Safer Internet Day 2012 Resources

January 9th, 2012 by admin No comments »

Yorkshire Humber Grid For Learning (YHGfL) are releasing their Safer Internet Day 2012 resources to support initiatives around the UK, Europe and the world. The microsite can be viewed at ( here) and you can follow our latest SID developments via Twitter at(@YHGfLSID2012)

The key theme of Safer Internet Day 2012 is “Discovering the digital world together safely” and has a focus on people from different ages supporting and helping others in the online world. An important example of this is for young people to raise awareness about different digital devices with parents, carers and grandparents so that they know how to support their children and grandchildren whilst they are online.

YHGfL are offering an array of resources to support schools with running a Safer Internet Day event for other stakeholders. Central to this is a video resource which explains the specific resources which a school will need to run a series of workshops. This is supported by a number of documents which include PowerPoint presentations, posters and guidance documents for teachers in order that the event can be run easily. » Read more: Safer Internet Day 2012 Resources

ICT in schools 2008-11

December 19th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Ofsted have released their latest report into ICT in schools.

Some key findings.

  • The overall effectiveness of ICT was good or outstanding in over two thirds of the primary schools visited. In contrast, just over a third of the secondary schools visited were considered good or outstanding for the overall effectiveness of ICT. Many of the weaknesses seen in the secondary school sample, including weak use of assessment and the degree of challenge posed by the Key Stage 4 vocational curriculum, echo findings similar to those of Ofsted’s previous ICT report.
  •  Pupils’ achievement in ICT was good or outstanding in over half of the primary schools visited over the three years of the survey. Achievement was good or outstanding in 29 of the 74 secondary schools visited, and was inadequate in almost a fifth. Achievement in the secondary schools was adversely affected by the lack of effective challenge for higher-attaining students and poor coverage of key aspects of the ICT curriculum, especially at Key Stage 4.
  • The ICT curriculum and qualification routes provided by nearly half of the secondary schools surveyed were not meeting the needs of all students, especially at Key Stage 4. In these schools a single vocational examination course was taken by all students, limiting challenge to the more able, or ICT was offered as an option to some students with others not receiving the full National Curriculum. As a result, in 30 of the 74 schools visited nearly half of the students reach the age of 16 without a sound foundation for further study or training in ICT and related subjects.
  •  In the majority of primary schools there were regular audits of staff’s professional development needs. The approach was less systematic in secondary schools, where inspectors saw very few examples of any evaluation of the impact of training on the effectiveness of teaching or on pupils’ learning.
  • Most of the schools either had a virtual learning environment in full use or were in the process of installing one. Where schools were making regular use of a virtual learning environment, they had been able to enhance and enrich many aspects of school life, including the quality of learning resources, communications with parents, and assessment and tracking processes.

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ANTI BULLYING WEEK

November 16th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Anti- Bullying Week 2011

As part of Anti-Bullying Week 2011 (November 14-18), YHGfL has put together a useful webpage of links to resources around the web. The theme for the this year’s event is; ‘Stop and think – Words can hurt’. YHGfL have focused on providing some useful information about bullying on social networking sites and have given some practical advice on support that is available if someone is being cyberbullied. The site is available here: http://www.yhgfl.net/eSafeguarding/eSafety/Anti-Bullying-Week-2011

 

YHGfL is also taking part in a live radio event at New Pastures School, Bridlington with John Stead from the NSPCC. This is happening on Tuesday, 15th November from 10am-11.30am and you can listen to it between these times at: http://streaming.planetwideradio.com/newpastureradio If you cannot listen live to the broadcast, then you can download it at a later date from:

 

http://podcast.yhgfl.net/eastriding/newpasturelane/

Cybermentors – help beat bullying…

October 21st, 2011 by admin No comments »

CyberMentors is all about young people helping and supporting each other online.

http://cybermentors.org.uk

 

If you’re being bullied, or are feeling a bit low, or are maybe troubled by something and you’re not sure what to do or who to talk to, then CyberMentors is where you can go for help. It doesn’t matter how big or small you think the problem is, or whether you’re being targeted online or offline, CyberMentors are here to listen and support you.

 

The best thing about it is that CyberMentors are young people too. It’s never easy talking about bullying, and many young people have told us that they would prefer to speak to another young person if they could. That’s why CyberMentors are young people like you, who have been trained and are volunteering their time online to help you. It’s still important however, that you talk to your parents or teachers if you can.

 

If you want to talk about a problem you’ve got with bullying, just drop a CyberMentor a message (click on CyberMentors Online), or talk to them in the chat room. The site is secure, and you can keep all your chats private, but there are also counsellors available for anything really serious.

 

If your school has been involved in the CyberMentors training, then there will also be CyberMentors available to talk to you face-to-face if you’d prefer.

 

If you’re still not sure, or want to find out more about CyberMentors, including how to get involved, simply send a message to georgia@beatbullying

Autumn term 2011 edition of ShareIT

September 28th, 2011 by admin No comments »

What’s inside

Regional round up – Safer Internet Day 2012, eSafety in the Foundation Stage, Hull eSafety Toolkit

Resources for parents – Engaging parents with eSafety, Digital parenting from Vodafone, PEGI Games ratings

Resources – eSafety videos, Social Networking: Assessing the risks, Data security – asking the right questions, Click Clever, Click Safe

In the news – NEN Safety survey, Latest OFSTED report urges safeguarding improvements, EU Kids Inline survey

Click here to download

N Lincs Museum Service Schools Programme

September 9th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Inspired Learning… is the new Schools Programme for 2011 / 2012 from North Lincolnshire Museum Service.. Click here to down load the full programme : Inspired learning newsletter 2011

YHGFL Newsletter August 2011

September 8th, 2011 by admin No comments »

Highlights :

  • All KPIs were met or exceeded this month
  • A major focus for the month was development and user testing of our new
    online booking system and CPD brokerage. It is due to be launched in early
    September.
  • A programme of free online CPD workshops has been devised in partnership
    with NAACE (ICT for Free) and the National Education Network. The
    sessions will be delivered by YHGfL and promoted across the other RBCs.
  • The eSafety section of the website has undergone a major redevelopment,
    with many new sections and resources. It will now be easier to navigate and
    find specific resources.

2011.08 Monthly Report

North Lincs Learning Platform Road Map

September 6th, 2011 by admin No comments »

The North Lincolnshire Learning Platform (My Learning Space) is a feature packed suite of e-learning tools suitable for learners of all ages.  Our platform continues to grow and develop over time as feed back from schools guide the direction of development.

» Read more: North Lincs Learning Platform Road Map

North Lincs Learning Platform Release Notes

September 5th, 2011 by admin No comments »

My Learning Space continues to be imporved over time.  The latest version went live at the end of August with the following changes:

Included in this deployment are:

  • Stability fixes to ensure system is robust for use at start of September term

Enhancements

  • Report abuse and report bug forms separated.
  • Ability to resend playlists.
  • Additional functionality of being able to add web links to the event stream, file descriptions in the shared folder and file descriptions in my stuff.
  • Improved validation for html widget on group dashboard.
  • Ability for Junior to be turned on/off for individual schools.
  • Report Abuse functionality added to Junior.
  • Further optimisation of the junior interface to improve performance.
  • Ability to view file descriptions in Junior’s Our Work.

We will be publishing a full roadmap of all developments for the next 6 months soon.

Model School Safeguarding Policy and Governors’ Checklist

July 7th, 2011 by admin No comments »

The following policy may be adopted or adapted to represent the practice of any school. There are many areas of potential overlap with a range of other policies. These can be referenced in the relevant paragraphs. The Governor checklist is not exhaustive, but serves as an example of how governors can challenge and monitor procedures and gather evidence of the school’s effectiveness in safeguarding.

The Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) is the key statutory mechanism for agreeing how relevant organisations will co-operate to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and ensure the effectiveness of what they do.

This document is an overview of safeguarding work in schools.  In the case of any serious incident schools should always make reference to formal LSCB guidance. Procedures can be accessed through www.northlincs.gov.uk/LSCB

 

Download (word): SAFEGUARDING POLICY & GOVERNORS CHECKLIST July 2011