Sports Relief
Children at Spring Bank came to school on Friday 23rd March is something sporty to raise money for Sports Relief. Well done to those year 5s who used thier initiative to have a ‘bits & bobs’ stall, raising further money for Sports Relief.
ICT at Spring Bank
At Spring Bank the ICT curriculum is designed to develop our children’s skills in the following areas:
- Text and Graphics
- Data Handling
- Digital Media
- Control
- Internet/web2
- Presenting
Right from Reception the children will be taught skills within each area and then be given opportunities to use and develop them throughout their school life.
Each year group is designed to build upon the previous years experience allowing the children to progress through each strand and achieve a good understanding of current ideas and equipment.
Text and Graphics
This strand covers things like using a basic word or picture bank, creating text and images for a specific audience, capturing images from a variety of sources and manipulating them for effect and making more sophisticated linked presentations to include images and sounds.
Data Handling
This strand covers things like collecting basic data and using ICT to present it as a pictogram, inputting data into a data-base and interrogating it, creating spreadsheets and adding formula to calculate specific outcomes.
Digital Media
This strand covers things like taking photographs, recording sounds, downloading images and adding captions, basic storyboarding and animation with a script and narration, manipulating sounds and filming techniques.
Control
This strand covers things like using simple remote control and programmable toys, creating a series of simple instructions, testing and amending a series of instructions, using an on-screen robot to give directional instructions, using simple procedures, combining sequences of instructions and procedures to turn devices on/off or to control events.
Internet/web2
This strand covers things like clicking on hyperlinks or pictures, talking about online safety, using the forward/back buttons, emailing with safety, using a keyword search, contribute to a class Blog, downloading and uploading from/to a website.
Presenting
This strand covers things like talking about a teacher made sequence of images, creating a class presentation, making a presentation for a specific audience, creating non-linear links, preparing and presenting appropriate digital resources from a variety of sources, personal presenting skills.
Y1 at Thwaite Mills
Year 1 all dressed up as Victorians and had a fantastic trip to Thwaite Mills. As you can see, we had to work really hard doing household chores!
K-NEX challenge
Year 5 and 6 were set a challenge to use K-NEX to build a hotel with a rotating restaurant. The guidlines given were:
height of 50cm
rotating restaurant
Children as architects designed their hotels planning each detail including measurements.
Questionnaire Results
Results of Questionnaire for parents and carers: Parents’ Evening November 2011.
Numbers in brackets are figures from 2009 questionnaire.
| Number of replies (Please tick) |
Strongly agree% |
Agree% |
Disagree% |
Strongly disagree |
|
| 1 | My child enjoys school Number of returns: 98(70) |
66%(57%)
|
32%(39%) |
2%(4%) |
|
| 2 | The school keeps my child safe 93(70) |
67%(51%)
|
33% (49%) |
|
|
| 3 | My child is making progress at this school 97(70) |
57%( 53%)
|
42%( 47%) |
1% |
|
| 4 | The school helps my child to have a healthy lifestyle 91(67) |
40%(36%)
|
58%(58%) |
3%(6%) |
|
| 5 | The school informs me about my child’s progress 89(68) |
40%(38%)
|
51%(56%) |
9%(6%) |
|
| 6 | The school expects my child to work hard and do his or her best 94 (65) |
52%(32%)
|
44%(68%) |
4% |
|
| 7 | The school sets appropriate homework for my child 93(66) |
31%(23%)
|
54%(62%) |
15%(14%) |
(1%) |
| 8 | The school makes sure that my child is well prepared for the future (for example changing year group, changing school, and for children who are finishing school, entering further or higher education, or entering employment) 95(55) |
44%(17%)
|
53%(76%) |
3%(7%) |
|
| 9 | There is a good range of activities including trips or visits for my child to take part in 86(60) |
38%(40%)
|
58%(57%) |
2%(3%) |
1% |
| 10 | The school treats my child fairly and with respect 93(64) |
52%(45%)
|
48%(55%) |
|
|
| 11 | The school meets my child’s particular needs 91 (63)
|
49% (25%) | 46%(71%) |
5%(3%) |
|
| 12 |
School deals effectively with unacceptable behaviour 87(59) |
43% ( 15%)
|
53%(73%) |
3%(12%) |
1% |
| 13 | The school has appropriate procedures for dealing with complaints 63 (49) |
21% (14%)
|
71%(76%) |
5%(10%) |
3% |
| 14 | The school takes account of my suggestions and concerns 79 (56) |
23%(13%)
|
64%(80%) |
12%(7%) |
1% |
| 15 | The school is led and managed effectively 79 (62) |
38%(29%)
|
57%(68%) |
5%(2%) |
(2%) |
| 16 | Overall, I am happy with my child’s experience at this school 83 (62) |
54%(52%)
|
45%(48%) |
1% |
|