Milestone6Evidence

In term 3, lead teacher; Tanya McLean worked alongside teachers to get all classes up and running with a class blog. She also created a school blog where all blogs are linked off.
[|www.eastgoreschool.blogspot.com]

Room 1 - Wendy Fisken (NE) [|www.roomkauri.blogspot.com]

Room 4 - Tanya McLean (Yr 1-2) [|www.roomtotara.blogspot.com]

Room 7 - Rebecca Crawford (Yr 2,3,4) [|www.fantasticroomtawa.blogspot.com]

Room 6 - Dana Turnbull (Yr 4,5,6) [|www.roomkowhai.blogspot.com]

Room 5 - Richard Sutherland (Yr 4,5,5) [|www.roomrimu.blogspot.com]

Our Lead teacher also worked alongside small groups of senior students showing them how to post on the blog, they then went back into their classes and used the coaching model to share their learning with the others in the class.

A Board report for ICT was also written by Tanya. CURRICULUM REVIEW REPORT to the Board of Trustees East Gore School 2010

Curriculum Area: I.C.T. Date: Completed by 10 September. Person Responsible for this Review: Tanya McLean

Approved by _____________________ Position ________________________

What the I.C.T. Contract is all about: Goals To design a curriculum implementation plan that meets the needs of our 21st Century learners. • Schools will gain clarity around the nature of the learning areas and how this can be implemented through an integrated inquiry-based approach.

• Develop a school based curriculum that maps the learning areas aligned to NZC.

• Schools will develop the learning areas supported by ICT’s.

• To continue the development around effective pedagogy, key competencies, and vision with teachers. How is it being delivered? (What are we currently doing?) East Gore School is in its final contract year as part of the Hokonui ICT cluster which involves West Gore School and Wyndham School. This was a three year contract The principals from each school meet with the national facilitator Jill Hammonds, to plan goals regularly and discuss financial issues. Each school has a lead teacher. Tanya McLean is the lead teacher for East Gore School. Once a term the three lead teachers meet and work with the national facilitator on a specific goal. The lead teachers then feed back to school staff and implement goals within their school. Tanya has been released from her class one day a fortnight to work with both students and teachers this term (term three). A huge focus for East Gore School has been the use of the Mimio interactive boards that were purchased at the start of the year. Ensuring that teachers are using the Mimio’s to enhance their teaching and student learning on a regular basis. Students are learning how to use these as well. This term we have moved the focus on to each class creating a class blog and utilising these to enhance learning in the class. Some of the teachers have already had a class blog for some time; their focus is to now be getting students more involved in this process. The junior school is focussing on essential basic computer skills for all students to master. What are the innovative and good teaching/learning practices that have been utilized during the current I.C.T. delivery? (What are we doing well?) • All classes are using De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats within their programme to encourage deeper thinking. • Teachers are developing habits of class reflection on learning. • Mimio interactive boards are being utilised well within classroom programmes. • All teachers now have a classroom blog to showcase learning, creating a stronger home-school relationship. It also gives student an authentic audience for their learning. Through this tool, they will learn to develop the skills of reflecting and giving feedback to others. What does student feedback tell us about I.C.T. delivery? The children of East Gore School enjoy being able to use the Mimios within the classroom programme as part of their learning. They particularly enjoy the range of interactive games that the classroom teachers have made available to them during learning time and have commented that this has helped them with their numeracy particularly. The blogs are a huge hit with the students and they are enthusiastic and wanting to continue learning about this tool and taking more ownership in the senior school with posting blog comments and photos. The students like using the thinking hats as part of deeper thinking and would like to continue to use these and develop them further. The students have commented that over the past 3 terms, the use of ICT within the classes has slowly increased and they are becoming more confident when using it within the class. There are two issues that need to be addressed in relation to the use of Mimio’s in the class. The younger students are unable to reach and are having to climb onto chairs or plastic steps to be able to use the Mimio’s. Kievers or wooden steps need to be purchased or purpose built so student can safely use the Mimio’s. The other issue is the blinds in the classes, but this is being addressed by the PTA. The students believe that ICT has made learning fun and is an easier way to understand some things. They believe that with ICT, they have more control over their learning. What does parent/caregiver feedback tell us about I.C.T. delivery? There was very limited parent feedback from the ICT form sent home. From the forms that were returned things that parents have noticed their children enjoy about ICT are; the classroom blogs, investigating new learning and sharing their learning with other classrooms globally. Parents are happy with the ICT learning that is happening at East Gore School, they believe that ICT is progressing very quickly and would like teachers to keep up to date with new things available to be able to share with students. Parents believe that students have more media available to them to complete tasks and are able to show their work in lots of different ways and it is very quick (at the click of a button). Children have developed the skills to question the world around them and are beginning to do this outside of school within the home environment. Learning is fun and exciting and children now have a lot more information available to them. What teaching strengths are utilized? Teachers are enthusiastic about the use of ICT in their class programmes and are utilising the tools available to them. Teachers are sharing ideas and helping each other problem solve issues arising and how to enhance learning within different class levels. Do we have any data to back up our programmes? Each class has their own blog: Room 1 (NE) – Wendy Fisken http://www.roomkauri.blogspot.com/ Room 4 (Y1,2) – Tanya McLean http://www.roomtotara.blogspot.com/ Room 7 (Y2,3,4) – Becky Crawford http://www.fantasticroomtawa.blogspot.com/ Room 5 (Y4,5,6) – Richard Sutherland http://www.roomrimu.blogspot.com/ Room 6 (Y4,5,6) – Amy McVicar http://www.roomkowhai.blogspot.com/

Evidence of ICT within the classes can be viewed at: http://eastgore.wikispaces.com/Milestone5+Evidence What teacher development opportunities are recommended to further enhance this I.C.T. delivery? • Visits to other schools to see good ICT practice and continued Professional development for teachers to continue to increase teacher confidence in implementing the use of new technologies in their classroom programme. • More student leadership to continue to increase student confidence in using new technologies. • Continue to find ways of using Mimio’s interactively within the class. • To continue use and development of student coaching models to learn new skills. • Encourage greater collaboration between schools to ensure sustainability of development. What management/governance decisions are recommended to enhance I.C.T delivery? • Continue to try and send at least one staff member a year to the ICT conference, this is a great way to continue motivation of new technologies emerging. • Leadership of ICT within the school to ensure new technologies are being discussed and used. What local goals and objectives are needed or what existing ones require review to further enhance I.C.T. in the school. • Use ICT for collaborative learning. • Have the ability to access a wide range of information. • Use ICT to motivate our learners. • To help our learners develop problem solving, critical thinking and higher order thinking skills. • To develop a wide range of information skills in meaningful contexts. • To produce work using a variety of multimedia. • For learners to use another tool to express themselves.

Report to Board on: Next Review Date: Board Comments:

Signed

____________________ ____________________ ___________________ B.O.T. Chairperson Principal Staff Member