Helpline Telephone Number

Purpose: Important Information

Audience: All School Staff

Telephone Number: 08450 450973

Please take great care when dialling the Helpline number. The code is 08450 and not the area code for Godmanchester (01480). A member of the public has been receiving calls from schools wanting to contact the Helpine and is understandably unhappy with all the unsolicited calls.

Helpline Closure

Purpose: For Information

Audience: All Schools Staff

Please note the Helpline will be closed as from 10am on Friday July 14th due to a Staff Training Day.

Strategic Leadership of ICT (SLICT)

Purpose: SLICT courses - information and local support

Audience: Primary Headteachers

SLICT courses for primary headteachers will be running next year at various locations across the eastern region, including:

Peterborough, 11-12th October
Cambridge, 21-22nd November

There will also be a course during Spring 2007. We are reserving a number of places on this and some of the content will be tailored to provide a Cambridgeshire focus.

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 course is still heavily subsidised and schools are charged £350 to participate. For schools with fewer than 100 pupil there is no charge. Online application is available on the SLICT website at www.ncsl.org.uk/slict where more information is provided. 41 Cambridgeshire headteachers have previously participated.

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. If you have already signed up, or are planning to, please contact the ICT Service to be considered for this local support.

ProtexS: NEWSFLASH - Becta Accreditation

Purpose: For Information

Audience: All Headteachers and ICT Coordinators

The PRIMARY filter of the Protex system has now received Becta accreditation which requires that it blocks 90% of unsuitable material in following five categories:

100% - Adult
92% - Illegal Software/Hacking
92% - Violence/Bombs/Crime
100% - Racial Material
100% - Illegal Drugs

The protex results listed above show the percentage of each type of material blocked by the system.

This is the filtering system which now applies to the internet feed in all our schools.

HelpLines Newsletter

Purpose: For Information

Audience: All Schools

The July issue of HelpLines has now been sent out to schools via the courier bag. See link below to download an electronic version.

July 2006

Curriculum Newsletter for Primary, Special & Nursery Schools

Purpose: For Information

Audience: Headteacher and ICT Coordinator

The July 2006 issue of the Curriculum Team Newsletter has been distributed to ICT coordinators.

If you would like a copy of this newsletter sent directly to your email address, please contact alison.studd@cambridgeshire.gov.uk.

Please see link below to download:

July 2006