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We have been shortlisted for an ICT in excellence award this year, and the support and help from the e learning foundation in our school cannot be overestimated, from providing thousands of pounds for our first project, to sorting out a deal with t mobile so that our children could get internet access at home, we are extremely grateful for their help. Sue has particularly helped us and been a listening ear for our worries and ideas. We truly could not have done it without them Thank you Sue.
Lyndsey Glass, Headteacher, Alderman Bolton Community Primary School, Bolton.
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Middleton Technology School has used the e-learning programme to support families throughout the school who do not have a computer at home or where there are large families who find it difficult with the computer they have already.
We have provided full support through the scheme and a training session for the parents. The loan arrangements have worked well and we are building up resources to support other families.
The parents have appreciated the support given and we feel that it has really helped our parents and pupils to improve their connectivity to the internet. We have now also support in connectivity as well.
Alison Rooney, Admin assistant, Middleton Technology School, Manchester.
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We are only small school situated in an area of high deprivation and as a result the majority of our pupils are entitled to FSM and were not eligible for help from e-LF. We started a small project going to give the remaining Yr3/4 pupils a mobile device to take home and use in school. Only 20 pupils took up this offer … but what a difference it has made to them and it has been a huge success all round.
The pupils confidence and pride in their devices has been outstanding and we are extremely grateful to e-LF for their help in getting this project off the ground. Many thanks must also go to Sue who has been a great help throughout the launch and to Michelle who looks after our donations.
Sally Hupfield-Smith, School Business Manager, Our Lady of Perpetual Succour RC Primary, Blackburn
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The e-Learning Foundation was instumental in helping set up Holy Family's netbook project. Financially, it would not have been possible for all our Year 5 and 6's to have a personal netbook without the support of the Foundation. Teaching and Learning at our school has been transformed by this technology. There has been a significant impact on independent learning for our children which in turn has improved the quality of learning.
Helen Moreton, Headteacher, Holy Family Catholic Primary School, Blackpool
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Innov8ed is made up of five Warrington Primary Schools working in partnership to develop innovative projects linked to making the best use of handheld technology to further children’s learning in the 21st Century. The five schools are all from the more deprived areas of Warrington with FSM ranging from 25% - 45%. The project began in September 2007 when we agreed to equip all of the Year 6 children in these five schools with a Samsung Q1 UMPC. Since 2007 the project has expanded in each of the five schools and in September 2009 we had a total of almost 600 children with home access to a wide range of handheld devices.
The support from the e-learning foundation has been tremendous. In the very early days of the project this was a massive step for these five schools to take, a real leap of faith. Not only did the e-learning foundation help us with grants to ensure that all of our children were able to benefit from the project but more importantly they were always at hand to offer support and encouragement. Over the years we have developed this partnership which has allowed us to share our successes over a wide area, both locally and nationally. In Warrington alone, a number of schools are replicating the work of the Innov8ed schools, and many of them are being well supported by the e-learning foundation.
An initial aim of the Innov8ed project was to “Develop personalised learning through personalised technology.” This phrase came from one of the very first meetings the group had with staff from the e-learning foundation, it is now a reality for many of our children.
Mike Johnson, Innovated Co-ordinator, Warrington
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The benefits of the e-Learning Foundation grants have been immeasurable. Home access arrangements have meant that our children and their families have been able to extend their learning in so many ways. It has also been a huge motivating factor in the raising of aspirations of our school community.The funding and support provided by the e-Learning Foundation has been crucial in enabling our school to become confident in all aspects of ICT. The e-Learning Foundation has provided a crucial platform for our school to develop its ICT infrastructure and keep pace with learning in the digital age.
Kevin Dyson, Headteacher, St Andrews CE Primary School, Warrington
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The St Peter's Netbook project was an extremely ambitious innovation - providing netbooks for 240 pupils to use at school and home. With the invaluable advice and support from the e-learning foundation, coupled with grant funding, we have over 2 years, been able to realise our ambition. The impact on teaching and learning has been considerable and we feel we are only just beginning to explore this. The project could not have been launched without support from our Local Authority and the experienced advice and fund management from the e-learning foundation. The project has created a buzz amongst parents and staff.
Rod Dean, Headteacher St Peter's Bratton, Telford
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Since joining the e-LF Sue has been a great support to the school, giving us advice on our "Tools for Learning" project. In which we are giving individual devices and internet connectivity to pupils to enhance personalised learning and raise attainment. In our first year we rolled out to year 7 and year 10 giving every pupils a netbook. Last academic year (2009/2010) we completed the second phase of this rollout doing the same again, and in October (2009), we where able to complete the project giving our remaining year 9 group netbooks. Each phase was supported by the e-LF through grants, help with promoting the scheme and the launch event itself. We are now proud to say that we have 1:2:1 access for every pupil in KS3 and KS4. Last year we were also able to offer out post 16 pupils an individual support grant from th e-LF for a device and internet access to support their studies where needed and hope that in September 2010 we will be able to include all post 16 pupils in an equity scheme. Thank you Sue and all at the E-Learning foundation for all the support you have given us with our projects, they have greatly enhanced teaching and learning at Lysander.
Alex Summers, Project Lead, Lysander Community High School, Warrington
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A huge thank you to the e-Learning Foundation for its support. We are delighted with the project so far. We have had some teething problems but they have been so small and seem insignificant when we look at the benefits that we are beginning to see. We are still learning - the students somewhat faster than the staff and feel that the potential for development is really exciting.
Helen Holman, Headteacher, Orchard School, Bristol
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The e-Learning Foundation grant made it financially viable for the college to offer home computing to students and their families, even when the families were unable to contribute financially to the programme.
Steve Dommett, Headteacher, Rushden Community College, Northamptonshire
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The reaction of parents and pupils to the scheme has been so positive and I have been hugged and thanked so many times it makes all the hard work worthwhile!
Donald Pedley, Head of e-Learning, Sion Manning RC Girls' School, London
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We made it very clear that help was available and made sure parents could talk to staff confidentially about money issues. I truly feel that those who could afford to donate more did and those who really needed more help got it. We never dictated the amount of support, but asked what parents thought they could reasonably afford, even if that was nothing at all… Some parents have approached me saying that they have a computer at home, but that help with Internet access and understanding what their children use computers for would be of great help.
Jan Moriarty, Partnership Manager, Queensbury School, Bradford
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