Welcome to your latest edition of the Curriculum Newsletter.
Resilient Connections
Safeguarding: Monitoring
Workload Reduction Pilot Powered by TeachMateAI
EdTech Hubs - PedTech - The Impact
Get Coding with Micro:bits
Busy Things & just2easy Toolsuite Logins
Quick Bites
FREE LGfL Training
Resilient Connections
The DfE require schools now to plan for resilient connections. LGfL will make a major announcement shortly on an exciting development that will save money and bring high speed resilience to schools and MATs. Watch out for further news soon!
Safeguarding: Monitoring
LGfL has listened to feedback from schools and will be adding an 'appropriate' technical monitoring solution to its subscription, either as a free addition or heavily discounted. LGfL’s new Safeguarding Service will also include enhanced advice and support for schools.
LGfL Workload Reduction Pilot Powered by TeachMateAI
The use of technology and AI has the potential to revolutionise the way teachers teach and students learn. By automating certain tasks and providing personalised feedback, AI can help students reach their full potential while reducing the workload of teachers. Currently, research in this field is limited, but LGfL is organising a pilot program with TeachMateAI to explore how AI can help schools save money, promote well-being, and energise teaching and learning in alignment with LGfL's core aims.
LGfL, in partnership with TeachMateAI, will provide 20 schools with a whole school TeachMateAI Pro account for a term (Spring) so that we can explore:
If the purposeful use of AI will support workload reduction.
If AI can save teachers time and schools money, energise teaching and learning and improve well-being by automating tasks such as lesson planning, grading, and providing student feedback.
We will also use the pilot to:
Use school feedback on improving TeachMateAI/AI to make it more valuable and effective.
Identify potential challenges with using TeachMateAI/AI in a classroom setting and develop solutions.
Inform the development of TeachMateAI - the TeachMateAI team would very much like to view the pilot as an opportunity for us to listen to the needs of schools (beyond our own that we work in!) and respond to these as best we can through further development of our platform.
Filmed on 30th October 2023 at the annual LEO Academy Trust Annual Conference, Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith presents her findings on the role of technology in raising standards based on her year-long in-depth research into the use of technology across all schools in the LEO Academy Trust. (You can jump to particular themes such as the snippet shown below or watch in its entirety).
A quote from a Year 3 pupil at LEO Academy, "It [the things they could access through their own Chromebook] makes me feel like I'm the boss of my own learning!"
UK primary school teachers can upskill with free training, professional development, and even 30 free devices for your school! BBC micro:bit – the next-gen campaign has kicked off, with CBBC collaborations to inspire children to code, and plenty of free resources to support you to teach computing.
You need to register to get free micro:bits for your schools – the deadline is 18 December, so make sure you sign up now by clicking the link below:
To log in to these award-winning platforms (both in school and from home) we are encouraging eligible* schools to migrate away from USO logins!
* Please note that only Primary and SEND schools are eligible for Busy Things and j2e tool suite licences.
Newly onboarded LGfL schools you do not have to do anything! All other schools please note that for the new intake (Early Years) USO login will not work.
LGfL 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). Click the button below to explore and book LGfL training sessions.
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