using hwb + to develop literacy skills at ysgol pencae
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Using Hwb + to develop Literacy skills at Ysgol Pencae. Bethan Davies. Bethan Davies. Class teacher Foundation Phase leader ITC Coordinator Hwb + accredited trainer with the Central South Consortium. Ysgol Pencae. Ysgol Pencae is located in Llandaf , Cardiff 202 pupils aged 4 - 11 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using Hwb+ to develop Literacy skills at Ysgol
Pencae.
Bethan Davies
Bethan DaviesClass teacherFoundation Phase leaderITC CoordinatorHwb+ accredited trainer with the
Central South Consortium
Ysgol PencaeYsgol Pencae is located in Llandaf,
Cardiff202 pupils aged 4 - 11 10 teachersA set of computers in each
classroom18 iPads6 Learn Pads
Being part of the Hwb+ pilot
One of four schools in the pilot - Ysgol Pencae, Ysgol Uwchradd Bro Edern, Ysgol Uwchradd Fitzalan and Ysgol Tredigarville
Initial training for me as the project leaderWe decided as a school to be child-centred
for the Hwb+ pilotTwo classes were selected (Years 6 and 2)
to take part in the project in this schoolA scheme was followed to develop the
Literacy skills of pupils involved in the project using Hwb+ tools
A page was created for each of the pilot classesYear 2
The school's digital mottoWelcome
message and picture of teacher drawn by a child
Videos of class work
Pictures of pupils' experiences
Additional links
Links to useful websites
Year 6School's digital motto
Welcome message
Publications
Pictures of pupils' experiences
Additional links
Videos of class workHomewor
k inbox
Quick link to discussions
Literacy ProjectA theme was chosen which was
suitable for Years 2 and 6 - homesPupils were introduced to one tool at
a timeA class task was set and a related
home task using each toolAn instruction leaflet was prepared
to accompany each task in the project
DiscussionsA discussion topic was set asking pupils to describe their homes.
The interactive element immediately caught pupils' interest. We got 162 responses over the first weekend.
The pupils started to interact naturally over the first weekend.
There was immediate interaction between the teacher and pupils.
This was an opportunity to drill language and correct errors sensitively outside the pressure of the classroom.
Pupils began experimenting with different elements naturally.
BlogPupils were asked to write a blog about their local area inserting digital pictures where possible.
When moderating and publishing the blogs as a class teacher there was an opportunity to see common mistakes and plan to improve the quality of pupils' written work.
Year 2 pupils' blogging work was used as an opportunity for pupils to assess each others work. This idea came from the response of one pupil to another pupil's work.This pupil's blog was all in yellow to begin with.
I like Gwenlli's blog. It's full of information but it's very difficult to read on a computer screen. Yellow isn't a good colour to use, it would be better to change the colour
QuestionnaireWe worked together as two classes to use the next tool.Year 6 pupils created a questionnaire for Year 2 to answer and Year 2 created a questionnaire for Year 6 to answer.
An opportunity to teach about different types of questions.
The data was collected and analysed creating different graphs.
The children enjoyed working with children in another class.
The questionnaires were answered as homework.
WICICreating Wici was something new for us as a school.Firstly the Wici tool was used on Hwb+ to teach about how Wici is web-dependent.Both classes then created 'Our class' Wici with all pupils creating a page about themselves with links to interests and also to each others pages.
The Year 6 teacher saw an opportunity to use Wici to complete an annual task in a different way.
Branching stories were created for children in the Reception Class using Wici on Hwb+.
Links were created to give the reader a choice.
I like these stories, they can be different every time. They're not boring.
Sharing information with parents Putting pictures of experiences in the pictures library.
Putting curriculum maps and homework in the documents library.
Libraries for different experiences.
Moving forward after the launchTraining the other teaching staff All members of teaching staff had a half-day of specific
training. The leader created a similar page for all classes.Foundation Phase
Junior Section
Moving forward after the launchWe decided to be child-centred and focus on using Hwb+ with
pupils. One tool was introduced at a time in a staff meeting and
ideas were discussed. Time was set aside to use the specific tool before coming back to show and discuss and introducing the next tool.
Year 3Year 3 are creating discussions about
different aspects of classroom life.
Discussions
Reception ClassPupils from the Reception Class
are encouraged to hold special
discussions with their families.
After hearing that a school in our cluster had received their own platform we decided to work together using Hwb+ as a tool.
We created a discussion on the Year 6 page about our feelings as we got nearer to moving to the secondary school.
A teacher and pupils from the other school were invited to be part of the discussion.
CollaborationMoving forward after the launch.
Moving forward after the launch.
Pupils in all classes blog regularly about their experiences in
school.
Blogging
Moving forward after the launch.
Wici All classes create a Wici about the different contexts.
Impact on standardsBoys are much keener to do literacy tasks.The standard of pupils' work rose immediately as
pupils became aware that there was a real audience for their work.
Pupils work together and use each other's strengths.
End of Foundation Phase results Summer 2013 – 100% outcome 533.3% outcome 6
With 42.8% of boys attaining outcome 6End of Key Stage 2 outcomes Summer 2013 –
90% level 4 Welsh93.3% level 4 English36.6% level 5 Welsh60% level 5 English
ActivityIn your groups discuss your tool
and gather ideas about how to use it in class to enrich teaching and learning.
Hwb ClubA Hwb club was
developed in school.MAT children were
chosen from Year 2 to Year 6.
These pupils were trained on all elements of Hwb+.
A special page was created for the Hwb Club.
Hwb ClubThe Hwb Club created videos to accompany the
different elements of Hwb+Example of Video
They created a discussion to answer any questions.
Next steps for the Hwb ClubUse pupils from the Hwb Club to
train people in other schools - staff and pupils
Further training for them to be able to edit their page
Run parent-led training