Good Practice
ELAMP4 Project November 2006- November 2007
 Electronic Learning & Mobility Project
The purpose of this national project is to build on the successful work of ELAMP3 by continuing to explore and consolidate the use of laptops and internet linkage to enhance traditional distance learning packs and approaches.
The project will enable children from travelling communities to stay in touch with their school  electronically in order to exchange messages and work, and to have access to the rich learning resources provided by the internet. The rationale behind the project is to use ICT to strengthen links with pupils and families so that schools can improve support for children whose learning would otherwise be interrupted.
The project is coordinated by the National Association for Teachers of Travellers and funded by the DfES.
The Traveller students involved will be loaned:
- A laptop and appropriate learning software, chosen by the TESS/schools.
- A datacard and a communication account which will enable pupils to exchange some work and email messages with schools, and to make use of selected web-based materials
- A DigiMemo
Hertfordshire Schools involved in ELAMP4 has been expanded from the previous project to involve 13 pupils (6 Secondary & 7 Primary) and 9 schools (4 Primary & 5 Secondary schools).
DVD to Promote Secondary Education for Traveller Pupils
The Traveller Education service is currently involved in a very exciting initiative working with the ‘Rewind Film Company’ to produce a DVD to promote secondary education for Traveller pupils.
 We have interviewed young people from Gypsy, Irish Traveller & Showmen families and they have talked about their plans for secondary education and their hopes for the future. We have also interviewed pupils who are attending secondary school who speak very positively about their education. Traveller adults who have attended secondary education and further educational courses also talk about their experiences. Other adults talk about how they regret not having a complete secondary education and their hopes for their own children’s education.
The DVD is now in the editing stage and we hope the finished film will be available by July.
Bullying
The Hertfordshire Traveller Education Service have developed two circle
time lessons:
- Understanding
bullying as an attack on difference
- Do the right thing
These can be downloaded from the PSHE KS3 & 14-19 Teaching Resources - Developing Relationships page
Hertfordshire Adult and Community Learning Project - Traveller Communities
and Post 18 Learning Opportunities
A report identifying the educational and learning needs of post 18 year
old Travellers residing in Hertfordshire has been written by Kristy Thakur
(ACL Hertfordshire Traveller Co-ordinator)
The aim of this report is to identify the educational and learning needs
of post 18 year old Travellers residing in Hertfordshire. The report is
based on a survey that was undertaken in October 2004 on all 11 HCC Caravan
Sites as well as some private sites. This report assesses the current
situation for Travellers accessing further education and the barriers
that are in existence. The recommendations suggest ways in which adult
learning for Travellers can be moved forward. In addition Family Learning
and IAG (information, advice and guidance) services are discussed as other
options.
Please download the full report for further details:
'Keeping Up with the Children' - Family Numeracy
The Traveller Education Project and the Hertfordshire Numeracy Team have
worked together with three primary schools to deliver Numeracy Training
to Traveller parents. Ryelands School, Essendon School and Colney Heath
School took part in this project. Traveller parents were invited into
the schools for three afternoon sessions and heard about the National
Numeracy Strategy and its implications for their children. They also watched
a three-part numeracy lesson delivered by a member of the school staff.
 There
was then chance for parents to discuss new maths strategies with the teacher.
There was also opportunity for parents to be shown and try out activities
that they could use with their children at home. All parents were given
a maths resource pack full of exciting goodies to take away with them.
A booklet with suggested activities to accompany the resource pack was
also handed out and we are in the process of making a video for parents
which demonstrates ways of using the pack. Feedback from parents has been
extremely positive and they expressed a need for similar training in the
latest literacy developments - our next challenge!! Kate Stockdale.
Please contact the TEP for further details on this Numeracy project.
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