I.C.T. Co-ordinator - Mrs Janet Kitney

Children in all year groups watch educational television programmes and pre-recorded videotapes. They listen to radio broadcasts such as class assemblies and story tapes. An OHP is available to display visual material and two interactive electronic boards are available for shared use in the Hall and Music Room. The children frequently listen to audiotapes and CD’s as part of their music appreciation and dance lessons. There is a camera, and camcorder for use throughout the school and two Intelplay Computer Microscopes are available to support science studies. A computer designated for open use is situated in the Junior Library and two laptop computers are available for teachers and pupils to use at their desk or outside and on school trips. All classes have access to their own digital camera and Years 1 – 6 have an interactive electronic board in their class rooms. There are additional projection facilities in the Science room and the main hall.

All classrooms have a PC with a TFT (Flat–Screen) monitor, and children in Reception to Year 6 attend a weekly lesson in the Computer Suite. Computer lessons are focused on teaching computer skills which can be used to support work across the curriculum and there is flexibility within the Scheme of Work to adapt lesson content to include any class based work on request.

The Computer Suite is air-conditioned and all PC’s have TFT (Flat-Screen) monitors. The computers are networked and have Broadband Internet connection which pupils have supervised access to during lessons. Staff and pupils may use the Computer Suite at other times by prior arrangement with the IT teacher. All pupils are aware of and follow a Code of Conduct relating to their use of the Computer Suite, Internet and e-mail facilities. Pupils in Year 5 have an opportunity to see inside a computer and handle component parts as part of their studies. There are two games based Computer Clubs for Years 2 & 3 and Years 4 – 6 and an after school Touch-Typing course for pupils in Years 4 - 6.

As part of our on-going development, we have now added all of the school’s computers to the Suite network thereby providing secure access to the Internet and e-mail facilities throughout the school and both the Junior and Infant libraries are linked to an electronic cataloguing and lending system.