Starz Detectives: Wednesday 1st November

To coincide with the changing of the clocks, the Road Safety team are running activity from 9:30. Pupils work online with experts to solve real life scenarios based in the fictional (but strangely familiar) town of Huntingbridge. Available free to Starz subscribers and £50 for non-subscribers. Suitable for 9-12 year olds.

Inside Justice Week: 18th - 25th November

Help with the search for a New Superhero. Pupils are invited to design a new superhero - someone who can help fight crime, catch criminals and help the people they've hurt!

Making The News Competition: 16th October to the 16th December

Schools can register online (http://mtncomp.e2bn.net) and enter their news stories via the MTN competition website. The competition has been designed by the Regional Broadband Consortiums to support lesson activity while encouraging enhanced, extended creative learning experiences. There are three age bands to give pupils of all ages equal chance to shine in their chosen category. For more information click Making The News 2006

Pupils are invited to enter a national competition, launched to find budding young reporters. Register your school and use the making the news site to create multi-media news items.

For more information see the Projects area of www.starz.org.uk or send an email to projects@starz.org.uk

Strategic Leadership of ICT (SLICT)

Purpose: Reminder and offer of support

Audience: Primary Headteachers

SLICT brings together up to 40 headteachers in regional groups to share, challenge and support each other's learning. It is not an ICT skills course. Key elements are:

self-assessment

strategic planning

examination of key issues and their leadership or management implications

group discussion of different approaches to leading ICT for learning

critical reflection and action planning for the future.

The programme is heavily subsidised and schools are charged £350 to participate. For schools with fewer than 100 pupils there is no charge. More information and online application are provided on the SLICT website at http://www.ncsl.org.uk/slict.

A limited number of reserved places are still available for Cambridgeshire heads on the course based at Leicester on 27-28 March 2007.

For this event, you can enrol on the course by going to

http://www.ncsl.org.uk/programmes/primaryslict/primaryslict-howtoapply.cfm

and completing the application form. You will need your personal DFES number e.g. 99/12345 and your school establishment number e.g. 3456 as well as other information. At the end of the registration process select the following course: CambLA

We will be supporting Heads who take part in the autumn or spring term by offering two one-hour follow-up visits (approx one month and six months after the course) to discuss the impact of the programme and the implications for your school. There will be no charge for these visits. If you have already signed up to a SLICT course, or are planning to, please contact the ICT Service to be considered for this local support.

Maintaining the Timetable in Nova T6

Purpose: Training Opportunity

Audience: Staff responsible for making changes to the timetable

We have a new course scheduled, designed to assist people who are not fully trained to timetable with NovaT6. This will give them the knowledge and skills to maintain the timetable by making those changes, which can occur during the school year. Different methods for making changes to rooms, teachers, carousels etc will all be covered, as well as the use of maintenance datasets. This half day course will be held at ICT Service Godmanchester 9:30 - 13:00. If you would like more information or to book a place please contact Tel: 01480 376670 or email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

ICT Service Training Courses

Please click on this link for information on all ICT Training Courses

ICT Training Course Information

More ICT News on the Portal...

Do you regularly check the ICT News page on the Portal? It features all the latest ICT-related news of importance to Cambridgeshire's schools.

To take a look, simply search for resource ID: 584 from the Portal front page, or click on 'News' on the ICT Service home page (www.ict.ccceducation.net).