Find out about the exciting work schools in the region are doing with technology

Northern Grid will be hosting its annual awards ceremony on June 23^rd with 27 schools being recognised for their excellent use of technology to support teaching and learning. 

The Northern Grid awards were established in 2004 to celebrate the success of schools in the region.  At the ceremony highly commended schools receive certificates and the winners get a prize donated by commercial sponsors.  

All the schools are given a stand to display their entry.  The standard is always impressive and the best part of the morning is getting to walk around the exhibition and listen to these bright, enthusiastic and articulate pupils talking about what they did.

The ceremony and exhibition is open to anyone from a school or local authority in the North East.

The awards are not just about a single day though.  Details of the successful entries are added to the Northern Grid website (www.northerngrid.org/awards) allowing other schools to learn from their success.  Some schools are visited to develop more detailed case studies and invited to present at Northern Grid events.  This allows us to fulfil one of Northern Grid’s core roles of sharing best practice.

It is important to celebrate the success of our region’s schools so come along to the ceremony or visit the awards website after the 23^rd June to see their work.

Attend the Awards Ceremony

Download, fill in and return the invitation below to attend the Awards Ceremony 2011. The ceremony is open to everyone.

Download Invitation

The awards website, with details of the winning schools, will go live on the afternoon of the ceremony.

Last year's awards website contains a gallery of photos, video clips and examples of the entries from 2010.

This year's shortlisted schools are:

• Collingwood Primary School & King Edward Primary School, North Tyneside
• Cullercoats Primary School, North Tyneside
• Dormanstown Primary School, Redcar and Cleveland
• Evergreen Primary, Durham
• Firthmoor Primary, Darlington
• Grange Primary School, Hartlepool
• Harton Technology College, South Tyneside
• Highcliffe Primary School, Redcar and Cleveland
• Kilton Thorpe, Redcar and Cleveland
• Kingsley Primary School, Hartlepool
• Longbenton and Marden CLCs, North Tyneside
• Marden Bridge Middle School, North Tyneside
• Moorside Community Technology College, Durham
• Norham Community Technology College, North Tyneside
• Normanby Primary School, Redcar and Cleveland
• Redcar & Cleveland B.C., Redcar and Cleveland
• Rosa Street Primary School, Durham
• Seaton Burn Business and Enterprise College, North Tyneside
• St Aloysuis Infant School, South Tyneside
• St Peters C of E & Kilton Thorpe Special School, Redcar and Cleveland
• Sir Charles Parsons School and Science College, Newcastle
• Spring Gardens, North Tyneside
• Stephenson Memorial Primary School, North Tyneside
• Valley Gardens Middle School, North Tyneside
• Woodlawn School, North Tyneside

Thank you to everyone that entered the awards and congratulations to those shortlisted - we hope to see you at the awards ceremony!