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Teachers will prepare
• Assessments of ICT capability is made according to published guidelines as recommended by the Brent School Improvement Services. These are recorded on a prepared assessment sheet/grid
• Formative assessments throughout the year for each child will be used during the course of teaching to inform about, and guide the progress of each child through:
• 1) – specific ICT Assessment for Learning assignments for individual pupils are assessed on given class and/or individual targets.
• 2) – individual discussions in which children are encouraged to appraise their own work
• A portfolio of work for each class is held by the ICT Co-ordinator showing the breadth of achievement for individual classes as well as a record of their Assessment for Learning records. At the end of Key Stage 2 the children are levelled against the National Curriculum targets and these are sent to the LA for analysis.
Pupils with Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Pupils with special educational needs benefit from using ICT as it enhances access to the curriculum and encourages motivation and development of skills which can assist in significantly high achievements
The classroom teacher needs to use professional judgement in selecting ICT activities, introducing new skills or making paired partnership arrangements
The SEN teacher will:
• have access to a computer with familiar curriculum software as well as additional SEN software to support Numeracy and Literacy work including a talking word processor
• target use of ICT, including difficulties in use of equipment, to be part of the assessment and planning to support access to learning which should be identified in the individual IEPs
• enable SEN children to use ICT to access and produce material at a higher level than could be achieved otherwise
• seek to acquire specialist equipment for SEN such as laptops, adapted keyboards, speech synthesisers and pointing devices
• prepare differentiated tasks, word banks and simplified pages for SEN pupils
There is also a need to identify SEN children with high abilities and support them with differentiated ICT experience, consulting the NC level descriptors to frame challenges for them.
High achieving pupils can be selected to be ICT monitors, responsible for a range of tasks in the ICT room, starting up PCs sorting printouts, providing low-level support to other children and, in Year 6 act as liaison between the ICT Coordinator and the Technician where appropriate.
Professional Development
All teachers, both Kodesh and Chol, will be working towards the National Curriculum expectations for ICT; this will be achieved by:
• all staff (including classroom assistants) being encouraged to use computers at work, and developing basic skills, personal competence and confidence in the use of ICT
• the Headteacher’s appraisal including specific reference to ICT skills, and make recommendations for training for all teachers including Kodesh teachers
• by identifying further objectives for deeper subject specialist knowledge for co-ordinators
• by encouraging subject co-ordinators to use the ICT resources available through their specialist co-ordinators associations
• by identifying further objectives for deeper subject area knowledge of ICT in the NC for class teachers
• INSET training for all staff, including classroom assistants
• Using outside consultants in specific areas which highlight an overall weakness in school provision
• Visiting centres of excellence, followed up by giving feedback and model lessons to colleagues on return
Health and Safety
• Health and safety issues in ICT include:
• E-Safety.
• Establishing appropriate working conditions including avoiding eyestrain and poor ergonomic provision
• Encouragement of staff to take regular two-yearly eye examinations, funding them if necessary
• Safe use of Interactive Whiteboards and projectors, avoiding looking directly into the beam of the projector.
• General electrical safety, with regular equipment checks, siting of equipment and cabling
Security
Security issues include:
• Preventing computer viruses contaminating the school network by use of suitable anti virus software and
• Providing a safe internet environment with the use of internet filtering (Surfpatrol).
• Permission must be sought, in writing, prior to any item being removed from the school and must be logged in a book at the office and countersigned by the co-ordinator or the Head teacher
• All ICT items should have the school’s name etched into them and security marked in the appropriate way