Celebrating Excellence in North East Schools
Pupils across the North East are using the latest technology to access exciting learning opportunities. The Northern Grid Awards recognise and celebrate the best examples. Pupils from primary, secondary and special schools attended the award ceremony on June 23rd at the Gosforth Park Marriot.
Visitors had great opportunities to meet teachers and pupils and to share in their exciting projects. Today’s TV reporters and presenters should look out for their jobs as many pupils confidently use technology commonly found in TV studios.
Pupils, as young as 4, showed how they created stop frame animations in the style of Wallace and Gromit. Older pupils presented the films they had scripted, acted in and produced. One horror film by Kilton Thorpe School involved working with local writers, actors and film makers to produce the thought provoking “Zombie Bullies”.
Schools regularly use the internet to communicate with parents to share the pupils’ work. The power of ICT to encourage collaboration is very evident. An excellent example is how pupils with autism, from Norham Community Technology College, have used online tools. Pupils that were isolated are now talking...
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 23rd 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.
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