April 2008

Review of Art & Design Work in 2007
This review presented for the Governors and staff of the school drew together all the cross-curricular aspects of a wide variety of class and whole school activities throughout the year. More...

Art / Design & Technology / ICT / Literacy / Numeracy / History / Geography / RE / PSHE / Citizenship

March 2007

Boys' Writing Project

The programme aims to support schools for whom improving boys’ writing is an identified issue in their school improvement plan or SEF. More...

Literacy

July 2006

The project brought together six South Oxhey schools with a common focus around learning and teaching, particularly supporting able children in Year 4. A number of literacy and mathematics sessions were delivered in the Spring and Summer term 2006. Up to six, able Year 4 pupils from each of the schools clustered for the lessons. More...

Literacy, Mathematics & ICT

July 2007

St Lukes School in Redbourn is a Special School for children and young people with moderate learning difficulties and associated needs. Recently a number of the classrooms have been equipped with GeneeVision 6100 Visualisers.

ICT / Inclusion / Visualisers - cross curricular

May 2007

Heathlands School
Story Telling Video Conference
Heathlands School is an all age community special school for deaf children. On March 26th 2007 children from the Primary department in St. Albans took part in Video Conferencing event for hearing impaired children, hosted by the London Grid for Learning (LGfL.)

Video Conferencing / Literacy / Drama

Mar 2007

Achievement for Low Attainers in Literacy - Intervening for Success

The case studies describe whole school approaches that resulted in a low percentage of children achieving below Level 3 in English at the end of KS2. They provide an overview of good practice that can be drawn upon by all schools. 

• 10 Case Studies

Literacy

2005/6

View Slideshow at Camp School

Developing Speaking and Listening skills

A number of schools took part in a project to develop their knowledge and understanding of the role of speaking and listening in learning. In particular on the explicit and creative teaching of speaking and listening skills.

• Camp Primary and Nursery in St Albans
• Highwood Primary and Nursery School in St Albans
• St Michael’s Primary School in Woolmer Green
• Watton at Stone Primary and Nursery School

KS1 & 2 – Speaking & Listening

September

2005

Peartree Spring Infants School

The staff of Peartree Spring Infants School have worked on developing children’s writing

English

March 2005

Watford Playing for Success

Playing for Success (PfS) is a DfES funded national initiative which uses sport to motivate young people to become successful learners.

Literacy, Numeracy and ICT

January 2005

Cunningham Hill Infants School

Methods of linking subjects

using display boards and Big Books

Literacy/Cross Curricular links

October 2004

St Andrew's CE VA Primary School

Creating a stimulating environment for writing at KS1

Literacy