Want to create or develop your schools website.

We are hosting 3 Web Fronter courses here at Central Enfield CLC . The dates are 22nd Feb, 6th May and 6th July from 9:30 until 3:30 If you are interested in attended one of these sessions please book your place by contacting the centre on

020 8482 2036 or email enquires@centralenfieldclc.org.uk

We are hoping to run a radio station week here in Enfield where schools can create radio broadcasts and share them over the course of a week. I know that many schools in Enfield have their own radio stations and it would be interesting for these schools to share their experiences and suggest ways of how we can take this forward.

If you are interested and are in a school in Enfield come along to a meeting on November 16th from 4pm until 5pm at Central Enfield CLC to discuss this further, to find out who is interested in being involved, decide on the theme of the week and divide the topics amongst schools. I am suggesting that the radio week will take place in May.

If you are interested in being involved and are in an Enfield Primary school please contact the centre for more information or attend the meeting on the 16th November 2009

We have been working with The Latymer School Enfield, piloting the impact of a set of 10"Netbooks to support learning in lessons. Towards the end of the summer term, year 9 experimented with the Netbooks in a range of lessons. We have loaned them 30 Samsung Netbooks, which are stored and charged in a case that can easily be transported around the school to different lessons.

From September 09 they have been used with year 7s in a variety of subjects, we will publish more findings as we work through the project.

The feedback below is from year 9 students, their responses are in blue.

• Did you find having access to the Netbooks useful?:

Yes, definitely 16 (69.57%)

No, not at all 6 (26.09%)

Not sure 1 (4.35%)

• Did you find having the 24/7 access to the Netbooks useful?:

Yes 13 (56.52%)

No 7 (30.43%)

Not sure 3 (13.04%)

• Did you manage to connect to the internet at home?:

Yes 3 (13.04%)

No 20 (86.96%)

• Did the Netbooks retain enough power to use it throughout the day?:

Yes 22 (95.65%)

No 1 (4.35%)

What activities did your teachers ask you to complete using the netbooks


"In Geography we filled in a table in class. In German and French we went online on language websites"


"We made Powerpoint presentations, charts and graphs, used Etherpad (an online document-modifying
program)"
"
"A powerpoint presentation in English, planning a fashion show in German, using My Maths and creating a table in word in Geography. We also had the option to type instead of writing in our books"

Describe points outlining the best bits about the Netbooks.:

"They had cameras and we could use pictures we had taken in our work"

"Good for classwork. - Good for homework. - Can be used anywhere"

"they make learning more fun you can research things without needing the computer room"



Add three points outlining the worst bits about the Netbooks.:

"No internet at home using them"

"you can't use that many programs only office documents"

"Heavy, and took up a lot of bag space"

We will update the news page with more findings as we work through this exciting project.

The Fronter Support Training at Central Enfield CLC on the 12th November is now full.

We are continuing to support the schools and multi agency staff with E safety training. These sessions have become very popular.

Dates that we have planned for E - Safety (Child Exploitation Online Protection Agency) Training are as follows:

Wednesday 18th November 2009 9:30pm – 12:30 OR 13:00 - 16:00

Wednesday 20th January 2010 9:30pm – 12:30 OR 13:00 - 16:00


Please contact the centre to book. These are free only to Enfield Schools.

We have been working with Tim Rylands (http://www.timrylands.com/blog/about/) to explore the potenital of using computer games to engage and inspire students to write. Tim began using computer games in his lessons in a bid to improve children's literacy and communication skills. He travels around the world to give presentations and model lessons. We managed to secure a booking with Tim in Enfield. We invited Tim to deliver a training session to Teachers over two days. We worked with Alison Martin to organise the sessions. The training involved teachers from Enfield Primary schools attending Galliard Primary to watch Tim model a session with year 1, 3 and 5.

Tim modelled lessons which involved using a computer game called Myst to develop creative writing skills. The purpose was to encourage creative writing, inspiring children to explore vocabulary, Metaphors and Similes in a fun and exciting way. The following day the teachers came to the CLC to explore the pedagogy behind what they had seen the day before at Galliard.

The CLC is supporting this project by loaning Ipod touches to the schools to explore Myst for creative writing. Teachers have been asked to select 6 pupils in their schools to track their progress. We will be publishing the findings to this exciting project some watch this space.