We hope you are currently enjoying (or are looking forward to) a well-deserved rest during the Easter holidays.
LGfL - Highlights
In the video below, John Jackson (CEO) provides a teaser to some of the developments you can expect from LGfL over the next term.
BridgeTheDivide -LGfL will have a significant stock of devices available now at the following prices:
Chromebook 100e: £149.99
Chromebook 300e: £184.99
Winbook 100e: £152.99
Winbook 300e: £194.99
We have a new 'Supporting Teaching and Learning with Bridge the Divide' page; this will help you to explore how increased learner device ratios can offer significant benefits not just in relation to affordability but for everyday opportunities to teach and learn in different and more effective ways.
There are a range of videos exploring preparation prior to getting the devices, achieving impact, interventions and thinking beyond current practice. In addition, Phil Hedger, CEO of the Leo Academy Trust, explains (below) the impact that Bridge the Divide can have when embedded as an integral part of a school improvement strategy.
DigiSafe
Safe and Happy during lockdown?
This worksheet from DigiSafe is a great exercise to get children of all ages to discuss how they feel about returning to school, their worries and stresses and how they used technology while they were in lockdown and over the holidays. It's also a great way for students to list any private concerns, mental health or child protection issues for you to follow up. Access the flyer or download the online Google form version at safepostlockdown.lgfl.net
BusyThings
Busy Thingshave added a subitising area to their Maths Resource Maker! Create a worksheet for practising quantity recognition without counting! Make regular groups, regular groups and split groups using dots, pink men, monkeys, elephants, cars, chickens and more…
The Resource Maker can be found on the Welcome screen under Teacher tools. Here's are the steps to make subitisting worksheet:
Enter the resource maker and select the orange 'Number and Place Value' area.
Select Subitising.
Select Choose content. Select the numbers you want to subistise and the decoy numbers.
Now you can play with all the options on the left and see the preview pane update.
Once you are happy, simply select either 'Make PDF' or 'Save these settings'.
If you save the resource it will go into your 'Saved resources area'.
They are also making a great new game to help sharpen those subitising skills! Here is a sneak preview of what it looks like so far ... game name suggestions welcome!
Adobe Creative Cloud
Join former teacher and now Adobe Education Evangelist Dominic Traynor for a fun and interactive Adobe Creative Educator training session.
Understanding the power of creativity in the classroom, why it matters, and how to leverage it in your teaching strategy helps prepare students with 21st Century skills they need to succeed. This course helps educators learn what creativity is, why it is important, and how to develop creativity in their students across subjects and grade levels, from young children through college students and adult learners. You will get tips on how to cultivate and assess creativity, how Adobe’s tools can help you teach creatively, and how to stay connected to Adobe’s Creative Educator Community. Book via Eventbrite here.
In addition, there have been Adobe training sessions adde to the training portal:
How do we get access to Creative Cloud Software for Schools?
All LGfL schools are offered free Adobe licenses; if your school has not claimed their licenses yet, please clickhereto do so.
Just2easy
The Just2easy team'sJ2skills drop-in sessions continue to grow in popularity. If you have any J2e related questions, want to talk to the resident J2e experts, or want to network with other teachers, why not join them? Held virtually every Tuesday 3:40-4:40, book your space here.
Trafalgar Infantsin Richmond really embraced all that the just2easy Toolsuite has to offer during Lockdown. Jane Burton (the Computing Leader) explains more in the video clips below:
Just2easy have also started publishing case studies of schools using the j2 Tool Suite effectively. Visit here.
The Wiener Holocaust Library and Resources
The Wiener Holocaust Library, based in Russell Square, is the world’s oldest Holocaust archive and the most significant collection of its kind in Britain. Through its various activities, including an open reading room, exhibitions and events, it aims to raise awareness and deepen understanding of the Nazis’ persecution of Jews and the Holocaust, as well as other genocides. One of the ways in which the Library attempts to help students and teachers approach this complex topic is through our education programme and popular website The Holocaust Explained.
The site, which is designed with the British curriculum in mind and is accessible within schools, has hundreds of accurate, informative articles accompanied by relevant primary sources as well as survivor video testimony, a timeline, and a section dedicated to educational resources for teachers - with downloadable lesson packs on a variety of topics in one, easy-to-use document for pre-planned and adaptable lessons. On top of this important resource, the Library also offers in-person tours of our archive, as well as in-person and virtual workshops for both teachers and students.
The Library’s educational resources are completely free, and they can adapt their offering to suit your students. To find out more visit The Holocaust Explaineddirectly or get in touch viatheir website.
Caption: A Jewish identification card from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia belonging to Alice Stern. These cards were issued to all Jews following the Nazis’ occupation of Czechoslovakia. During the German occupation, Alice was transported to the Łódź Ghetto on 31 October 1941 (as marked on the lower right-hand page). Alice survived the war and emigrated to Britain.Image credit: The Wiener Holocaust Library Collections, 1387.
Audio Network
A final reminder that Audio Network will no longer be part of the LGfL service from NOW. Access to this service ceased on 31st March 2021.For further information about this service change please email contentsupport@lgfl.net
Training - Spring 2 2021
Check out the whole training portalfor online training events which are included in your school's Let's Get Digital subscription and are therefore *free* for LGfL schools staff to attend.
You should have also received a summer 1 training bulletin listing all the available training for April and May 2021.
LGfL Building an IT Strategy Event
On Tuesday 4th May, LGfL will be hosting "Building an IT Strategy for Schools and MATs"
This online event is free for schools and MATs and IT partners are welcome if they are accompanying one of their schools or Trusts. These events can be a great opportunity to take time out of day to day school operations to think more strategically and see how to define and achieve your digital vision. Sign uphere.
