What’s on LGfL for Secondary Schools? Edition 2.0.1

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What’s in this booklet? What’s on LGfL for Secondary Schools?................................................................................................... 3 Access rights............................................................................................................................................. 3 Where to find the content.......................................................................................................................... 4 The Content Grid....................................................................................................................................... 4 Using the LGfL ‘Sign-on’ software............................................................................................................. 5 Mathematics............................................................................................................................................. 6

Skoool Maths for KS3 and 4 Absorb Maths for KS4 Longmans GCSE Maths Exam Tutor Online Mathematical Association resources on LGfL Maths Association resources on LGfL Maths and Broadcast Engineering Mangahigh

Science..................................................................................................................................................... 9 Sunflower Learning Units Multimedia Science School Skoool Science for Physics, Chemistry and Biology at KS3 and 4 Absorb Physics and Chemistry for KS4 My Skoool Science for KS3 and 4

English...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Reading Zone Listening Books Hamlet – National Theatre Twelfth Night – National Theatre Y7 Listening and Speaking Talking Stories 2: Multimodal Teaching Resources for Literacy Teach It for London Shakespeare Picture Collection

DiDa Resources....................................................................................................................................... 13 Pearson Edexcel DiDA Resources – online

Safeguarding – Learning to stay safe when online.................................................................................. 14 Our Online World for KS2-3 and Meme for KS4

History...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Holnet Landmark Southwark Pathe History Project Barnet Migration Project Timemaps The Romans in London The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace

Citizenship............................................................................................................................................... 18 Celebrating Us, Us Online and Who We Are Open City The Prodigals Everyone Matters

Geography................................................................................................................................................ 20 RADwaste National Weather Stations – online Low Carbon London Weather Stations Curriculum Resources Heart of the Great Alone

ICT............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Creative Toolkit Microsoft Office Online Smart Ideas

Dance........................................................................................................................................................ 23 BalletBoyz BalletBoyz – ‘Breathe’ Alston in Overdrive

Music........................................................................................................................................................ 24 Gigajam

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Drama....................................................................................................................................................... 25

Old Vic New Voices Business Studies..................................................................................................................................... 25

Visual Business R.E............................................................................................................................................................. 26

Espresso Faiths Module Art and Design......................................................................................................................................... 26

Art Skills for Teachers Ben Uri Art Resources Dutch Landscapes

Other Products and Services.................................................................................................................27 Video Central Upload Service Copyright Copywrongs

Digital Collections................................................................................................................................... 28 Guardian and Observer news archive British Pathe Audio Network e-library LGfL Gallery

What’s on LGfL for Secondary Schools?

Premium learning resources, digital collections and projects for e-learning This booklet illustrates examples of the online teaching and learning resources provided with the London Grid for Learning (LGfL) education broadband service available to subscribing London schools. London Local Authorities and schools working together as the London Grid for Learning have provided an array of high quality online learning resources which are available to all LGfL connected schools and included as part of the comprehensive LGfL2.0 education broadband service. The resources or ‘content’ come from three main sources: 1) The LGfL has created, licensed or commissioned a range of premium digital resources

focussed on supporting learning and teaching in the Secondary phase.

2) Supported by LGfL, London LAs and teachers have produced online content resources that include the best and latest practice in using a range of software and hardware across the curriculum. These resources are then made available across the region through the LGfL community.

3) The London Grid for Learning is also a member of the National Educational Network, which

brings together all the regions of the UK, each with its own unique content – available for all to share, and accessible via the LGfL Content Management System.

A carefully selected panel of practitioners drawn from across the region scrupulously evaluates a wide range of materials and only selects those resources which are assessed as being of the highest standard for use by LGfL connected schools throughout the London region. Selection by LGfL is widely regarded as an accolade of considerable significance by education content publishers. Schools can therefore be assured that time given to familiarising with these resources is well invested.

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Access Rights

In most cases, access is automatic when viewing the resources in school (on grid) for schools with a LGfL broadband connection. There are some exceptions to this general rule, where a LGfL USO log in is requested even when accessing the resources in school. E.g. Us Online eSafety and the Creative Toolkit resources. Look for the letter in brackets after each title which describes the level of access:

• O means open access; and a username and password is not needed at all.

• USO indicates the item is ‘premium content’ - access is still open and automatic for online use within any LGfL connected school, but an LGfL ‘USO’ username and password is needed for access from home.*

• S means this is a special licence and access is restricted to within school only. *a small number of resources ask for a USO log in even when a user is in school e.g. Celebrating US, Us Online and the Creative Toolkit.

Teachers and pupils at connected schools can access LGfL content anywhere on-line using their LGfL Unified Sign On (USO) username and password. For further information about the LGfL service visit www.uso.lgfl.net.

Using the LGfL ‘Sign-on’ Software

The London Grid for Learning’s USO ‘sign-on’ software enables every LGfL user to use premium software even when out of school. Let’s say you wished to access Longmans GCSE Maths from your home:

• As soon as you click on the GCSE Maths item in the KS4 Numeracy menu, you will get this dialogue box

• Type in your LGfL USO

username and password and select the ‘Login button

• If you get this dialogue box, or one like it, select the Yes button

• You are now able to access premium content on LGfL

NB: This does not apply to British Pathe where the licence allows school-based access only.

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Where to find the content • The URL for the London Grid

for Learning is www.lgfl.net

• From the home page, select the Premium Content link from the box on the right

• From the Content Grid (see below), choose your Key Stage and subject

• From the Key Stage subject menu, select the content you want to access.

The Content Grid

The Content Grid is simple to use. For example, to access materials for Key Stage 3 Science click on the green arrow on the KS3 row below Science.

To access Foundation Stage resources, or resources on the National Education Network, click on the tabs at the top of the table.

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Mathematics ● Skoool Maths for KS3 & 4 (O) A unique resource of learning objects and pathways through the secondary Maths curriculum. Each learning object (or lesson) can be downloaded onto a laptop for use with a whiteboard, or on to a suitable handheld device. There are additional whiteboard tools developed with the Maths Association and downloadable free from the site. www.skoool.lgfl.net

● Absorb Maths for KS4 (USO)

Produced by the award-winning team at Crocodile Clips, this software provides text, online interactive models and tests. An excellent source of interactive models for whiteboards. You will need your LGfL username and password to access. www.absorb.lgfl.net

● Longmans GCSE Maths Exam Tutor Online (USO) For all tiers and all boards, this software provides a comprehensive range of example exam papers (with answers). Next to each question is a tutor icon. Click on the icon to load a Flash demonstration of how to solve the problem and present your answer, with full spoken description from the tutor. www.gcsemaths.lgfl.net

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● Mathematical Association resources on LGfL (O) In collaboration with Intel and The Mathematical Association, the Mathematical Toolkit and Number Line have been designed specifically to support the teaching and learning of mathematics for pupils at Key Stage 3. The tools are now available as fully featured online tools in the LGfL Maths Kit. www.mathskit.lgfl.net

● Number Line The Number Line tool offers a dynamic environment in which teachers and pupils can explore numbers and relationships between them. In its simplest use, number lines can be created quickly and easily - the display can be in decimal and/or fractional notation and the numbers can also be hidden. A point on the line can be dragged along the number line and its exact position revealed as a decimal to a chosen number of places. Further points can be positioned on the line and the environment will support pupils to make connections between related points on the line and begin to generalise about relationships using simple algebraic rules.

● Coordinates and Graphing Coordinate graphs can be easily created on a specified set of axes by a mouse click or a tap on an interactive whiteboard. Where appropriate, graphs of algebraic functions can be superimposed, encouraging pupils’ conjectures. Up to five colour-coded functions can be plotted on any set of axes and the table of values are displayed alongside the graphs. Digital still images and video clips can be imported as a background onto which points can be plotted and investigated. Used in this way, real images and videos can be explored and connections made between the shape and the mathematical function that shares that shape.

● 2-D Shapes

This tool allows the teacher or pupil to create 2-D geometric objects such as quadrilaterals, circles, triangles, lines, arcs, ray segments and vectors on a co-ordinate grid of a specified scale. Once plotted, the vertices can be labelled and the internal angles, side lengths, area and perimeter revealed. Shapes can then be translated, rotated, reflected and enlarged on the co-ordinate grid using the transformation features of the tool. Each time a shape is transformed, a ghost of its previous position is left on the screen supporting the investigation of sequences of transformations.

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● Maths and Broadcast Engineering (USO) Produced in partnership with Ravensborne College, the real world context of Broadcast Engineering is use to exemplify key mathematical concepts for Key Stage 4 mathematicians. Featuring extensive video material with Martin Uren (Senior Subject Leader Broadcast Media Technology), explaining the broadcast media context and how maths plays a vital role in ensuring that we all receive perfect sound and picture quality whenever we view screen media in all its forms. The topics covered include:

• Satellites and circle theorems • Television scheduling • Transmitter Signal radius and loci • Data degradation • Sound wave modulation

The resource portal incorporates proven teaching activities with SCORM compliant online resources, students can complete the online activities within the London MLE learning platform; the results are then automatically marked and placed in the relevant eportfolio. www.broadcastmaths.lgfl.net (Available Spring 2012) ● Mangahigh (USO – even when in school) Mangahigh is a free games-based online teaching resource for mathematics, and is designed for use in the classroom and beyond. Featuring more than 550 different lessons, 16 unique mathematics games and 60,000+ maths questions, Mangahigh provides full coverage of the curriculum for Key Stages 2, 3 and 4. Mangahigh uses fantastic maths games and adaptive lessons, combined with healthy competition and personal achievements, to inspire students to greater efforts in their mathematical studies. Teachers have access to detailed analytics tools, allowing them to accurately track their students’ performance, and with USO Synchronisation, it couldn’t be easier for your school to get started! www.mangahigh.lgfl.net

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Science ● Sunflower Learning Units (USO) The London Grid for Learning has licensed seven units from Sunflower Learning, the award-winning company which specialises in software for KS3 and 4 Science. The units include 3D simulations to explore, experiments to investigate, assignments and worksheets. The units on LGfL are:

• Colour • Sound • Motors and Generators • Osmosis • Predator & Prey • Simple Circuits • Data Analyser

www.sunflower.lgfl.net ● Multimedia Science School (USO)

LGfL has the following units online:

Physics • Terminal velocity • Radioactive penetration

Biology • Kidney • Digestive system • Photosynthesis • Breathing and respiration

www.mss.lgfl.net

● Skoool Science for Physics, Chemistry and Biology at KS3 and 4 (O) A unique bank of learning objects, simulations and pathways through the secondary Science curriculum. Some of the learning objects are contained within learning pathways which encourage the user to learn, explore, assess, relate and reflect on ‘Now You Know’. All of the simulations run in Flash making them fast and robust online resources. Many can be downloaded from Skoool to run as stand-alone applications. www.skoool.lgfl.net

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● Absorb Physics and Chemistry for KS4 (USO) Produced by the award-winning team at Crocodile Clips, this software provides text, online interactive models and tests. An excellent source of interactive models for whiteboards. This example shows an interactive model for modelling centrifugal force. You will need your LGfL USO username and password to access this software even in school. www.absorb.lgfl.net

● MySkoool Science for KS3 & 4 (O)

One of the most popular Science resources provided by LGfL.

Many of the learning objects (or lessons) can be downloaded onto a laptop for use with a whiteboard, or on to a handheld device. Skoool Science now includes two new collections of downloads. The Physics Investigation Tools at KS3 include Density Investigation, Mirrors, Lenses, Electromagnet, Expansion and Contraction and a Stretching Investigation. KS4 Thinking Worlds is a learning-based game. It enables teachers and students to create, edit, play and share their own 3D virtual environments to accomplish learning tasks made up of different thinking behaviours. The two units cover Plants and Photosynthesis and Respiration. www.skoool.lgfl.net

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English ● Reading Zone (O) LGfL has been working with Reading Zone to bring you information about the best books for children and young people, and to introduce you to London-based authors and reading initiatives. Book of the month What are the best new titles published this month for Foundation, KS1, KS2 and KS3. Ask a Librarian Put your book-based questions directly to a specialist librarian. News Link to stay up to date with new books, reading initiatives and competitions. Author Visits to schools via video conferencing Find out about London-based authors with all the information you need to set up your own author events. www.readingzone.lgfl.net

● Listening Books (USO – even when in school) All teachers at LGfL connected schools and all students with a recognised difficulty in reading can use their USO accounts to access a growing number of audio books via the Listening Books website. www.listeningbooks.lgfl.net (available Spring 2012) ● Hamlet – National Theatre (USO) Produced in partnership with the National Theatre, these exclusive resources feature the 2011 National Theatre production of Hamlet by Nicholas Hytner.

Artist interviews, key performances of the main soliloquies, curriculum support material and interactive whiteboard resources are all presented in this high quality examination support resource aimed at Key Stage 4 and 5 English teachers. www.hamlet.lgfl.net

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● Twelfth Night – National Theatre (USO) Produced in partnership with the National Theatre, these exclusive resources feature the 2011 National Theatre production of Twelfth Night by Sir Peter Hall. Artist interviews, key performances of the main scenes, curriculum support material and interactive whiteboard resources are all presented in this high quality examination support resource aimed at Key Stage 4 and 5 English teachers. www.twelfthnight.lgfl.net ● Y7 Listening & Speaking (USO) This resource includes: • Extensive contributions from

journalists on how they listen, ask questions and speak. The journalists include Jon Snow and Krishnan Guru-Murthy. Lots of top tips are given on how to interview people and present a story.

• Analysis of media. How to listen, watch and analyse TV scenes.

• School Parliament. A section on a school parliament in Hounslow, with some great comments from the students who are in the Cabinet.

www.listening.lgfl.net

● Talking Stories 2: Multimodal Teaching Resources for Literacy (USO)

Although designed for upper KS2, these resources have material which many Y7 and 8 teachers have found to be relevant and useful. The more relevant of the ‘stories’ to KS3 might be:

• Coleridge’s ‘The Ancient Mariner’ • Sherlock Holmes in the ‘Red-Headed

League’ • The forest scene from ‘Midsummer’s

Night Dream’ The latter was produced with Y10 and 12 pupils from a South London secondary school. www.stories2.lgfl.net

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● Teach It for London (USO) LGfL has a contract with the company that produces this popular resource for secondary English. The LGfL USO allows London teachers to gain access to an increased range of worksheets, IWB files and resources covering a wide range of the secondary English curriculum, London teachers also benefit from reduced prices for other Teach It content.

DIDA Resources ● Pearson Edexcel DiDA Resources – online (USO)

The LGfL London MLE offers ideal facilities to support the DiDA course. Students can create and manage their own DiDA e-portfolio using the LGfL managed learning environment.

The Pearson Edexcel resources for teachers and students for DiDA unit D201 are online in full on LGfL. www.didauict.lgfl.net

A collection of production photographs from a wide range of stage and film versions, designed to support students' exploration of interpretation, staging and performance. Fully differentiated for use with students aged from 11 to 19, each play includes over 100 pages of editable, printable support material including lesson ideas, worksheets and production reviews. www.shakespeare.lgfl.net

● Shakespeare Picture collection (USO – even when in school)

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Safeguarding – Learning to stay safe when online

For further materials on Internet safety please see ‘Celebrating Us’ on page 18.

History ● Holnet (USO) LGfL has developed three sections of London History on National Curriculum topics:

• London at War (with the Imperial War Museum)

• Victorian London (with the Charles

Booth papers at LSE Archives)

• Schools in Victorian London (with the London School Board records at the London Metropolitan Archives)

Find them in the KS3 and 4 History menus. www.holnet.lgfl.net

Us Online 2 extends the acclaimed Roar Educate e-safety product with specific content created for the secondary school audience, including Our Online World for KS2-3 and Meme for KS4.

The resources address digital and web literacy, with activities which explain about making and posting content, cyber-bullying, copyright, networking and gaming, privacy and identity fraud, security and passwords, viruses and malware, file-sharing, secure transacting, and using the web for research. Modules include user e-safety surveys for each key stage, plus a fully resourced Teacher Centre, with video demos and lesson plans for every activity.

It reproduces elements of the online world, giving children and young people authentic experiences of situations online. Activities exploit the range of online techniques – animation, audio, video, gaming and high levels of interactivity – and the media rich product immerses children in the culture of their online world. www.usonline2.lgfl.net

● Our Online World and Meme (USO – even when in school)

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● Landmark (O)

Lambeth Libraries has collated an online archive of photos, maps, diagrams and posters, all relating to history south of the Thames. LGfL schools can download the digitised version of any resource free for use in school. www.landmark.lgfl.net

● Southwark Pathe History Project A group of History teachers from Southwark has produced exemplar lessons on using British Pathe to support playwriting, report writing and winter poetry. Each exemplar contains lesson plans, resources used and worksheets as well as teachers’ evaluations of using British Pathe in the secondary classroom. Find this in the LGfL Projects section. www.southwarkpatheproject.lgfl.net ● Barnet Migration Project

Unique material following the lives of people who came to live in Barnet. It includes the story of Bertha Leverton who arrived in Britain as a Kinder transportee. She dedicated a large part of her life to collecting stories about other Kindertransportees. Lots of primary sources and video, with downloadable teaching and learning materials. Find this in the KS4 History, Geography or Citizenship section. www.barnetmigration.lgfl.net

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● Timemaps

Animated, interactive history maps designed to enhance understanding of specific history topics for students. These unique interactive map resources show history in ways not previously seen. Choose from 9 interactive maps ranging from The Norman Conquest to European Exploration and Discovery, the rise of Islam and the Black Death. www.timemaps.lgfl.net

● The Romans in London (USO)

This resource has been produced by working with Jenny Hall (recently retired Senior Roman Curator at the Museum of London) and with the support of the Museum of London. The resource features a unique insight into everyday life and death, entertainment and religion in London during the Roman Era.

It features: • 50+ high resolution images of Roman

artefacts and resources from the Museum of London archaeological archive.

• 80+ videos featuring roman remains, sites, interviews with Gladiator re-enactors and explanations about Roman life entertainment and religion in London at the time of the Roman era.

A ‘Resource bank’ feature allows access to the wide range of resources in a format that makes the resource suitable for use with Key Stages 2 to 4. The resource features curriculum mapping to support its use. www.romans.lgfl.net (available Spring 2012)

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● The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace (USO) LGfL has worked in partnership with The Royal Collection to create a unique resource about the daily work of The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace.

Exclusive access was granted to LGfL to film key staff members as they went about their daily work. The resource features extensive video resources showing the techniques and rationale as to why centuries old traditions continue to support the Royal Household and the significance they have for wider society today. The LGfL ‘The Royal Mews at Buckingham Palace’ portal features an extensive range of video resources including behind the scenes at The Royal Stables, The Royal Saddler, The Royal Farrier, The Royal Restoration Workshop, The Royal Cars and The Royal Liveries. Her Majesty the Queen granted permission for LGfL to feature high resolution photographs and scans from the Royal Collection and Royal Archive.

A ‘Resource Bank’ feature allows access to the wide range of resources in a format that makes the resource suitable for use with Key Stages 2 to 4. The resource features curriculum mapping to support its use across the curriculum. The resource also features a downloadable room for users of the London MLE (Fronter). The additional functionality of the learning platform has been harnessed with linked activities to the curriculum material. www.royalmews.lgfl.net

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Citizenship ● Celebrating Us, Us Online and Who We Are (USO – even when you are in school)

LGfL’s ‘Celebrating Us’ co-production with ROAR for KS2 and 3 is proving tremendously popular, as a Citizenship learning resource, a cross-curricular resource and an introduction to online safety and awareness. There are now three units for KS3:

• Us Online looks at the delicate balance between online safety and online responsibility.

• What We Do focuses on the rights, roles and responsibilities we all have as citizens irrespective of our age.

• Who We Are looks at the issues of diversity focussing on identity, stereotyping, discrimination and migration.

www.celebratingus.lgfl.net ● Open City (USO)

LGfL and Open-City are working in partnership to lead the way in learning about architecture and urban design through the Open-City education programmes. The programmes engage teachers with the key issues that shape learning through the built environment.

The aim is to inspire young people to explore the architecture of our city, equipping them with creative skills that support learning in and out of the classroom. www.open-city.lgfl.net

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● The Prodigals (USO) The Prodigals’ is a PSHE and Citizenship resource for Key Stage 4 and 5 students who are facing up to the realities of leading an independent adult life after school.

The Prodigals is based on an emotive film drama that chronicles the struggles, relationships, choices and consequences faced by three young people, as they try to handle the ups and downs of daily life.

The video material is supported by comprehensive curriculum based learning materials that develop the themes raised in the film. The sensitivities relating to these topics are acknowledged and supported within the curriculum resources, which feature support for issues of engagement and the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning. www.prodigals.lgfl.net (available Summer 2012) ● Everyone Matters (USO) Everyone Matters is a resource aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 and tackles the issue of homophobic bullying; featuring recreations of homophobic bullying scenarios acted out by students from London Schools. The materials have been developed in partnership with the Metropolitan Police and the staff and students from The London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Waltham Forest. The materials can complement established programmes of study related to anti-bullying including homophobic bullying. The sensitivities related to these materials are acknowledged and supported within the curriculum resources, which feature support for issues of engagement and the Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning. www.everyonematters.lgfl.net (available Spring 2012)

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Geography ● RADwaste (USO)

A comprehensive resource, including tasks, videos and a mock decision making exercise paper. It is designed to help students understand the importance of managing nuclear waste effectively in the UK. It also develops their debating, decision making and presentation skills - an important part of GCSE Geography.

www.radwaste.lgfl.net ● National Weather Stations – online (USO+O)

LGfL has an even higher density and level of detail in the monitoring and recording of weather patterns within the Capital region than the Met office! The data sets provide an excellent resource for numerous learning contexts including mathematical investigations.

With weather stations across London and the UK, schools can track weather systems across the region as well as contrasting inner and outer city conditions. Yorkshire and Humberside Grid for Learning is installing weather stations across its region, and other learning grids have followed its example. www.weather.lgfl.net

● Weather Stations Curriculum Resources (USO) The LGfL Weather Station curriculum material features Professor Ralph Toumi of Imperial College dismantling an LGfL automatic network weather station, and explains the difference between how weather is recorded today, compared to more traditional techniques. The learning resources feature embedded video explanations for Maths, Science and Geography for Key stages 2 to 4. ‘The LGfL Weather station curriculum resources are simple, easy to use, accurate, curriculum linked resources which encourage schools to make use of the one fieldwork resource that is available to every school, every day – the weather.’ Dr. Sylvia Knight FRMetS, Head of Education Services and Continuing Learning, Royal Meteorological Society www.weatherstations.lgfl.net

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● Low Carbon London (USO) ‘Are Londoners too selfish to make the changes necessary to address global warming?’ This new resource, developed in partnership with the Greater London Authority, brings experts on climate mitigation in London into your classroom – with high quality video resources supporting stakeholder role play. The comprehensive curriculum support includes SEAL, PLTS and Behaviour for Learning guidance to help teachers and students explore whether London can achieve its ambitious carbon emission targets. www.lcl.lgfl.net

● Heart of the Great Alone (O)

Drawn from the Royal Collection, The Heart of the Great Alone learning resources feature high resolution scans of pictures and learning resources from The Heart of the Great Alone exhibition. The photographs are from the Antarctic expeditions of Scott and Shackleton and featured in an exhibition at 'The Queen's Gallery' - London. LGfL has been offered 10 high resolution images from the Royal Collection and uploaded them into the LGfL Gallery. Guidance is provided on the LGfL website for teachers in how to make the most of the high resolution photographs. www.hotga.lgfl.net

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ICT ● Creative Toolkit (USO – even when in school)

The LGfL Creative Toolkit is a sophisticated, yet easy to use, collection of creative online tools for use across the curriculum and is of relevance for all Key Stages. The Creative Toolkit provides an eSafe publishing and blogging system allowing online animation, voting and a wide range of document and webpage creation facilities. Children are able to start and finish their work in different locations, be it home or school. Teachers moderate all work prior to publishing on the schools self-contained publishing site, using a simple moderation interface.

An additional feature allows anyone (e.g. parents) to comment on work published, which then also can be shown on the school publishing site, but only after a teacher has moderated the content. ww.creativetoolkit.lgfl.net ● Microsoft Office Online (USO – even when in school) Accessed via LGfL USO, all users are entitled to online Microsoft Office and 25 Gigabytes of online storage space. Invaluable for uploading large files (not just MS office documents) – all LGfL users have a significant storage solution for all their day to day learning resources. www.apps.lgfl.net

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● Smart Ideas (USO)

Smart ideas is a concept/mind-mapping tool which allows the user to assemble ideas on the screen, link them together, link them to photos, sound files and web sites, create extra levels of ideas and save the whole as a single document. Finished work can even be translated into HTML and placed on the school's web site.

The benefits for teachers and learners include: • Use it as a building block to assess students' level of understanding at the beginning of a

topic • Use it as a brainstorming tool to collect the thoughts of the whole class • Use the concepts developed by the class as a base for individual work • Produce concept maps that are easy to edit as new ideas are generated • Communicate information to suit all learning styles

www.smartideas.lgfl.net Dance ● BalletBoyz (USO) For over three years, LGfL has been working with the BalletBoyz Contemporary Dance Company (Michael Nunn and William Trevitt) to produce online dance resources for Key Stages 2 to 5. There are three productions – Encore, Torsion and Naked. The finished resources are now available online and include:

• Over 30 teaching videos featuring the BalletBoyz

• More than 20 teacher guidance videos

• 3 pilot school video case studies

• 10+ performance videos by BalletBoyz

• Complete support for SEAL, PLTS, BfL and AfL with Common Teaching Strategies suggested throughout

www.balletboyz.lgfl.net

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● BalletBoyz ‘Breathe’ (USO)

‘Breathe’ from the BalletBoyz features an unusual approach to choreography and develops the technique of counting music – without the music playing. The video features a side by side comparison of the rehearsal and the actual live performance. It features offline activities for students to explore in their own dance space either at home or at school.

The new material is integrated into the current BalletBoyz resources at www.balletboyz.lgfl.net (available Spring 2012). ● Alston in Overdrive (USO) An in-depth analysis of Richard Alston's 2003 piece Overdrive, Alston in Overdrive is an essential resource for students and teachers of dance, music and the performing arts. Developed in partnership with ‘The Place’ Dance Company, these unique online resources offer a comprehensive analysis of how the choreography for Overdrive is structured, as well as detailed discussion of Terry Riley's inspirational music Keyboard Study #1. The video material features Richard Alston de-constructing his choreography and dancers exemplifying the various techniques in the studio. www.overdrive.lgfl.net Music ● Gigajam (USO)

LGfL now has even more of the award winning Gigajam VLE online instrument tuition resource for Keyboard, Drums, Guitar and Bass Guitar. The latest LGfL version features integration with Student LGfL USO accounts for online e-portfolio development and performance tracking.

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Gigajam VLE provides a complete Level of study equivalent to Debut grade, Grade One, Grade Two and Grade Three. www.gigajam.lgfl.net

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● Old Vic New Voices (USO) In recent years many London schools have been involved in projects with the education section at the Old Vic. The results of these collaborations can now be found at www.ovnv.lgfl.net All units come with lesson plans and videos to help you replicate the activities in your own classroom. Units include a stunning History and Drama unit on the Battle of the Somme.

Business Studies ● Visual Business for KS3 & 4 (USO) A complete Business Studies course covering 2 years trading of a small print business. Lots of activities and assessments to give full curriculum coverage. Suitable not only for Business Studies but also for business studies aspects of other vocational courses. Find this in the KS4 ICT menu. www.vbusiness.lgfl.net

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R.E. ● Espresso Faiths Module (USO)

Espresso’s highly visual and engaging resources have won awards and praise in equal amount. Commissioned by LGfL, Espresso Faiths looks at the six major world faiths as we would find them in London communities, with London children explaining their faith community to other London children. Find this in the KS3 RE menu. www.faiths.lgfl.net

Art and Design ● Art Skills for teachers (USO) Featuring easy to understand and replicate techniques, Arts Skills for Teachers features a range of ideas for the non-specialist art teacher to discover, recreate and then teach to children. These resources have been created to support the teaching of art and design in the classroom. The ideas and techniques can be used to create artworks in response to the Ben Uri Teaching Resources, A Sense of Place, Relationships and Movement. www.artskills.lgfl.net ● Ben Uri Art Resources (USO) Produced in partnership with the Ben Uri Gallery these learning resources support the KS1/2 Art and Citizenship curriculum, although teachers may find the resources work well at Key Stage 3 and beyond.

The teaching resources contain information and points of discussion about works from the collection under the themes of Relationships, Movement and A Sense of Place. Also included in the resources are examples of how schools have used the content in a number of innovative and creative ways.

This new material features high resolution digital photographs from the Ben Uri art collection for use in London Schools. www.benuri.lgfl.net

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● Dutch Landscapes (O)

Drawn from the Royal Collection, Dutch Landscapes learning resources feature high resolution scans of pictures and learning resources from the exhibition held at the Queens Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 2011.

The exhibition brought together forty two remarkable landscapes from the ‘Golden Age’ of Dutch painting, including works by Ruisdael, Cuyp and Hobbema.

Discover • Original drawings highlighting artists’ techniques and approach to composition.

• The changing environment and landscape of Dutch people’s lives in the seventeenth century.

• Insight into the life of European people of the period; including how they travelled, farmed and the hobbies they enjoyed.

www.dutchlandscapes.lgfl.net Other products and services ● Video Central Upload Service (USO)

New features for 2012:

• Teachers can upload files of up to 2 Gb at www.videocentral.lgfl.net (new features available Spring 2012)

• Videos can also be viewed on mobile devices including iPad’s, iPod Touch’s and iPhone’s • Improved picture and sound quality • Improved overall user interface

www.videocentral.lgfl.net (new features available Spring 2012)

The Video upload service Video Central is an invaluable tool to manage videos within an online environment.

A wide variety of audio and video files can be uploaded and then viewed either by URL hyperlink or via an embed code – allowing videos to be placed within web pages and the London MLE. Files can be set for ‘public access’ and therefore can be searchable creating LGfL’s own ‘You Tube’ style video database.

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● Copyright Copywrongs (O) Copyright is all around us: on the web, in books and magazines, in games and films and photographs; and art works and music, and, and, and ... you simply can't get away from it.

• Copyright applies when we are using other people's materials AND when we 're-use' them and put them in our own work.

• Copyright applies in school, out of school and 'at home' - EVERYWHERE.

• So whether you are - a learner, teacher or school - you have to MANAGE, not ignore copyright responsibility.

Copyright Copywrongs offers a central place for advice and guidance on how to manage the complex issues surrounding copyright in a school context. www.copyright.lgfl.net Digital Collections ● The Guardian and Observer news archive (USO)

LGfL has secured a perpetual licence for all LGfL connected secondary schools to access the Guardian and Observer Digital Archive, making available online every page, every article, every advert of the Guardian since 1821 and the Observer - the oldest Sunday paper in the world – since 1791. Previously only available on microfiche or in fragile bound copies, you can now take a journey through time from the execution of Marie Antoinette to the first man on the moon at the click of a mouse. The Digital Archive includes over 1.2 million pages of articles, photographs, cartoons, illustrations and advertisements up to the year 2000. Teachers and pupils with an LGfL USO can enjoy 24/7 online access free of charge. www.newsarchive.lgfl.net

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● British Pathe (S) British Pathe provided a weekly newsreel which appeared in every cinema from 1896 to 1976. They have digitised these news stories to provide a unique online resource covering all manner of topics from sport to fashion, politics to war. The site has over 3,500 digitised video clips and nearly 12m stills, all downloadable in hi-resolution format at no cost if you are connected to LGfL. www.britishpatheinfo.lgfl.net ● Audio Network (USO) The Audio Networks collection of 40,000 tracks of original music, sorted by style and genre,

provides both a solution to the problem of copyright and a rich, high quality resource widely used within the media industry. Search for something ‘peaceful’ to set the tone as children enter the room or perhaps ‘spooky’ to open your Halloween production. An otherwise extremely expensive resource made free to use for LGfL connected schools. www.audio.lgfl.net

● e-library (O) If you have a library card, most London boroughs have licences to provide 24/7 online access to a wealth of reference works. These include the Britannica Encyclopaedia, Oxford Reference and more. You need the number on your library card to log on to the resources. If you haven't got one, join your local library now! To access, select the borough which gave you your library card from the list on www.elibrary.lgfl.net

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● LGfL Gallery (O) There is no such thing as ‘copyright free’ resources - so LGfL has sought to provide digital resources that can be used in an educational context without breaking the law. For example, the LGfL gallery offers high quality, high resolution digital photographs for staff and students to incorporate into their everyday learning activities.

www.gallery.lgfl.net

National Education Network content Your school’s connection to the London Grid, or possession of an LGfL ‘USO’ username and password, gives you access to the open content of the other twelve Learning Grids across the UK. ● Shared content on the National Education Network Find this from the NEN tab on LGfL’s content grid or directly at www.nen.gov.uk/tandl Use the NEN content table to search for free content.

The London Grid for Learning is a founder member of the National Education Network, the UK collaborative network for education, providing schools with a safe, secure and reliable learning environment and direct access to a growing range of online services and content.

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So much to see – so little time To make the best use of LGfL resources and services, both within and outside of school, it is essential for each user to have their own LGfL login credentials, their ‘USO’, or Unified Sign On. This is one username and password for each teacher, and for each pupil, which gives access to all LGfL resources, even when outside of school (except one or two which are marked (S)). USO is also the key to many other LGfL services such as a brilliant email service, masses of online storage ‘in the cloud’, and even free Microsoft ‘Office’ applications, for use on line. Teachers need their USO to upload videos to ‘Video Central’ and Podcasts. If your school is one of the many which uses the LGfL ‘London MLE’, then your USO can be the key to that as well. To learn more about LGfL’s unique USO system please visit www.uso.lgfl.net – it will not cost you a penny extra, it is all included with the LGfL broadband connection.

We hope you and your pupils enjoy using all that is provided for you on LGfL. Please ensure your school is deriving the maximum benefit from the resources that come with your London Grid for Learning education broadband connection.

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Know your LGfL

Learn more of what’s available www.services.lgfl.net

Use premium, but paid for, resources www.content.lgfl.net

Explore exemplars of practice www.goodpractice.lgfl.net

The main entrance to LGfL www.lgfl.net

More on the London MLE www.mle.lgfl.net

Keep informed www.news.lgfl.net

Information for schools www.schools.lgfl.net

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London Grid for Learning Trust is a consortium vehicle of the London Local Authorities

A company limited by guarantee registered in England no 4205579 Registered charity no 1090412 CI Tower St Georges Square New Malden KT3 4TE © LGfL January 2012

Help desk 020 82 55 55 55 tel 020 8408 4455 fax 020 8408 6014 email office@lgfl.org.uk

This document is version v6.0 – 111222. The LGfL content collection is continually developing, and this document may change. The most current version is available on-line at

www.whats-on.lgfl.net