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Supporting Parental Engagement Workshop23 January 2012
Northern Grid delivered an in school support session on Parental Engagement to the staff of Ash Trees School in January 2012.
The aims of the 1 hour session were to:
The session included:
Glenn Atkinson, ICT coordinator at Ash Trees provided the following feedback:
For more information about this session contact christine.jack@northerngrid.org To find out how else Northern Grid can support your school contact support@northerngrid.org Northern Grid Lead Schools Launch Event19 December 2011
Northern Grid has been working with schools to provide broadband connections since 1999. Many people don't realise that when it started there was no technical infrastructure in place and our priority wasn't to provide the regional network but to work with teachers and local authority advisors to look at how the technology could be used to support teaching and learning and make a difference in the classroom. This clearly demonstrates that Northern Grid's two priorities were improving teaching and learning and working in partnership with schools. We continue to focus on these priorities and to provide support to all our partner schools. This support is even more important now than it was when we started. There have been significant changes nationally and locally and much of the support that was previously available from Becta and Local Authorities has disappeared. Increasingly schools are being told that they know best about what is needed and that they should get on with it. While the freedom this gives schools can be welcome many schools don't feel that they have the knowledge they need and they are already strengthening relationships with their local schools so they can work together and learn from each other's successes and challenges. Providing schools with links, contacts that they can call on is the first purpose of the Lead Schools Network.
Northern Grid Monthly Newsletter - October 201112 October 2011Find out about our latest news, upcoming events, and some of the best educational resources on the web in our Monthly Newsletter. This MonthEnter your school for the Northern Grid Awards Will your eSafety provision deliver an "Outstanding" judgement? Creative Strategies to Support Literacy KS2
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How to Lose Your Job in 7 Minutes30 September 2011or...The Importance of OwnershipA superb eSafety video from Northern Grids' ‘Protecting Adults Who Work With Children’ event.
Also labeled: Bullying, eSafety, Guidance, Head Teachers, Learning Platform, Multimedia, News, Northern Grid Created, Parents/Carers, Presentations, Publications, Support, Teachers, Video Videoconferencing Security & Performance Upgrade19 September 2011 As part of our on-going service improvements the Videoconferencing infrastructure has been upgraded in compliance with the H.460 security protocol. The new service improves security, reliability and performance of video and audio conferencing.
VC Equipment in the following LA’s requires no changes
VC equipment in the following LA’s requires a change to the Gatekeeper IP address
For advice and support please contact your LA or contact Northern Grid on 01914611844 or email mark.vinnicombe@northerngrid.org Northern Grid Newsletter - September 201112 September 2011Benefit from high quality services included in your broadband priceSubscribers to our newsletter were told about all of the benefits you can get from Northern Grid and the exciting upcoming opportunities throughout the region and beyond. View the NewsletterImportant Information about Northern Grid Services12 September 2011
This is a collection of useful information about the services Northern Grid offers and what to do if you want to buy a service from us, or if you want to leave us to go elsewhere. The broadband Northern Grid provides to schools and Local Authorities is currently provided through Easynet. Our contract with Easynet will expire on July 31st 2012 and Northern Grid is going through a procurement process to identify who will provide our connectivity after this date This means that information in the documents on this page is likely to change. To make sure you get the most up to date information heads can complete the Expression of interest document. See the Procurement briefing note for more information. Northern Grid Acceptable Use Policy 2011-201212 September 2011
Schools are well aware of the need to keep pupils, teachers, data and systems as safe and secure as possible. All schools need to ensure that they have an up to date Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). To support schools in meeting their eSafety requirements Northern Grid has a responsibility to ensure that the whole Regional Broadband Network continues to be safe and secure. This means that all organisations connected to the network need to abide by a common Northern Grid AUP. As technology changes rapidly this Grid AUP is updated regularly. The Northern Grid Acceptable Use Policy has been endorsed and approved by the Northern Grid Directors who are all senior managers within partner Local Authorities. Your Local Authority has agreed to abide by this AUP. This policy applies to all users of the Northern Grid broadband network whoever they are, whatever devices they are using, whenever and wherever they are connected to the network. This also includes users within a directly connected establishment or users connecting to the network remotely. Any school, LA or other educational organisation using Northern Grid for Learning's Network or Service is required to comply with this Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). Failure or non-compliance may result in the school's broadband service being disconnected and / or civil, disciplinary or legal action being taken upon individuals, groups of individuals or establishments. Head teachers must ensure that all users are familiar with the relevant sections of this AUP. This document refers to the use of the regional Northern Grid network. Schools also need their own Acceptable Use Policy covering...
Also labeled: Documentation, Governors, Guidance, Head Teachers, ICT, Northern Grid Created, Publications, Teachers Top Tips for Headteachers - ICT07 September 2011
Will your ICT provision support your journey to become an outstanding school?Where ICT is used effectively to support learning, attainment and achievement can increase. Outstanding schools are ones where ICT is embedded within all aspects of school life and where management, teaching and support staff and learners exploit technologies. Do you know how ICT is used in your school? ICT and online technologies can support your staff, promote more engaging teaching, motivate pupils and help you engage more effectively with parents. The list below will help you get off to a good start in the new academic year.
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The focus of the session was how technology can be used to support effective parental engagement.
On November 29th schools from across the Northern Grid region came together at the launch event of the Northern Grid Lead Schools Network. Only 14 schools had been invited to participate in this network to work with schools which, like them, were doing exciting and innovative things with educational technology.
Northern Grid is always keen to promote and facilitate the use of cutting edge technology in its partner schools. Lights Camera Action is a unique and interactive TV workshop using a portable television studio with the latest 'virtual' computer generated set which gave the pupils and staff at Normanby Primary a rare opportunity to experience life in the high pressure world of broadcast news.
