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Embedding ICT across the curriculum
Kent Weather Watch 2008-9
A project for primary and secondary pupils
Dear Colleague
Following the success of Kent Weather Watch we are pleased to announce that the project will be continued
to July 2009. Managed by a Team of county Leading ICT Teachers and Geography AST’s schools participating
in the project will have the opportunity over the coming months to:
Use ICT to creatively share information about the weather in their local area with schools in and
outside the United Kingdom
Compare and contrast the climate in different locations around the world
Investigate how changes in the weather can affect the everyday lives of all living things
Weather Watch 2009 – How to Register
Schools planning to take part in the project should
complete and return the registration form or visit the
Weather Watch 2009 web-site to register online. All
details about the project will be posted on the project
micro-site.
Once schools have registered they will receive a micro-site log-in and password. Teachers will also note that each
school in the project will be given a web page where they can publish information and pupils work for other schools
to view.
Weather Watch Photographic competition - Monday 3rd November to Friday 7th November 2008
To launch the project this year pupils are invited to post digital images of the weather in their
local area on the project micro-site. Each posted image should be accompanied by the pupil’s
first name and the name school. Grouped in the age bands 5-7, 7-11 and 11-16 there will be
prizes in each category to the winner and runners-up.
Encourage your pupils to be creative and have a go!
Weather Watch Special Events Day
The Project Team plan again to organise “Special Events” days throughout 2009 to show how ICT can be
embedded across the curriculum. The first of these days will be a repeat of the very successful “Operation Storm
Warning” in February 2008. To find out more about this day click on the web link below.
http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/view_page.php?id=513
Information about other special events will be published later this autumn on the project micro-site.
Links with overseas Schools
We are pleased to offer the opportunity for schools in the project to link with
schools overseas. Following the very successful Weather Watch Overseas
Schools Week in May 2008 schools will have the opportunity to use Super Clubs
Plus to publish and share information about the weather with schools overseas.
All schools interested in forging such links should contact Colette Cotton
(Shepway 1 Leading ICT Teacher) or view the micro-site for more information.
http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/view_page.php?id=521
Just over 3 weeks to the launch of Weather watch 2009!
We hope many schools and Local Children Service Partnerships will support the activities planned
for the coming year.
And remember registering does not commit you to taking part in all the planned activities. Weather
Watch is about selecting those activities that support the learning needs of your pupils and your
planned curriculum.
For more information about Weather Watch 2009 contact:
Dr Gerard O’Sullivan Colette Cotton Karl Bentley
Geography AST Shepway 1 Leading ICT Teacher ICT AST
Homewood School St Mary’s C.E, Folkestone Ashford Oaks Primary
Ian Coulson Phil Bracegirdle Carine Jacquel
ASK Geography Advisor ASK ICT HOS Consultant (primary) ASK ICT HOS Consultant (secondary)
Ian.coulson@kent.gov.uk Philip.bracegirdle@kent.gov.uk carine.jacquel@kentlearning.org.uk
Hands on Support ICT Project
Kent Weather Watch 2008-9 Registration Form
Name of School Tel. No.
Local Children’s Service Partnership
Name of Teacher E-mail:
Age range of pupils
Areas of Interest
Which aspects of weather and climate do you plan to study with your pupils? Record “YES” alongside all areas of
interest. There is also space to add your own suggestions.
Collecting and publishing weather data
Using an Electronic Weather Station
Meteorology
Comparing and contrasting the weather in different locations around the world
Establishing links with overseas
Climate Change and Global Warming
ICT and the Creative curriculum (Art and Music)
The Weather Cycle
Others – please specify
Please return this completed form to:
Maryan Wyles (PA to the ASK Primary ICT Advisory Team)
E-mail: maryan.wyles@kent.gov.uk Tel: 01622 203800
Advisory Service Kent
Oxford Road
Maidstone
ME15 8AW
Hands on Support ICT Project
World Wide Collaboration
Do you need motivation for your pupils with REAL learning experiences; do you want to embed ICT into
the curriculum? Do you want to give a Global Dimension to the curriculum? By 2010 all children in the
UK are meant to have established links with children from another country.
Why not start working to-wards the British Council’s International School Award this year, at one of the
entry levels? It really helps to-wards the school’s SEF review.
Participate in the Kent Weather Watch 2008-9 project, and you will be able do all of these things.
Schools from Iran, Kenya, Czech Republic, Poland, Australia, Nigeria and many more, will be taking
How can we all collaborate?
part and telling us about the weather in their country. They will be recording simple weather data to
enable real comparison of facts and figures, with the weather where we live. They will also be telling us
about Winter will be mainly through in safe, educational
Collaboration Customs and traditionsthe their country, their music and famous composers and also what
and social website of www.superclubsplus.com (most of our
healthy eating means to them where they live.
Global Schools use this site) Schools will be able to link
though online forums, to talk about the weather and data
collected and pupils can e-mail their pen pals. Pupils will also
be able to publish their poems, art work, stories and findings
about the weather on their Home Pages, whilst schools can
set up their own ‘Weather pages’ for pupils to contribute to.
There will also be special ‘Global Weather Pages’ on SCP,
as well as ‘Hot Seats’ linked to various aspects of the project,
where pupils can ask expert appropriate questions. If your
school hasn’t registered for Superclubsplus, then it will need
to do so, as all schools need to be validated.
Further collaboration with schools will take place in the form of snail mail, podcasts and flash meetings, which
is available free to all schools; most of our International Schools also have these facilities in place.
If you have any questions or need any help about this collaboration, then please contact me:
colette.cotton@intuitivemedia.com
NB. Superclubsplus was promoted at Kent Twilight sessions last year for using and teaching Internet Safety to
KS2 pupils. It is an International website with over 100,000 children using it and 10,000 teachers. It is cross
curricular, creative and motivational and pupils can add graphics and sounds to their home pages. Above all
this site is mediated by people who were in the whole, mainly teachers and who thus understand children’s and
school’s needs.
Weather Watch Photographic competition
Monday 3rd November to Friday 7th November 2008
To launch the project this year pupils are invited to post digital images of the weather
in their local area on the Weather Watch micro-site.
http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/weather09/
Each posted image should be accompanied by the pupil’s first name and the name
school.
Grouped in the age bands 5-7, 7-11 and 11-16.
Prizes!
There will be prizes in each category to the winner and runners-up.
Register
You will need to register your school on the Weather Watch site first. Details are at
the bottom of the Weather Watch site, click on register, or go here:
http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/register.php?pid=95
For curriculum links look here:
Creating pictures
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year2/unit2b.html
Combining text and graphics
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year3/text.htm
Monitoring environmental conditions and changes
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year5/monitoring.htm
Multimedia Presentation
http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year6/presentations.htm
KS3 ideas:
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/08wonder.htm
Encourage your pupils to be creative and have a go!
For more information contact:
Karl Bentley ASONE ICT AST – Ashford Oaks Primary School
Guidance Notes
To view the site visit: To log-in and up-date the micro-site visit:
http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/weather09 http://www.segfl.org.uk/microsites2/admin/
Log-in: your e-mail address
Password:
Change the Look
Change the template, the banner image, logo image and colour scheme for this
micro-site.
File Area
Upload new files (images, audio, video and documents) and manage existing files.
Article Publishing
Add a new article to the micro-site or edit existing articles.
Video Blogs
Record and add a new video blog, or manage existing video blogs.
Video Stream
Create and add a new video stream page on the micro-site, or manage existing
video streams.
Forum
Approve and manage the topics and posts on this micro-sites forum.
Forum Email alerts
Change who receives email alerts when new forum topics and posts are created.
Administration
Review the administrators for this micro-site.
Registrations
Edit registration form and registrants for this Micro-site.
Help Document – To be added
Registering to take part in the project
All teachers should click on the register tab at the foot of each micro-site page
Teachers will be asked to forward the following information:
First Name
Last Name
E-mail address
Details of all new registrations will be stored in the Registrations folder
An up-dated list of project teachers can be exported from this folder as a CSV file
