Park Road Primary School(Sale)

What the children think of Fronter … . .

Staff room – ICT bookings

Staff room – data, planning, forms and help!

Information for parents

Classrooms – changed each term at least – what are we doing this term?

All classes from the start after seeing a Y6 demonstration

Subject rooms – more to click on!

It won’t make a difference unless everyone uses it! – chicken and egg

• Staff meeting time both for training and for doing some of the work

• All children to be introduced to Fronter in class • Integrate into ICT scheme of work• Forums and votes to begin with – children to

help drive it forwards• Links to click on including direct to

Superclubsplus for KS2 socialising!• Things to show to parents• Homework information

Year 1 – forums and votes

Year 2 – clay animations

Giving children ownership

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Suggestions, complaints and votes that get results

Communicating with others in our area

Then the peer mediators wanted their say . . .

Y3 recorder concert . . .and Y6 samba . . And the choir . . . and children’s own recordings

Sport and dance – share with parents

Encourage others to attend out of school clubs

Writing together . . .

Listening to each other

Encouraging exploration of other software

Creating awareness of what’s out there

Sharing experiences of other places

Making it personal – pages and animated icons

Learning paths to assist with differentiation . . . When it’s fast enough!

Handins – everyone, from summer in year 1, every half term

Finding teachers’ comments on the portfolio

Learning targets

Personalisation made easier for staff!

So what do parents do to help…….?

Games to help with the ‘so what . . . . ‘

Learning games - simple

More complex but still made by pupils!

Using free software too

Worth the effort for childrens’ learning

• Motivation from sharing work at home and in school

• Gain in general ICT skills and confidence• A chance to collaborate• Ownership and awareness of targets for

improvement• Extension of learning outside school, especially

for gifted and talented pupils• Increased personalisation of learning materials

(once they give us a faster connection!!!)

Worth the effort for parental engagement

• Parents can have quick access to school information

• Parents can share more of the child’s work and comments from the teacher

• Parents have access to personalised targets and information to help improve learning

• Parents can see parts of school life that don’t produce data!