| This site has now been replaced by the new Learning Net |
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| As of 23rd October 2006, this site has been replaced by the new Learning Net website. This site will remain available as an archive |
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| Click here to visit the new Learning Net |
| New North Yorkshire Year 4 optional science test - PILOT |
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Schools needed to pilot a new North Yorkshire Year 4 science test.
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| Resource sheets for North Yorkshire science topics |
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These new resource sheets have been produced in response to requests from schools. They are intended to be exemplification of the types of resources required to teach the activities outlined in the North Yorkshire Teaching and Assessment sheets for science.
Click the title for more information. | |
| Renewed Frameworks for English and Mathematics Go Live! |
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| The renewed Frameworks for English and mathematics are now live on the DfES Standards Website. Courses for subject leaders start in November and will support schools in planning for implementation in September 2007. The Frameworks provide a vast resource and teachers may want to try it out by following the links for a specific topic or objective. | |
| Key Stage 3 Shakespeare Consultation |
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The current programme of Shakespeare plays set for study as part of the key stage 3 English test runs to 2008 and the decision on which plays will be introduced to the rolling programme in the future will soon be made. The National Assessment Agency (NAA) is therefore conducting a consultation to gather stakeholders' opinions on which plays are suitable for inclusion in the key stage 3 programme. NAA would like all key stage 3 English teachers to take part in this consultation by means of a questionnaire now live on the QCA website. The consultation will run until 1 December.
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| click here for link to Consultation |
| The new Learning Net |
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| The North Yorkshire Schools Learning Net has grown in popularity (exceeding one million 'hits' per month at the start of 2006) and is soon to be replaced with the new Learning Net, more widely targeted to include all concerned with the education of children and young people. The new Learning Net will be available for use in the near future, we will inform all establishments when it is due to go live. | |
| Windows Live Local |
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| Microsoft have recently launched a free online alternative to Google Earth called Windows Live Local. The site offers road maps, aerial photographs and 'bird's eye views' plus location and route finding tools. It has good resolution for all of the UK - including North Yorkshire! |
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| http://local.live.com |
| Strategic Leadership of ICT (SLICT) |
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The very successful SLICT programme will continue through 2006/7 and now integrates Becta's Self Review Framework. Programme subsidies have been maintained at similar levels to last year (contact National College for School Leadership for details). Around 30% of North Yorkshire headteachers, from both primary and secondary schools, have attended these courses to date and evaluation of the programme has been overwhelmingly positive.
E-mail: ncsl-office@ncsl.org.uk | |
| http://www.ncsl.org.uk/ |
| End of Key Stage 2 and KS3 Reporting Results Assessment 2006 |
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As in previous years, the LA has provided an Excel spreadsheet to help with the task of reporting results at the end of Key Stage. This spreadsheet not only produces the "School Summary" report sheet for parents, but also provides a "Pupil Results" report sheet for each individual pupil.
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| Teachers T.V. |
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 | The website contains channel information, teaching resources, and full-length streaming video of all our TV channel programmes. There are currently 1166 programmes available to download.
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| Teachers T.V. home page |
| Google do it again! |
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 | Following on from their really good Google Mapping, Google Earth and Picassa (see our Resources section), Google have now produced another excellent FREE application called SketchUp - a simple but powerful tool for quickly and easily creating, viewing and modifying your 3D ideas. Click on the title and view the tutorial videos before downloading. |
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| See also the NAAIDT website for more free resources |
| Key Stage Results - Key to Success Website |
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Schools can now search for historical end of Key Stage results via the Key to Success website, for pupils who are, or have been, on the school roll. This includes results for pupils for whom they have not received previous Key Stage outcomes and data for pupils who have recently been transferred.
Access will vary by phase:
· Infant schools have no access, as there is currently no pre KS1 data collected at a national level.
· Junior and Primary schools have access only to KS1 results.
· Secondary schools have access to KS1, KS2 and KS3 results.
· Middle deemed primary and secondary schools will have access up to but not including, the last Key Stage assessments taken in the school.
The search facility will be via the pupil(s)' UPN, and only records for pupils who were included in the 2005 PLASC collection can be accessed. Further details on how to access the data are available at the link below. | |
| https://www.keytosuccess.dfes.gov.uk/schools/ |
| TeacherNet |
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 | TeacherNet is run by the Communications Unit (Children, Young People, Families and Schools) of the Department for Education and Skills. It aims to help education professionals find the information they need quickly and easily. In the Teaching and learning section there are links to thousands of resources with new content being added all the time. For example, the link to Teachers' TV will take you to a wealth of information and resources for both new and experienced teachers.
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| YHGfL and the National Education Network |
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 | The National Education Network (NEN), formed by the Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs) and partners, gives you much more than just a broadband connection. The guiding principle for the NEN is to support the creation of a network which allows schools to form a connected community of learners with access to services, content and ideas tailored specifically to their needs. |
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| Download PDF of YHGfL information leaflet (835Kb = 3mins download using a modem) |
| Link to YHGfL web site |
| Seat belt crash simulator |
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| A Government sponsored website simulation on the dangers of travelling unbelted. Suitable for secondary but with care in case someone in the class has been affected by the results of a crash in the past. | |
| Link to the entry for this simulation on the Teacher Resource Exchange |
| School Travel Plans |
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| A joint initiative between the Department for Education and Skills and the Department for Transport has made funding available to promote sustainable, safe and healthy travel to and from school. | |
| Click here for further information |
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