Newham have produced an ICT scheme of work with lots of structured activities and guidance. Each unit includes an ICT challenge, which gives the pupils an opportunity to demonstrate their capability.

An extensive list of resources to support the use of film and video in the classroom.

This site is for pupils, teachers and all those who enjoy stories and storytelling. It contains lots of stories with narration and simple nimation.

A digital brain learning module that guides you through recording a sound file with Sound Recorder.

This is an excellent store of music and sound effects that can be downloaded as mp3 files. Free access is available through LGfL if you are using a computer in a Sutton school. You will not be able to access it from home.

The Adobe Digital Kids Club is a special site created for teachers, students, and parents containing the essential digital photography, video, and imaging resources you need to engage students in learning while teaching them important digital communication skills

Answers to common questions about using Windows Moviemaker, the video editing software that comes free with Windows XP.

Video tutorials and tips on how to get the best from Windows moviemaker with examples.

This site contains a database of over 2500 example WebQuests. A webquest is"an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web". You can search for quests or browse lists by subject and by grade/year group.

The Approved Centre Forum is a Restricted Access Area for BCS User Qualification Approved Centres. It provides access to useful information for those administering ECDL training and testing.

Contains a number of useful ICT assessment resources some of which are linked to individually in this database.

This 11-page word document allows recording of skills achievement for a wide range of skills and techniques broken down into strands and computer programs. It is also available as a an excel spreadsheet file.

The level descriptions for ICT colour coded by strand with anotations to describe what they mean in practice.

A simple self-assessment sheet based on level descriptions for each strand of ICT. One page covering levels 1 to 5.

Provides a whole class recording sheet against the Year 1 units - the key learning outcomes of the QCA units are noted on the sheet.

Provides guidance on what to do to develop effective practice in assessing ICT. Also provides links to a range of assessment recording sheets and other resources.

This is a simple and fun game: just click on the right definition of a given word. Every correct answer gets ten grains of rice donated via the United Nations. The vocabulary level gets harder as you progress.

A visual aid for schools to chart their progress through the self-review framework. This chart is A2 size. Follow this link to order the chart from BECTA.

Ictopus (ICT online primary user support) is a free support service for primary education which launched on 1st September 2007. Every week registered members of the service will have access to a six page printable magazine (Sharing Good Practice) and a set of activity suggestions (Lessons2go). There will also be a regular newsletter and a variety of other resources and projects. Ictopus builds on the highly successful Becta Direct2U service and also the legacy of MAPE (Micros and Primary Education).

This site provides a wide range of activities and projects to try together with guidance and step by step guides. Use it to explore what you can do with Imagine Logo and to spark ideas for using Imagine in your topics.

Find guidance and support on how to use Imagine Logo for creative projects in the classroom. The site includes step by step guides, how to use Simple Turtle, how to use the Framework Editor and access to many example projects.

Here you will find links to various support materials and information regarding the learning platforms provided by LGfL for all London Schools.

Here you will find relevant information on how your school can get started with the London MLE powered by Fronter. Fronter was founded in Norway in 1998 and is now used by more than two million users in 2,000 learning institutions through eight countries. Fronter is used by the National College for School Leadership (NCSL) for their talk2learn platform and work with a large number of UK schools, colleges and local authorities.

Steljes Training has recently been working with SMART to host some web-based Training events that are available free to all SMART users in the UK. These sessions will take place every Thursday at 4pm and uses Bridgit and a standard telephone line (with an 0800 free-phone number). Follow this link for full joining instructions for Sutton Primary schools.

Examples of storyboarding templates used to support the writing process

Thousands of education programmes on TV and online. Videos can be played directly on screen or can be downloaded to use offline at different times.

Becta has launched a new website which provides advice and guidance to support local authorities to encourage school engagement with ICT to improve learning.

Access this site for information about Easysense dataloggers and associated resources recommended for datalogging. It also has details of the flowgo control interface and Go software (formerly Flowol) recommended for control.

An online testing system available to candidates working towards the the ECDL qualification. You will be able to sign up to the ECDL programme shortly in the Courses Section in the support menu above.

An online tutorial for the 7 modules that make up the ECDL. If you would like access to this tutorial then simply sign up to the ECDL programme that will be available shortly in the Courses Section in the support menu above.

The European Computer Driving Licence® (ECDL) is the internationally recognized qualification which enables people to demonstrate their competence in computer skills. ECDL is designed specifically for those who wish to gain a benchmark qualification in computing to enable them to develop their IT skills and enhance their career prospects.

This document details a number of factors for success, explanations of what learning platforms are and examples of the kind of questions schools should ask any those who are promoting one solution or another. It also outlines the services provided through the LGfL, freely for London Schools and ends with an analysis of the benefits and drawbacks of ‘DIY’ learning platforms.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to track the travels of rambling Ron. There will be an itinerary which will help you to keep a diary of Ron’s movements. You will also be asked to find out ALL about the places that Ron visits. This might include pictures of buildings, stories about people who lived there, the weather, the animals, the plants or anything else that interests you

NACELL is a Department for Education and Skills Initiative to promote and develop the provision and quality of Modern Foreign Language learning in the Primary sector.

Teachit is a tried and trusted education resource used by thousands of teachers nationwide. Specialising in English, Drama and Media Studies from primary to post-16, the online Teachit library offers pages of classroom materials, schemes of work, lesson plans and teaching tools, all created by working teachers and - thanks to our team of Teachit contributors - constantly growing.

Answers questions such as what is a learning platform and What are the main benefits of a learning platform. Provides guidance on funding your learning platform, preparing for a learning platform and case studies.

Aimed at school leaders, this useful guide looks at how Becta is supporting personalising learning and highlights key things that you should be thinking about in this area.

This report from DEMOS looks at the use of podcasting, blogging and other creative uses of the web often referred to as Web 2. is the result of nine months of work that focused specifically on understanding how children and young people use new technologies.

This document provides an overview of the support available from the Curriculum ICT Team:
Ian Smith, Inspector for ICT
0208 770 6519 - ian.smith@sutton.gov.uk
Nick Mitchell, Adviser for ICT
0208 770 6721 -nick.mitchell@sutton.gov.uk
Christine Smyth, Primary Consultant Leader for ICT & Headteacher at St Dunstans C of E Primary School
0208 642 5463 - csmyth@suttonlea.org

This article, from the ICT in Education Site, looks at how Fiona Aubrey-Smith has used the Fronter virtual learning environment (vle)with children aged 4 to 7 years.

Resources from the Sutton, Merton and Kingston ICT conference on 9th February 2007, including John Davitts ebook and information about the Kingston mobile learning project.

A useful range of good quality photographs and artwork, copywrite-free. The site also contains advice on drawing.

This site contains some useful resources including Excel spreadsheets for recording pupils progress in the QCA units.

Haringeys LGfL portal has a useful ICT assessment page with links to recording sheets, advice and other useful sites

The P scales are assessment criteria for progress below level one in the national curriculum programmes of study. The QCA site lists the P Scales for Maths English Science and ICT as well as providing guidance and links to related publications.

The aim of the Association is to promote pupil achievement through the processes of effective assessment, recording and reporting. The website provides links to publications and other sites related to assessment.

TeacherNet has been developed by the Department for Education and Skills as a resource to support the education profession. The main areas of the site are - Teaching and learning, Management, Professional development, Research, and Education overview.

Mencap is the UKs leading learning disability charity working with people with a learning disability and their families and carers. A useful source of information about mental health issues.

The Dyspraxia Foundation is a UK charity which exists to help people to understand and cope with dyspraxia. This site is a resource for parents, for teenagers and adults who have the condition, and for professionals who help all of them.

The mission of the ARC is to understand the biomedical causes of autism spectrum conditions, and develop new and validated methods for assessment and intervention. The ARC fosters collaboration between scientists in Cambridge University and outside, to accelerate this mission.

The National Autistic Society exists to champion the rights and interests of all people with autism and to ensure that they and their families receive quality services appropriate to their needs. The website includes information about autism and Asperger syndrome, the NAS and its services and activities.

This area pf LGfL provides information, resources and inks for all levels of users regarding internet safety, equipment security and use of ICT in schools.

skoool.co.uk is a vast educational resource for teachers to use inventively and creatively in the classroom to add extra value to their classroom teaching of Maths and Science. It includes simulations, tests and sequenced instruction.

A number of useful activities that can be used in whole class teaching or independently. They include Big Books, Big Book Maker, Bounce, Discloze, Discloze Editor, Find the Pairs, Greenfield Road, History Photo Quiz, Jumbo, Number Board, Poem Maker, Quiz Maker, Random Number Generator, Sir Henry Unton, Sorting Games, Team Draw, Video Book Maker, Weather Project, Where Owl Box and Whodunnit?

Much of the work of developing literacy involves getting children to focus on text, to attend to its structure and to investigate, analyse and understand its features. Discloze, a new piece of software from MAPE, provides a new tool for teachers in the form of a reading activity which is highly motivating and which promotes just this sort of focus.

This document contains short case studies of the use of ICT in the foundation stage. It includes six case studies for each of the three ICT stepping stones and five case studies for the ICT early learning goal. The ICT stepping stones are yellow: show an interest in ICT, blue: know how to operate simple equipment, green: complete a simple program on the computer and/or perform simple functions on ICT apparatus.

Becta have selected some simple tutorials for Word, Excel and Powerpoint that may be helpful for those who are new to these programs. They are designed to be printer-friendly so you can print them.

This is the workbook used on the Steljes Masters training course. Although it does not relate to the latest version of Smart Notebook, it gives a lot of useful guidance.

This site contains 20 different categories of clip–art to choose from such as music, architecture and geography. It also has some adverts.

"This is one of the most useful resources I have come across to support the national curriculum. Seeing actual pupils work alongside commentaries helps me see how all of the advice and guidance translates into practice." - Head of Technology, North Yorkshire

Many schools take the schemes of work as the starting point for their plans. They make their own decisions about how to make best use of this resource, remembering that the schemes are not statutory. Schools can use as much or as little as they wish and are free to devise their own ways of meeting the requirements of the national curriculum.

This is an example of an ICT context sheet for recording contextual information about an ICT activity. This additional information is essential when trying to make judgements about an individual piece of work. See also pupil self assessment sheet.

The video conferencing menu on LGfL has links to support and guidance on the two kinds of video conferencing available. Click to meet is a free system on LGfL that is fine for small scale video conferencing projects. LVC net is a higer quality costed system.

Step by step instructions on how to download the Click to Meet Software and sign in to the click to meet system.

The LGfL licence with Audio Network allows teachers and students to download any of the music files free of charge with only two conditions. Users must be on a machine connected to the LGfL to get free downloads and the downloaded files must not be used for any commercial purposes. The LGfL licence will save your school an average of £60 for each downloaded file

This area will provide support to schools and LAs in hosting downloadable subscription based podcasts hosted on their school portals. Please note that these resources are gradually being uploaded and that this site is a work in progress.

Good Morning Children Ltd provide interactive whiteboard resources for the thinking classroom. These primary teaching resources help develop creative thinking skills. They are ideal for starting the day. It costs £12 a year to register.

Lesson plans and support files from the Greenwich LGfL scheme of work for ICT. The lessons mahe use of the data logging activity ideas provided by Data Harvest using their excellent Easy sense loggers. But they could be used with any datalogging equipment.

The ICT Resources section supports the use of ICT in mathematics by teachers and children. The resources include Interactive Teaching Programmes, spreadsheet workbooks with accompanying guidance, and links to further resources on the National Whiteboard Network website.

This publication and associated materials aims to support schools and settings in promoting the progress and achievement of all learners, with a particular focus on advanced learners of English as an additional language.

JacksonPollock.com is a tribute to Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), an American painter and the commanding figure of the Abstract Expressionist movement. This site features a gallery, a bookstore, a film library, a shop, as well as several links of interest.

Create pictures in the style of Jason Pollock. This unusual web page responds to mouse clicks and movements by "painting".

The ICT Strategic Plan sets out the vision and strategic aims for dveloping the effective use of ICT in Sutton schools

If your school subscribes to Espresso, then you can access it from home or anywhere you have access to the Internet, by clicking on this link.

Developed especially for schools, Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office extends Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint functionality to be more applicable to teaching and learning. Learning Essentials includes a substantial number of templates, toolbars, and tutorials for educators and students. Some language versions include tools to create e-learning content that conforms to SCORM standards.

The Study Skills website provides a range of interactive materials designed to help students improve their learning and acquire important skills that can be applied in a number of different situations. It is arranged into three age groups - 5-9, 10-14 and 15-18, with activities to improve skills in reading, writing, remembering, revising, note-taking, and critical and analytical thinking.

The Count On website is managed by the University of York for the Department for Education and Skills. It contains resources indexed to the maths national curriculum, games, puzzles and news articles.

A really useful set of links to websites (and to other resources to purchase) to support work on simulations.

Examples of using ICT to support teaching and learning in years 1 to 6 across all subjects. This online version of the CD ROMs that were sent to all schools allows you to search by subject, by year group and/or by type of ICT use.

These notes provide an overview of the new features of Phase 5 and give step by step instructions on how to use shared favourites and how to change the start menu and desktop to personalise it to the needs of our class.

An annotated diagram of the ICT self assessment proforma explaining when and how to use each part.

Proformas for each QCA unit in KS2 to enable pupils to record their thinking about their work at each stage of the task. After the initial lesson they can record what they aim to do during the unit. They can tick off skills they have aquired as they attempt each short focuused task. They can draw and/or write what they plan to do in the integrated task and finally they can evaluate their work.

The aim of this pack is to allow Headteachers, ICT coordinators and teachers to familiarise themselves with the level descriptors and expectations in ICT for the QCA scheme of work in order to improve teaching and learning in ICT and in turn across the curriculum. The pack can be used to develop a school portfolio of ICT work in order to show progression through ICT strands and across year groups, to inform future planning and highlight strengths and weaknesses within the school, to inform secondary schools of attainment in ICT and to support staff in familiarising themselves with the ICT standards of the school.

The four volumes produced by Lewisham that were distributed to all schools are now available online from the Lewisham Education Website. Useful examples of ICT tasks that support subject objectives and of pupil self assessment.

These activities provide a progression through datalogging skills: Exploring – finding out about sensors. Comparing – recording single measurements for comparison. Recording – recording sensor values as a line graph to show changes. Monitoring – using more than one sensor (a control and one variable) to test an idea. Investigating – using the appropriate sensor/s to collect data. Evaluating – telling the story of the graph.

This PDF file contains 25 short datalogging activities ranging from a simple temperature race to measuring the speed of sound. Simple instructions and clear diagrams make it easy for independent group work as well as whole class activity.

Greenwich have compiled a complete scheme of work for ICT based on the QCA model. It comprises detailed lesson notes, activities and resource files. Well worth a look.

Stpe by step instructions on accessing and using the ICT coordinators file. This online tool is designed to help ICT coordinators to summarise the current position in a range of areas of ICT development in their school, to compare their position with other schools in Sutton and to share good practice.

The ICT coordinator file is an online tool designed to help ICT coordinators to summarise the current position in a range of areas of ICT development in their school, to compare their position with other schools in Sutton and to share good practice.

Free lesson plans, activity ideas and resources for primary teachers.

This spreadsheet tool can give schools a better understanding of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of ICT. The tool highlights how the value and cost of ICT changes over time and provides a sound basis for planning future ICT investments.

This Web page contains three basic guidelines for making effective color choices that work for nearly everyone. Following the guidelines are explanations of the three perceptual attributes of color -- hue, lightness and saturation -- as they are used by vision scientists.

Impaired vision often makes reading difficult by reducing the amount of light that enters the eye, blurring the retinal image or damaging the central portion of the retina best suited to reading. This web page gives basic guidelines for making effective legibility choices that work for nearly everyone.

A map and simple directions for finding the Grove, home of the Advice and Inspection Service in Sutton.

This word document explains how to login to LGfL in two ways. Firstly using your suttonlea.org username and password and secondly by using a digitalbrain username and password.

Aims to provide teachers with indepth information on assessment including features and commentaries by experts, a comprehensive information centre to support test users, an online shopping facility and a gateway to their online assessment centre

The SCYPP consists of all the main organisations and agencies working to support children, young people and their families within the area of the London Borough of Sutton. The site has details of interagency partnership arrangements in Sutton, information about their work and a directory of childrens services.

A free download which allows you to easily create photo gallery slideshows with music to insert into your learning platform. You can use your own music or music saved from audio networks at http://audio.lgfl.org.uk . The published .swf can be inserted within a learning module page just by pressing the green insert button and browsing for it.

This site is designed by teachers, industrialists and environmental organisations for anyone with an interest in the environment. It contains a range of resources including online puzzles, experiments and activities,group activities with printable instructions,printable worksheets for class experiments and a wide range of environmental information,reports and links.

A range of simulations and online activities for each Science QCA unit in years 3 and 4. This resource is free to schools in London through the LGfL.

These science pages provide useful guidance and links to a range of resources to support the teaching of science.

Whiteboard resources for Maths and English from Reception to year6.

Over 2100 publicly-available e-books including classic British and American fiction, major authors, childrens literarture, the Bible, Shakespeare, American history and African-American documents.

Ideas for using spreadsheets in different subject areas devised by pupils at a school in Illinois. Instructions are also written by the pupils.

Irfanview is an image editing program similar to MS Photoeditor. This may be of use to schools upgrading to MS Office 2003 which does not include Photoeditor. The program can be downloaded by following the links on this site.

Year 6 pupils used Windows Movie Maker to create their own advertisements. See examples of their work here.

Three sheets from the national whiteboard network to help you build your skills with an Interactive Whiteboard while supporting learning in the Foundation Stage.

A grid providing a range of techniques to use with interactive whiteboards to support the teaching sequence in literacy.

Information about a video conferencing event for Key stage 3 students based on living in London. The vent is from 11th October 9.30 - 3.30

New resources from the National Whiteboard network designed to support your planning and teaching in Years 1 to 6 in the autumn term. You will find annotated planning, electronic resources and stand-alone lessons to support the use of the interactive whiteboard to enhance teaching and learning.

Smart notebook containing some anagrams and riddles related to Easter.

A Smart notebook file comprising old and new pictures of Carshalton. The file is designed to encourage exploration of, and talking about the similarities and differences.

Lesson looking at the oi/oy sound

Online interactive Harry Potter quiz.

Sequence of Easter lessons and activities.

BBC interactive spelling activities

A lesson focussing on the ue/ew sound.

An interactive local history and geography visit to Cheam village

These slides support children in how to write a set of instructions.

Easiteach file for use in a mental starter to revise 2D shapes

Science interactive activities for all topics

Ancient Greek website including facts, stories, animation and links.

Through the LGfL we can download high resolution video clips that normally cost £25 each for free. These make excellent teaching and learning resources. Instructions on how to search the site can be found by following this link.

An Excel tutorial from the National Whiteboard network covering the most commonly used features of the program.

An area on the National Whiteboard network containing Smart Notebook files to support the Springboard program. The files are zipped so you should save them to your system and then run the file.