This year we have slightly adapted the way that both Edmund Waller and Holbeach are going to blog as classes.
As with last year, each class will have its own blog linked to the school homepage but these shall simply be filtered results from the main school blog. Posting information will be the same as it was on the free WordPress blogs used last year but staff will need to select the appropriate category in order for it to appear in the correct section. The key benefit to using the main site is that it will be far simpler to upload additional content, such as videos, weblinks and documents.
To help ease the workload this year, pupils in Key Stage 2 will have a series of Computing lessons to learn how to blog and be allocated their own personal WordPress logins to be able to independently create their own posts. To ensure online safety, these posts will be submitted for review and require a teacher to confirm their posting.
To ensure that blogs are fully utilised teachers must post:
termly curriculum newsletters for parents (preferably as an uploaded PDF),
class assemblies,
educational visits, and
memorable events
Last school year some classes were very successful in posting information for home learning and additional letters for parents, along with detailed blogs on the various school journeys that the schools participate in. It would be great to see some new ideas used this year, such as home learning carried out on the blog and the 100 word challenge.
This link is to some research about the impact that blogging can make on children's writing but, at a recent conference, Sarah Horrocks has highlighted the importance of high standards for grammar and spelling as well as content. This was something that she felt really held back the research study, despite its success.
As with last year, each class will have its own blog linked to the school homepage but these shall simply be filtered results from the main school blog. Posting information will be the same as it was on the free WordPress blogs used last year but staff will need to select the appropriate category in order for it to appear in the correct section. The key benefit to using the main site is that it will be far simpler to upload additional content, such as videos, weblinks and documents.
To help ease the workload this year, pupils in Key Stage 2 will have a series of Computing lessons to learn how to blog and be allocated their own personal WordPress logins to be able to independently create their own posts. To ensure online safety, these posts will be submitted for review and require a teacher to confirm their posting.
To ensure that blogs are fully utilised teachers must post:
termly curriculum newsletters for parents (preferably as an uploaded PDF),
class assemblies,
educational visits, and
memorable events
Last school year some classes were very successful in posting information for home learning and additional letters for parents, along with detailed blogs on the various school journeys that the schools participate in. It would be great to see some new ideas used this year, such as home learning carried out on the blog and the 100 word challenge.
This link is to some research about the impact that blogging can make on children's writing but, at a recent conference, Sarah Horrocks has highlighted the importance of high standards for grammar and spelling as well as content. This was something that she felt really held back the research study, despite its success.