First Lego League Blasts Off!

6th December 2018A Hayward

What an absolutely fabulous day we have had today at our First Lego League Into Orbit 2018 regional tournament.  Well done to all the teams who came along and their coaches.  You were all brilliant.  In one of the most evenly matched competitions we have ever judged, congratulations finally go to Harton Puzzlers who are now going on to represent South Tyneside at the National Finals.

Watch out for our full report and more photos of the day.

 

ED TECH 50 Schools Awards

8th November 2018A Hayward
The Edtech 50 Schools is a celebration of the work of schools across the UK that are using education technology to support teaching and learning across the whole school, in a particular subject area or to support an education initiative or project.
Supported by Intel, The Education Foundation, Edtech UK, Jisc, TES and the Independent Schools Council Digital Strategy Group are working in partnership on this programme.

If you are proud of your work, your school and digital leadership; then please showcase it andy complete this simple survey to submit a nomination for the Edtech 50 Schools.

As well as schools, nominations from other stakeholders and interested parties are welcomed, with the school’s permission. Please do go ahead and complete the survey.
Please note that this survey closes on FRIDAY 18th JANUARY 2019.
(If you have any questions about aspects of the survey, please email  info@ednfoundation.org)

 

 

Last call for FIRST® LEGO® League 2018-19 – Into Orbit

9th October 2018P Chippendale

 

LAST CALL before take off.

This week is the last chance for your school to join our FIRST® LEGO® League – Into Orbit Tournament.

Our tournament will be hosted at The Word on Thursday 6th December 2018

Here is the link to join

https://firstlegoleague.theiet.org/ 

 

 

There is a FREE webinar being delivered by Raising Robots which may be useful for our teams taking part in this years  FIRST® LEGO® LeagueTournament

DON’T MISS this week’s Mindstorms training webinar from our friends at Raising Robots:

    • Wednesday 10 October 16.00 – 17.15
    • Thursday 18 October 16.00 – 17.15

All the sessions will use the same link:

https://www.gotomeet.me/raisingrobots

Delegates can check that their devices will work properly before the session using the following link: https://support.logmeininc.com/gotowebinar/help/join-a-test-session-g2w060001

 

Fake Social Networking Accounts

1st October 2018M Hamilton

A very common question we get as  team is what to do if somebody sets up an fake social networking account, pretending to be you, one of your teachers or one of your pupils.

There is some really useful advice on the following site

 

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/blog/reporting-impersonation-social-media

 

 

What needs to go on a school website UPDATE

26th September 2018M Hamilton

As you are aware there are a certain number of statutory items that need to appear on school websites. We provide a checklist to help schools with this and I have just updated this. Items in Red are those that have changed since the last version.Please note this is the version for maintained schools.

 

Click here to download.