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Dear Colleague,

Please read on for the latest information from the LGfL Team on:

• Frozen Kingdoms Impact Case Study
• EdTech Hubs Study Tour 
• Digital Transformation Toolkit (DTT) 
• Prevent Duty Self Assessment Tour
• Google for Education LGfL Workshops
• EEF's EdTech Survey
• FREE LGfL Training
• Recent Curriculum Blogs

Frozen Kingdoms - 

Polar Regions - Impact Polar Case Study 

Edward Wilson Primary School in Westminster have been making the most of all that LGfL has to offer in support of the 'Polar Regions' topic in the National Curriculum. 

Watch the Impact Case Study of Polar Resources with Edward Wilson Primary School above 

LGfL's Learning Resource Consultant, Bradley Dardis, supported the adoption of, not only, the unique LGfL polar resources, but also, helped develop the use of J2e and Busythings! This new impact case study shows the impact of bringing the whole LGfL topic support together to benefit both teachers and children.

Edward Wilson - A Lasting Legacy

Watch the Edward Wilson - A Lasting Legacy Video Above

“Strong in will to strive, to seek, to find and not to yield." 

We made this special tribute to the inspirational namesake of the school and how the whole school community works hard to keep the spirit of Edward Wilson alive.

EdTech Hubs -

EdTech Hubs Study Tour - Lansbury Lawrence Primary School

Join us on the 6th of December 2022 at 1pm for 'An Edtech Hub Study Tour' at Lansbury Lawrence Primary School, one of the lead schools in the Tower Hamlets EdTech hub.

Giving you the opportunity to visit one of the lead EdTech Hub schools from Tower Hamlets LA.

Tour to include:

• Meet the senior team members and lead practitioners in the school

• Visit classrooms seeing effective use of technology; discuss approaches with the teachers and children

• Attend an expert an panel discussion featuring lead practitioners from the Tower Hamlets Hub with opportunities to take part in Q&A

*Refreshments will be provided on the day.

Digital Transformation Toolkit-

Managing your schools digital transformation

The *new* LGfL Digital Transformation Tool (DTT) is now available in beta form for schools and MATs to engage with as part of their own self-assessment on their current stage of digital transformation. It has been designed to identify key criteria to support the successful implementation of digital technologies to effectively support all aspects of a school community.

Prevent Duty Self Assessment Tool for Schools

The DigiSafe Team have worked with DfE in developing their new Prevent Self-Assessment Tool for Schools to help ensure schools have  the necessary policies and practices in place to comply with the Prevent duty and evaluate:

• Leadership & Management
• Risk Assessment
• Working in Partnership
• Training
• Online Safety
• Safeguarding School Premises
• Building Children’s Resilience to Radicalisation

The toolkit includes a how-to guide including a supporting spreadsheet to help encourage a cycle of continuous review and improvement - find top tips on how to use it in our blog: Ofsted and Prevent – find out how the new Self-Assessment Tool for schools can help you towards compliance

EEF - EdTech Survey 2022

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) would like to know how widely a range of EdTech programmes and approaches are used in schools and nurseries. This will help inform the scope for a future funding round.

CooperGibson Research in partnership with Capita Education and Learning, have been commissioned by the EEF to conduct a national survey of schools. This survey asks you about the EdTech used in your school / nursery so that we can understand how common different EdTech programmes and approaches are. It also asks about EdTech innovations, and decision-making responsibilities.

The survey is designed to take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Fabulous Festive Inclusion Training

Join us on the 22nd of November at 4pm for sessions featuring festive sensory activities for the end of the Autumn Term. We will take a creative look at everyday educational activities combined with seasonal sensory resources.

Led by ⁦‪Carol Allen⁩ this festive session will aim to help to increase engagement for all learners.

Google Workshop Training

Primary Learning with Google Workspace

LGfL are pleased to offer a pedagogical focused training series in collaboration with Google for Education. 

Using Google Workspace for Education in the Primary School (30 November 9am to 12pm)

How to use Google Tools effectively as a Primary Subject Leader. (30 November 1pm to 4pm)

Explore Primary learning with Google for Edu and LGfL

Teacher & subject leader dedicated workshops:

🤹🏾 Day in the life

⚖️ Maths & English (including #phonics)

🙌🏾 Effective monitoring and assessment for Subject leaders

LGfL Training

Online training events are free for all school staff to attend (*with the exception of the Designated Safeguarding Lead Training which we offer to LGfL customers only). Please click the button below to see the extensive training programme available. 

Don't forget there's lots happening at LGfL for other areas of the school beyond the curriculum:

• Free Security School Report with CyberCloud
• Other free training from LGfL teams
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Regards,
Your Learning Resource Consultants
Laura Smith and Bradley Dardis

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