Parents have been consulted through Parents and Community Meetings about what information they would like to access online.



Communications: Our use of ICT as part of school communication

1 *Lesson resources on intranet*Schoolcomms used widely for communication with parents*Staff take registers electronically* Teachers record and track behaviour using MIS* Inform Tracker used for Assessment and pupil tracking- this information will also be fed into MIS end of Nov 09.*All policies on website*Policy Central web monitoring software in place

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Security and safety: Practice to ensure our network users are responsible, safe and secure

1 *E-safety lessons given to all pupils*ESafety training given to staff* School took part in Anti-Bullying Week 'Stay Safe in Cybersafe' (see online school newsletter Nov 20th 2009 on school website)* AUP's developed with pupils and signed by school councillors (on blog)* Staff induction procedures cover confidentiality/data protection



Data Protection and Freedom of Information: Our Data Protection and Freedom of Information

2 *See policies on school website


Monitoring and evaluation

Evaluating the effectiveness of the ICT strategy: Monitoring of the effectiveness of our ICT strategy

2 *ICT monitored as part of whole school monitoring scheme (see SDP)

* Regular monitoring of ICT in governing body meetings (ICT is a standing agenda item)

* Pupil self evaluations carried out half termly.

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15 Curriculum The planned ICT curriculum

The development of pupils' ICT capability: Our planning for the development of pupils' ICT capability

2 *Range of planning available for staff to use- Smart Learning, but links to range of online planning on ICT Mark Blog.

*Additional funding has meant school has purchase 4 Apple macs for video creation/editing by both staff and pupils.

*Eportfolio, school website, displays and teachers planning show the breadth of ICT learning throughout school.


Application of ICT capability across the curriculum: Planned opportunities for our pupils to apply and consolidate their ICT capability




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The planned use of ICT to support learning and teaching: Plans that show our use of ICT to support learning and teaching





Matching capability to opportunities: Opportunities for our pupils to use ICT that are matched to their capability

1 *Education City, Wordshark 4 and Clicker have been set up to allow personalised learning for groups of pupils.* A 'certification' system is in place linking with Pupil Self-Assessment of ICT, updated termly.

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Recognition (and accreditation where applicable): Formal recognition of our pupils' ICT skills and wider ICT capability




20 Curriculum Pupils' actual ICT experiences

Breadth of development for ICT capability: In developing a breadth of ICT capability




*Excellent use of ICT observed in lessons

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21 Curriculum Pupils' actual ICT experiences

Breadth of other ICT experiences: Our pupils' actual experiences in the use of ICT to

2 *Eportfolio, school website, displays and teachers planning show the breadth of ICT learning throughout school.

*Excellent use of ICT observed in lessons22 Curriculum Pupils' actual ICT

experiencesConsistency of experiences: The number of our pupils that have consistent experiences

2 *ICT is integral to teaching and learning- see monitoring file

23 Curriculum Curriculum leadership and review

Curriculum Leadership: Curriculum Leadership: Our curriculum leadership for ICT

1 *See ICT Mark board in staff room and blog/website


Curriculum development: Our curriculum developments as a result of ICT are



Review of the curriculum: Our ICT curriculum review


* See ICT Electronic records- developed with new units to match needs of pupils.

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26 Learning and Teaching

Teachers' planning, use and evaluation

Planning for ICT in learning and teaching: Our Planning for the use of ICT in learning and teaching

2 * See range of evidence in e-portfolio, Chad Vale blogs, Spielberg Club, CVTV, teachers planning and ICT Mark blog.



Planning for ICT as a means of promoting inclusion: Our planning for the use ICT to promote inclusion

1 *We are currently carrying out a local authority Action Research project on the use of Wordshark 4 with SEN pupils.*Staff ICT Training plan links to identified needs in Staff ICT Skills survey.*ICT Co-ordinator attends termly LA ICT Co-ordinators and Technicians briefings*New units of work written by school for Y6 pupils (Blogging).* Pupil IEP's include specific use of ICT to achieve targets.



Building on prior learning: Our teachers' knowledge of pupils' prior ICT learning

1 *Schemes of work- adapted to suit needs and additional units written.* Electronic Pupil Self Assessment* Lesson monitoring/lesson planning



Extent of ICT use for learning and teaching: We use ICT in learning and teaching

1 *ICT is embedded throughout school and is used to support learning and teaching wherever appropriate.* See lesson monitoring file

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Quality of use of ICT for learning and teaching: Our staff's use of ICT in learning and teaching

2 *IWB in every class are extremely well used both for whole class teaching and independant learning for small groups/pairs.*Video-conferencing allows the children to have weekly Spanish lessons working with another local school- one week is delivered 'face-to-face' at our school, and video-conferenced to the other school, and the following week we swap over. The equipment (provided by our EAZ) is very high quality and allows content sharing of learning materials over the VC link.



Ongoing critical evaluation: Critical evaluation by our staff of the impact of ICT

1 *ICT is mentioned often in staff meetings, GB meetings and informally around school.

* Teachers are pro-active in using new technoligies and actively seek to incorporate them into their classrooms (video/ActivExpressions)

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Learning with ICT Pupils' learning with ICT: When using ICT to support their learning our pupils

2 *Opps for use of ICT are in every scheme of work throughout school, and excellent use of cross-curricular ICT can be seen in the e-portfolio and in displays around school.*AUP's are signed by every pupil/parent and AUP is accepted on log-on for all users.*Pupils often continue their learning at home and are encouraged to do so- the 'Kids Page' on the school website has lots of links for further learning.*All KS2 pupils have access to VLE (although we are due to be moving to Moodle, from Netmedia in the next couple of weeks)


Learning with ICT Effective and safe use of digital resources: When accessing and using digital resources, the number of our pupils who

2 *Esafety lessons held regularly and e-safety issues discussed during other curriculum lessons particularly when the web is being used. *School takes part in anti-bullying- the theme this year was 'Stay Safe in Cybersafe' and every child received resources via the weekly newsletter to remind them how to stay safe (also in a special assembly)*Policy Central is used throughout school to monitor e-safety.*All parents offered free use of Cyber Sentinal (via weekly newsletter)

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Learning with ICT Pupils' understanding about their learning with ICT: Our pupils show how their use of ICT supports their learning

2 * Since the Pupil Self Assessment pupils are more aware of the need to think reflectively, and work towards 'level 5 ICT'

* All pupils are extremely keen to work with the Spielberg Club, or to be involved with 'in-house' produced video/film work

*Pupils raised all the money to purchase a set of 32 ActivExpression personal response handsets during the 'Chad Vale Mile' in the summer


Leadership of learning and teaching

Leadership of learning and teaching with ICT: The leadership of learning and teaching with ICT

2 *See ICT Mark Action Plans* See teachers use of ICT to support learning and teaching* See Spielberg Club blog/Y6 Learning Blogs

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Transfer and transition: The process of transfer and transition between years, key stages, schools and partners

1 *See ICT Mark Action Plans* All pupils have individual user names from Y1, with roaming profiles so that they can used on any computer within school.* Y6 Leavers upload their favourite pieces of learning to the Netmedia VLE and can continue to have access to this until the final day of the Autumn term after they have started their secondary school. This allows them to share their learning with their friends and teachers at their new school. * Video projects are uploaded to blogs or websites for viewing at the children's new schools- reports from Lordswood Girls (one of our main secondary transfer schools) tell us the Chad Vale website is frequently accessed by pupils who have left. * By end of Jan 2010 all pupils will have access to an online learning space within Moodle. * The Pupil ICT Self Assessment certification scheme is incorporated into the Y6 Graduation process.



Developing practice with ICT: The development of new technologies or practices with ICT

1 * Teachers are encouraged to use ICT creatively and pro-actively 'take risks' when using technology (video/film/sensing equipment/personal voting handsets)

* See ICT Vision for Teachers on blog

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38 Assessment Assessment of, and with, ICT

Reliability: The assessment of our pupils' ICT capability is

2 *Electronic records for teachers*Pupil Self Assessment with certification scheme updated termly* Tracking available on individual pupils involved in Wordshark 4/Clicker 5/Education City.*Electronic whole school pupil tracking system 'Inform Tracker' used by Head and available to staff.*Assessment data to be moved over to school MIS in preparation for Online Reporting to Parents.


Self- and peer- assessment: Our pupils' self and peer assessment of their ICT work

2 *Electronic records for teachers*Pupil Self Assessment with certification scheme updated termly* Tracking available on individual pupils involved in Wordshark 4/Clicker 5/Education City.*Electronic whole school pupil tracking system 'Inform Tracker' used by Head and available to staff.*E-portfolio* Tracking data to be migrated to MIS in January 2010 in preparation for Parental Access.

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Dialogue: Staff engagement in dialogue with pupils about their ICT capability

2 *Electronic records for teachers*Pupil Self Assessment with certification scheme updated termly* Tracking available on individual pupils involved in Wordshark 4/Clicker 5/Education City.*Electronic whole school pupil tracking system 'Inform Tracker' used by Head and available to staff.*E-portfolio* Tracking data to be migrated to MIS in January 2010 in preparation for Parental Access.

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Using ICT to support assessment: Our use of ICT to support pupil assessment and achievement

2 *All pupils have access to online storage through Netmedia product, however due to a recent LA review of VLE provision the decision to fully commit to Netmedia at Chad Vale was on hold. We have now decided to go with the new 'LA recommended' VLE providor- Moodle, which is being set up currently and should be available to all staff and pupils in Jan 2010. * Teachers planning shows use of ActivExpression personal response handsets for informal and formal assessment in ICT and other subjects.*Electronic records for teachers*Pupil Self Assessment with certification scheme updated termly* Tracking available on individual pupils involved in Wordshark 4/Clicker 5/Education City.*Electronic whole school pupil tracking system 'Inform Tracker' used by Head and available to staff.*E-portfolio* Tracking data to be migrated to MIS in January 2010 in preparation for Parental Access.

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Targets for improving ICT capability: Targets for improving ICT capability are

2 *New ICT Pupil Self Assessment shows pupils where they need to go next in their ICT learning.

*Electronic records for teachers

*Pupil Self Assessment with certification scheme updated termly

* Tracking available on individual pupils involved in Wordshark 4/Clicker 5/Education City.

*Electronic whole school pupil tracking system 'Inform Tracker' used by Head and available to staff.

*E-portfolio

* Tracking data to be migrated to MIS in January 2010 in preparation for Parental Access.

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43 Professional Development

Planning Identifying individual staff skills and needs: The audit of our staff ICT skills and needs

2 Documented audits of staff skills.Different uses by staff of ICT in learning and in teaching. Whole school or ICT development/strategic plan. Action planning related to ICT priorities. Curriculum, phase or key stage planning. Specific planning for innovation/ICT projects involving new technology or practices. Planning for whole school training and development days related to ICTDiscussions with staff. Staff involvement in regional/national/international ICT projects (Spielberg Club/Class Blogging)

An annual review of staff ICT Training needs takes place, although ad-hoc training takes place for any new software/hardware as and when it arrives in school.

Training needs are discussed during the induction process for new staff and are delivered by the ICT Co-ordinator or other 'expert staff' in school. A list of 'staff expertise' exists on the ICT Mark board who staff can go to for support with particular hardware/software.

NOF Training took place for staff when it was available and TA's follow an ICT based CPD course organised by NAPTA. Teachers attend CPD courses where required/available (e.g.

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Planning Identifying whole-school ICT development needs: The identification of our whole-school ICT development needs

1 Documented audits of staff skills.

Different uses by staff of ICT in learning and in teaching.

Whole school or ICT development/strategic plan.

Action planning related to ICT priorities.

Curriculum, phase or key stage planning.

Specific planning for innovation/ICT projects involving new technology or practices.

Planning for whole school training and development days related to ICT

Discussions with staff.

Staff involvement in regional/national/international ICT projects (Spielberg Club/Class Blogging)

School is used a 'centre of excellence' for ITT providers (BCU/Newman University College) and we host days for PGCE students to observe outstanding practice using Interactive whiteboards.

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Implementation Meeting school and individual ICT needs: Professional development activities for ICT

2 School policy for professional development. Whole school and individual staff development plans for ICT. Informal and formal discussions about ICT with teachers and support staff. Observation of inset and any support and mentoring systems. Written evaluations of training and/or staff development opportunities. Governors' minutes.


Implementation Quality of professional development: Our ICT professional development

1 *ICT Staff Experts list means lots of 'informal' professional development takes place and is shared out between the 'experts'.*ICT Co organises and delivers or arranges other CPD opportunities for staff to improve their skills.*TLR organise Team Teaching allowing staff to work with others and experience excellent practice.


Implementation Coaching, mentoring and individual support: Individual support for ICT

2 ICT training needs identified in Induction process for new staff.ICT Co-ordinator available majority of time for 1-2-1 support for new technologies.'Staff Experts' available within school to informally support teaching staff for particular software/hardware.

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Implementation Sharing effective practice: The sharing of effective practice with ICT

2 School website

Class Blogs and Y6 Learning Blogs linked from school website.

Chad Vale Television in entrance/downloadable from school website and blogs.

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evaluation: Monitoring and evaluation of the impact of staff ICT development

1 School policy for professional development.

Records of past CPD activities.

Discussions with staff and pupils.

Lesson observations.

Pupil attendance, achievements and awards in ICT activities (Y6 Graduation).

ICT Co-ord is very experienced in a wide range of software/hardware on both PC/Mac and delivers much of the INSET/CPD at no additional cost to the school. Where required he can signpost staff to other appropriate people or organisations (such as CLCs or local media colleges/universities)

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50 Extending opportunities for learning

Awareness and understanding

Understanding: Our understanding about how ICT can extended learning opportunities for pupils

2 *ICT Mark Actions Plans*ICT Mark Blog*School website* Discussions with parents and community about parental access* Annual Parent's Questionnaire



Pupils and families: Knowledge of our pupils' and their families' access to ICT

1 * Access to ICT question on Annual Parent Questionnaire* Online surveys used and direct email addresses set up for parental involvement in school*Schoolcomms system used for text messaging and emailing of information*ICT Mark mentioned regularly on school newsletter



The community and partner organisations: Links with our community and partner organisations have

1 *ICT discussed in Parents and Community governing body meetings.

* New Spanish lessons are video-conferenced to another local school to allow enhanced learning and weekly lessons for all KS2 pupils.

* Excellent video-conferencing facilities will allow for further community cohesion opportunities (Oldham project)

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Planning and implementation

Leadership for extending learning: Our leadership of extending learning through ICT

2 *See Vision Statement for Pupils, Parents Teachers.* ICT Mark Action Plans integrated into SDP.



Pupils: Our pupils' actual use of ICT for learning beyond the school

2 *Staff ensure learning is celebrated within school through Star/Learner of the week- certificates are given for any additional learning pupils have carried out at home.* CVTV is used to showcase video/powerpoints made by pupils and are uploaded to blogs so that pupils can share them at home. *By Jan 2010, each class will have a page on the Chad Vale Moodle- and will be able to access this from home to further support their learning within school.

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Families: We engage families in their children's learning with ICT by

2 * CVTV is used to showcase video/powerpoints made by pupils and are uploaded to blogs so that pupils can share them at home. *By Jan 2010, each class will have a page on the Chad Vale Moodle- and will be able to access this from home to further support their learning within school. * School weekly newsletter is uploaded to school website, printed and also sent electronically via email to parents who have registered with our 'Schoolcomms'* Schoolcomms text messaging is used regularly for reminders to parents about special events or emergencies in school (such as snow closures)* Behaviour Management is now tracked through the MIS, and parents receive detailed reports on how their child is behaving, should they require further support. * Regular e-safety information is given on school newsletter and parents are asked to read and sign the AUP with their child.

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Evaluation: Evaluation of the impact of learning beyond our school

3 * Learning beyond school is informally assessed as and when it occurs, but is always celebrated in Star/Learner of the Week assemblies.

*The move to Moodle VLE will enable greater use of anytime, anyplace, anywhere learning in Jan 2010.

57 Resources Provision Physical environments: In creating and adapting or re-organising our learning and teaching environments to reflect the use of ICT

1 *ICT facilities a major part of our 2 recent new-build areas- staff room and Inclusion Room.* ICT suite adapted to enable the new Apple Macs to be installed.* Set of 32 ActivExpression personal response handsets purchased and these are being used within classrooms effectively. * 2 successful grant applications (of √Ç¬£4500) for the purchasing of Video equipment and editing suites have vastly improved the range of ICT opportunities that we can offer on site.

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58 Resources Provision Sufficiency and suitability of resources: Our school's ICT resources

2 *ICT facilities a major part of our 2 recent new-build areas- staff room and Inclusion Room.* ICT suite adapted to enable the new Apple Macs to be installed.* Set of 32 ActivExpression personal response handsets purchased and these are being used within classrooms effectively.* 2 successful grant applications (of ¬£4500) for the purchasing of Video equipment and editing suites have vastly improved the range of ICT opportunities that we can offer on site.

59 Resources Provision Digital learning resources: Our digital learning resources

2 *ICT facilities a major part of our 2 recent new-build areas- staff room and Inclusion Room.

* ICT suite adapted to enable the new Apple Macs to be installed.

* Set of 32 ActivExpression personal response handsets purchased and these are being used within classrooms effectively.

* 2 successful grant applications (of £4500) for the purchasing of Video equipment and editing suites have vastly improved the range of ICT opportunities that we can offer on site.

* See range of blogs via website

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60 Resources Access ICT supporting efficient working practices: Our ICT resources enable us to work efficiently

2 * The Classlink 7 network management solution has eradicated the need for ongoing, regular technical support- there are rarely problems with the system.* An emergency fund for technical assistance from Viglen has been set up but is rarely needed. We pay for online and telephone support from Viglen for issues that cannot be dealt with within school.* Backups of the whole system are taken daily using Veritas Backup Exec and we also subscribe to Link2ICT's Remote Backup system which backs up the SIMS/FMS server remotely. * All policies avail on website.* School upgraded to new Cisco switches last year through the Schools Infrastructure Project, which are centrally managed/maintained.

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61 Resources Access Technical support: Our technical support

2 * The Classlink 7 network management solution has eradicated the need for ongoing, regular technical support- there are rarely problems with the system.

* An emergency fund for technical assistance from Viglen has been set up but is rarely needed. We pay for online and telephone support from Viglen for issues that cannot be dealt with within school.

* Backups of the whole system are taken daily using Veritas Backup Exec and we also subscribe to Link2ICT's Remote Backup system which backs up the SIMS/FMS server remotely.

* All policies avail on website.

* School upgraded to new Cisco switches last year through the Schools Infrastructure Project, which are centrally managed/maintained.

* A local technician is available when needed from Athena EAZ.

62 Resources Management Procurement: The procurement of our ICT resources

1 *TCO spreadsheet updated regularly* Best value 3 quotes obtained for major purchases* FMSIS achieved Sept 09* Successful LA Audit Nov 09

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63 Resources Management Evaluation of ICT resources: The evaluation of our ICT resources

2 * Evaluation of resources is ongoing, with ICT software/hardware being continually evaluated by staff informally in terms of 'fit for purpose'.

64 Impact on pupil outcomes

Pupils' progress in ICT capability

Pupils' progress in ICT capability across the key stages: The key stage progress in ICT capability

2 *E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog* Lesson monitoring



ICT progress of different groups: Our knowledge of the progress made by different groups of pupils

2 *E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog, electronic records, Inform Tracker



Independence in working with ICT: Pupils' confidence to apply ICT independently is

1 *Spielberg Club pupils create and edit programmes for Chad Vale TV independently.

*E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog


Pupils' progress more widely

Breadth and range: The use of ICT to support pupils' wider progress

1 *E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog* Excellent use of ICT is widely documented in lesson observations.

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Thinking and learning skills: The use of ICT contributes to the development of pupils' thinking and learning skills

3 *E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog



Creativity: ICT is used to extend the development of our pupils' creativity

1 *E-portfolio, planning, website, ICT Mark Blog

* Spielberg Club blog

* CVTV screen/films


Attitudes and behaviour

Attitudes to learning: ICT impacts on our pupils' general attitudes to learning through improvements in their

2 *Children enjoy ICT lessons* Vision allows for all stakeholders to be involved in enjoying and achieving through ICT* 'Golden Time' activities involving ICT are always oversubscribed* Pupils are keen to improve the faciities (Chad Vale Mile- raising money for ActivExpressions)* Children state ICT is one of their favourite subjects.

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Engagement in learning: When using ICT, our pupils

2 * Pupils are keen to develop and complete task set in lessons back in the classroom, at playtimes/dinnertimes/Golden Time* Schemes of work are continuously reviewed to ensure relevance and are adapted to suit the needs of the pupils. (e.g. introduction of Blogging unit of work in Y6)



Motivation: ICT has a positive effect on our pupils'

1 * Pupils are keen to develop and complete task set in lessons back in the classroom, at playtimes/dinnertimes/Golden Time

* Schemes of work are continuously reviewed to ensure relevance and are adapted to suit the needs of the pupils. (e.g. introduction of Blogging unit of work in Y6)

* Standards have risen throughout school year on year as the school has become more confident in the use of ICT and technology to improve and enhance teaching and learning.