The ICT Curriculum Team supports Somerset Schools to implement the use of ICT in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning.

The resources on this website include up-to-date information; information on training opportunities and ICT cluster meetings; ideas; hints & tips; help with hardware; software helpsheets; resource files and curriculum planning.

The Curriculum Team is additionally able to provide customised in-service training to suit the needs of schools through consultancy arrangements.

The ICT Curriculum Team is:

• Lucinda Searle
• Julia Briggs
• Amy Blackmore
• Ian Gover
• Gavin Richards
  

Secondary Strategy ICT Consultants:

• Harry Hughes   
• Laura Pearce
  

Technical Consultancy:

• Andrew Young 

Latest additions: 16th June 2010

• Presentations from the Primary Conference - be inspired again!
  
  
• What has Fronter done for us? Statement by Trinity First, Frome
  

• New examples of Fronter pages - be inspired!
  

• Courses details for 2010-11
  
  
• Sample version of child-friendly AUP, written with guidance from main Primary AUP
  
  
• New ICT Progression in e-sense - rewritten for 2010, with new guidance and inclusion of copyright
  
  
• New guidance for teachers on using Facebook and protecting their professional identity
  
  
• More e-safety policies - South Gloucestershire share their policies
  
  
  
• Join the Somerset visualiser trial and get a free visualiser for a term!
  
  
• Projects page now updated - new Visualiser information for 2010!
  
  
• NEW! Progression in ICT capability across the new curriculum
  
  
• 51 Simple Things to do in Fronter
  
  
• Fronter ThinkB4UPost - guidelines for pupils linked to Safer Internet Day
  
  
• Fronter case studies - successful implementation in primary school
  
  
• How to access the Literacy exemplified units within SLP
  
  
• Somerset Animation Workshop - 5th February 2010
  
  
• Developing responsible use of Fronter - guidance on e-safety issues for schools
  
  
• Safer Internet Day 2010 - register for Thinkuknow assembly resources
  
  
• Somerset Animation Competition winners
  
  
• Spring term clusters - some dates now online
  
  
• Becta ideas for including ICT across the curriculum
  
  
• New Primary Curriculum Team blog launched
  
  
• Examples of Fronter pages from Somerset schools
  
  
• All Autumn SLP courses now listed
  
  
• Sparklebox filtered in Somerset schools
  
  
• Free iboard resources for use in Fronter
  
  
• Fronter page updated with essential resources

• Projects page updated with visualiser examples

• New Microsoft search engine - filtering in schools
  
  
• Template ICT Policy for Primary Schools
  
  
• Policy and Guidance for use of Pupil Images
  
  
• Ofsted and ICT - guidance for Somerset primary schools
  
  
• Fronter video clips - be inspired!
  
  
• Early Years links and activities
  
  
• NWGL e-safety games
  
  
• 10 interesting ways to use Ultra-Mobile PCs in the classroom - PowerPoint
  
  
• Christmas links and activities
  
  
• SWGfL / NEN Media Gallery Beginner's Guide 
  
  
• Outline to changes in ICT Progressions
  
  
• ICT Progressions 2008 - exemplifications now online
  
  
• SMART Notebook 10 guidance