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Name of School: St Bernadette’s Name of lead teacher: Gerard Shaw

Milestone Report 3 September 1, 2007

· Weekly staff meetings include ICT Cluster input. · 2nd August. Workshop for Teachers. (Roger Bone attended) · 15th August. Lead teacher Workshop (Gerard Shaw attended) · 16th August Principals’ Workshop (Jan Taylor attended) · 27th August. School based workshop on Protopage. (Run by Roger) · 3rd September. School based workshop on Wikispaces (Run by Gerard)

Staff to set personal goals with reference to the cluster web site · Staff have visited the cluster web site keeping up to date with developments · Staff have used cluster links to further their knowledge re Wikispaces and Protopages. · Staff are using maths web-sites from recent maths course.

Staff School Management Goal · Gerard and Jan to prepare school based Inquiry Learning unit at next workshop. · Staff have continued to familiarise themselves with School Master. There have been problems with access and reliability which have caused frustrations. · Management to investigate the programme and seek help to rectify problems.

Individual Goals – Class related Room 3: Gerard (Y5/6)
 * Children have been participating in Census at School, internet project.
 * Ten children in the class and the teachers have a Class Virtual Rugby Challenge involving weekly picks, determining odds, making predictions, posting picks on line, accessing results, e-mailing members.
 * Use of Wikispace as a class/home communication facility.
 * Continuing to use digital images for Davis Orientation Programme.
 * Each class member has made a Powerpoint presentation of their own constellation.

Room 1: Roger (Y4/5)
 * Children are experimenting and familiarising themselves with Protopage.
 * The children include wigets, design colour schemes, access educational games.
 * The plan is to develop protopage more to incorporate a classroom newsletter with regular updates on events, homework and activities.
 * The senior syndicate utilised the internet, data projects regularly to follow the progress of Space Shuttle STS-118.

Room 6: Sharon (Y3)
 * Continued frequent and timetabled use of computer for all children.
 * Introduction of new programmes eg Tux Typing, Brainstastic.
 * Continue to update survey results.
 * Extend knowledge of PowerPoint presentations.


 * Goal: Integrate writing programmes into written language sessions.
 * PowerPoint for reading groups. Presenting information on chosen topic.
 * Input Running Records on School Master
 * Use NZ Maths site for resources.

Room 4: Anne-Marie
 * Internet use for science resources on ‘Sun and Its Family’
 * Placement of short cuts to children’s websites on the desktop has been helpful for children.
 * Have entered Running records onto the School Master programme.
 * During the holidays Anne-Marie completed a 10 hour PowerPoint course.
 * Goal is to complete a follow up 6 hour course.
 * Ann-Marie is becoming more proficient with internet searches.

Room 7: Margaret
 * Continuing to enter reading Running Records Test results.
 * Preparation of a PowerPoint presentation for our class assembly.
 * Digital photographs taken for PowerPoint presentation.
 * Frustration with difficulty accessing the school master programme.