Broadband and Beyond

Dear Colleague,

Welcome to first edition of the Curriculum Newsletter for 2024.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year!

Read on for:

• CEO announcements for 2024 onwards
• Holbein at Royal Collection Trust 
• LGfL Pilot Opportunities
• Quick Bites Section
• FREE LGfL Training

CEO Announcements

John Jackson, CEO of LGfL, has some developments he wants to make our customers aware of.

Important LGfL Developments:

1. LGfL invested over £500,000 over the Christmas Break to deliver more internet capacity to schools to support increased use of the Cloud, more consumption of video streaming services, and harnessing more devices in the classroom.  

2. Thousands of schools will benefit this year from free bandwidth boosts as LGfL moves proactively to future-proof connections and ensures LGfL schools enjoy the fastest possible connectivity.

3. Safeguarding investments are planned this term with LGfL seeking to procure a monitoring solution to its portfolio of products provided to schools from April 2024.

RCT - Holbein at the Tudor Court

Explore the art of the image-maker of the Tudor court (Holbein) and come face-to-face with some of the most famous people of 16th-century England with Royal Collection Trust.

The Exhibition is on until 14th April 2024

RCT Schools Workshops Programme:

Character of the Tudor Court: A Creative Writing Workshop (until 29th March)

The Tudor Court: A Dance and Drama Workshop (until 22nd March)

Preparing Portraits: An Art Workshop (until 28th March)

Holbein's Henry: Meet the Monarch (on 27th February)

To book, click the 'RCT Schools Programme' button below.

A reminder to also visit LGfL's resource on The Tudors in London; click the link below!

LGfL Pilots

We have over 20 years of experience providing early access to innovative technologies to support effective teaching and learning.

If you are interested in getting involved in an LGfL pilot, we have two new opportunities available soon. They are as follows: 

School Bank - Develop your own internal banking system and shop for pupils to learn about financial management.

Pilot starting Feb 2024

Map Maker - Explore the potential of the "new" Map Maker platform (suitable for both primary and sceondary schools).

Pilot starting Feb 2024

Quick Bites

ReadingZone Bookclub

The ReadingZone Bookclub events are open to schools and classrooms, and are free to join!

Watch recordings of previous events at rzl.lgfl.net.

Premium Resource Logins

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.

LGfL Training

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.

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

• Find out all we do beyond broadband here
• View our Savings Calculator here
• Sign up for one of the other newsletters

Regards,
Your Learning Resource Consultants
Laura Smith, Bradley Dardis & Belinda Evans

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