Friday 17th October 2008
Julia Barnett wins
Recognition of Outstanding Customer Service (ROCS) Annual Award for 2008
Purpose: For Information
Audience: All School Staff
Congratulations to Julia Barnett,
who was recently presented with the Annual Cambridgeshire County Council's ROCS
Award for 2008.
Julia is deployed as a Schools’ ICT
Technician and is out at many schools on a daily basis.
For detailed article and
photo please click
here.
EYFS Autumn A
Data Collection – Deadline 4 November
Purpose: Important
updated information
Audience: Nursery and
Primary Headteachers
As
you will no doubt be aware, all Reception classes are required to send
assessments made up to October Half Term against the Early Years Foundation
Stage Profile to the Local Authority for all Reception pupils. Assessments may be made up to 24 October
2008 and the deadline for submitting the electronic file to the LA is 4 November 2008. This file needs to be
uploaded as a generic file to the S2S site.
Please
note that if you are using eProfile to make this return you need to make sure
you have the most up-to-date version of the guidance notes (dated 29 September
2008). These can be downloaded from the following link:
Guidance Notes for Autumn A FSP return using eProfile
It
will not matter whether you are using eProfile v2.5 or the new eyeProfile v3 to
make this return, but please make sure that every user in your school is on the
same version.
Despite
the publication of a third version of eyeProfile this term, there are still
obvious glitches in the program. The
current version of eyeProfile is dated 25 September. We would still advise you to wait until later in the year to
convert to eyeProfile. There is no real need to convert to eyeProfile at this
point.
If
you have want to know about the issues concerning the conversion to eyeProfile
please see the note at the following link:
Converting
eProfile Version 2.5 to eyeProfile Version 3
EYFS
Target Tracker users will find their guidance notes for the “Autumn A”
collection at the following link:
Guidance Notes
for Autumn A FSP return using EYFS Target Tracker However their notes remain as originally published.
If
you have any queries regarding these instructions, please contact ict.helpline@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
or telephone: 08450 450973
Three updates from Childnet
Purpose: Free
updated resources available
Audience: Headteachers and staff responsible for e-safety
1) KNOW IT ALL FOR
PARENTS
A further half a million copies of this CD Rom have been duplicated and
are ready for schools to order free of charge. The new version includes updated
sections on Cyberbullying, Social Networking and a short overview on 'Where to
Report'. As with the earlier version, all the content is presented in video
format with links to wider resources and pdf leaflets which parents and
teachers can download from the disc. The SMART content aimed at primary school
aged children is also now in British Sign Language. All this content has also
been updated on the Childnet.com website see http://www.childnet.com/kia/parents/cd/ If you have any questions about
ordering please email the Childnet team at info@childnet.com
2) CYBERBULLYING FILM AND
RESOURCES
Over 30,000 copies of the Childnet cyberbullying film 'Let's Fight
it Together' have been ordered from the DCSF order line and there are
approximately 3,000 left. These are free to order for schools . If you have
used this film and guidance in your work and can spend a few minutes to
complete the online evaluation form at http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/film/feedback.aspx Childnet would be most grateful.
The online version at http://www.digizen.org/cyberbullying/fullFilm.aspx includes subtitles.
3) UPDATED MUSIC ADVICE AND
SOCIAL NETWORKING LEAFLETS
Childnet has updated the advice to parents and teachers on helping
students stay on the right side of the online music issues by understanding the
copyright and privacy issues in using P2P and other online music services. See http://www.childnet.com/music/advice_p.html for the online version of this
leaflet and http://www.childnet.com/music/faq.html for information for young people.
Advice for Parents on Social networking services has also been updated. See http://www.childnet-int.org/blogsafety/index.html You can order both these leaflets
and the full range of Childnet resources at http://www.childnet.com/order/default.aspx.
IMPULSE Conference: ‘Personalisation in Practice’
Purpose: Leadership and Management
Audience: Headteachers and Senior Leadership
Teams
Millennium
Hall, Buckden
Wednesday, 12th
November 2008
Cambridge
Thursday, 13th
November 2008
Oliver Cromwell Hotel,
March
Monday, 17th
November 2008
09.30
– 15.00
There are two free places for each school, which includes
lunch. Further details available via the following link: Impulse
Conference
Parental engagement
Purpose: Free Half Day seminars available
Audience: Secondary Headteachers, ICT co-ordinators, SIMS Managers
In January the government announced a 2010
target for secondary schools to provide online access for parents. BECTA
and SSAT are running free half-day seminars this term on the topic of parental
engagement. Two are being held on December 5th at the
Cambridge Belfry in Cambourne. For more details search for resource 4435
on the portal.
Curriculum Newsletter for Primary, Special & Nursery
Schools
Purpose: Information
about the latest issue
Audience: Headteacher
and ICT Coordinator
The October
2008 issue of the Curriculum Team Newsletter has been distributed to ICT
coordinators.
Please use
this link to download:
HelpLines Newsletter
Purpose: Information about the latest issue
Audience: All appropriate staff
in Cambridgeshire schools
The October
issue of HelpLines has now been sent out to schools via the courier bag.
|
You can download an
electronic version here: |
Training Opportunities for November
Purpose: Spaces
available on Training Courses
Audience: Headteacher,
Teachers and Administrative Staff in Schools
|
Course |
Date & Time |
Venue |
Cost |
|
Planning
for Progression of ICT across the Curriculum |
Tues
4th Nov 09.30
– 16.00 |
ICT
Service Godmanchester |
£105 |
|
Whiteboard
Accredited Training Level
2 |
Wed
5th Nov 13.30
– 16.00 |
ICT
Service Godmanchester |
£65 |
|
Monitoring
use of Data loggers |
Tues
11th Nov 13.30
– 16.00 |
ICT
Service Waterbeach |
£65 |
|
Creating
Multimodal Texts |
Tues
11th Nov 09.30
– 16.00 |
ICT
Service Godmanchester |
£105 |
|
Budget
Adjusting & Profiling |
Thur
13th Nov 09.30
– 12.30 |
ICT
Service Waterbeach |
£65 |
Please
note we are unable to accept bookings over the phone. You may call to check
course detail and space availability on telephone 01480 376670 or email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
, unfortunately no places can be provisionally booked.
Cambridgeshire Online Training Search
Cambridgeshire Online Training
Search (COTS) is a database of training opportunities provided
by the Local Authority. It can be
accessed from any computer connected to the Internet without the need for a
password; its powerful search engine will help you to find suitable
courses. Eventually, all providers
will be using this database, please check the Providers list for the services
currently represented. You will already
find the complete listing of courses offered by CAS, CREDS, SLS, Education ICT
Service, ISSIS, Cambridgeshire Youth Work and Connexions. Go to: COTS to access this service now.
ICT
Service Blog and Helpline Blog
The
information in this briefing is also available through our blog. This means
that you do not have to wait for the fortnightly distribution; news items go
online immediately. Other relevant information about ICT is posted there
too. It is also possible to use the blog
to comment on items and to give us feedback.
There
is a link to the blog from our website or you
can visit it directly at http://educationictservice.blogspot.com/ If you use a
newsreader such as Google Reader, you can subscribe to the blog using the link
in the left-hand column; your news reader will automatically highlight new blog
items for you. If you would like to learn how to do this, contact the Helpline.
For
up to the minute Helpline information, please visit the ICT Service Helplines Blog by searching for Resource id: 3750 from the
Education Portal or by using this link: ICT Service Helplines
Blog.
You can subscribe to this blog in exactly the same way.
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).
