N-Dubz sing to beat bullying

MOBO award winning artists N-Dubz today launch an anthem to support the theme of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week, staying safe in cyberspace.

R U Cyber Safe is available as a free download and you can also watch the video

Anti-bullying week

16-20 November 2009

This year’s Anti-Bullying Week campaign is ‘Stay safe in cyberspace’. The focus on cyberbullying is reflected in the resource pack sent to schools in England and the pack of resources for FE colleges.

More about Anti-Bullying Week

Storybird

Storyboard is a website where children can collaborate on building a simple picture story book online.  

ICT Mark

For a limited time, Becta are offering a £200 discount to small schools (less than 100 pupils) who apply for accreditation.

Fuse Creator competition

Are you using Fuse Creator in school?  If so, then why not enter this fantastic competition?  This is a UK wide competition that has just been launched – first prize is an Asus Minibook!  You can download a free trial of the software in order to enter the competition,

Re-cycling (WEEE)

Stone Computers can help you recycle.

Once computers and other items of IT equipment have outlived their usefulness they become a problem in that they’re sometimes difficult to dispose of responsibly.  In 2007 the European Directive on WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) came into force to try and put a halt to the estimated 1 Million tonnes of electrical and electronic waste going to landfill sites every year in this country alone.

Crazy Talk offer extended until November 2nd 2009

FAO – ALL Interested Staff

I am pleased to inform you that TAG Learning have offered to extend the time available to Staffordshire schools to order Crazy Talk 6 at discounted prices. This is an excellent piece of software to encourage development of Literacy and cross-curricular writing.

Healthy eating and databases

Here is a great way to combine healthy eating and databases.  

The idea is simple – just type the name of the food stuff you are wondering about into the box provided and a list of options will appear below.  From a roast beef sandwich to a chocolate doughnut, once you select the item a full list of its nutrient values is displayed on the right.

Calorie Connect

Espresso Home Access – password change

This is notification to inform you that for security reasons Staffordshire schools will be emailed a new password next week for logging onto Espresso from home.  This email will be sent to your nominated home access email account (usually your office@schoolname  account) on the 21st September 2009.
When saving Espresso Primary from home as a ‘Favourite’ on to your home PC, you need to ensure it is the URL for the log-on page and not the full site after you  have logged on, as this will lead to access problems in the future.
If you are having problems accessing Espresso Primary Home Access please contact Staffordshire Learning Technologies (SLT) on 01889 256290

Crazy Talk 6 for Staffordshire schools – offer extended until 30th September

FAO – ALL Interested Staff