Bilton Grange ICT

Four Days at Cyberschool

2009-06-26T17:48:00.005+01:00

After four days of Cyberschool, some super work has resulted and been sent in, which can be seen on the main school website at:
http://www.biltongrange.co.uk/news/2009/jun/18/youve-got-mail/

However some of the e-mail interaction between staff and pupils has made for entertaining reading. Names removed/abbreviated to initials to protect the innocent and guilty alike!

0908 Good morning! B.; tuck your shirt in.
0914 how do you know my shirt is't tucked in
0915 Big brother is watching you!!
0930 yes sir
Hello, Sir. i've got a problem. I haven't got an Olive tree. "WHAT AM I GOING TO?". Only joking. The work is fun.

Hi everyone- so who has got Swan Flu?

Yes - when we went to RAK in the UAE they pronounced my name choss - I got used to it - I was happy that they remembered me. Hope you are well, please dont get swine flu.

Unfortunately we are unable to read the attachment, however this won't stop us doing any work!

I am beginning to tear my hair out with computers that will not print, or connect to the internet for more than a few seconds, so we have given up trying to keep up with lessons. We will print off what we can/ work as and when the machines will give us access and hopefully bring hard copies of most things with us on Friday. I hope you understand. We will go and look at the flowers, bus stop and the church now

He spent three hours on the maths times tables yesterday afternoon as he enjoyed it so much, unfortunately I have to go out to a long standing appointment this morning, so A. is going to do half an hour now. I hope that this is Ok.

Problem a) If Mary can mow the court in 3 hours and Jack can mow it in 6 hours, how long would it take them to mow the court together?
Solution GET HENRY AS HES REALLY QUICK ON THE MOWER

Well done! You have completely upstaged all other subjects. Greek and French have been dismissed and she is rummaging through our rrecycling boxes and waving scissors about in a dangerous manner. She is completely inspired and absorbed. You might as well tell all her other teachers now to just forget whatever they had planned.

I have done the work on the computer but I can't draw a picture of my house on the Work sheet do I print out the work sheet and then draw the house. Hope you can help!!!

Hello all. Anybody in? Hellloooooooo??
I know you can hear me!
Bet those Ts are off shootin’ and huntin’ someplace, skinning some unfortunate creature. (Please be careful, boys)
And that A. is off on a skiing jaunt, probably swanning around in a helicopter at this very moment.
And N. - arm wrestling bears and stealing their dinner money- don’t think I don’t know about that.
And J. and A.- watching TV and eating crisps for more than 36 hours straight might give you bed sores.
And B.- I said diary writing, not dairy writing- stop writing about cheese spreads.
And that K, well we all know what she’s been up to… I just hope the law doesn’t find out. Just because the CCTV image was patchy, doesn’t mean they won’t track you down- Robbing a bank in your wedding dress: original and funny- but conspicuous. A bad idea. Stick to your usual catsuit and tights over the head.
So your diaries will be very entertaining after all….
Keep well, see you Monday

Here is my English homework (We hope you can read it - please refer to mammy's earlier email about being mac users)

1008 Good morning. Thank you for trying yesterday's Kakuro puzzle. Here's today's offering. Good Luck
1835 8/8 on the simultaneous equations and i will do the rest after my tea.
1844 Excellent. What's for tea?
1912 Dad's cooking so nothing special. Just a few chicken nuggets with beans.I have got 14/15 on the averages. I got the mean of the 8 numbers wrong.
2009 Well done, and I hope that the chicken nuggets were edible! Don't worry about that website; it seemed to be closed all day for maintenance
2019 The chicken nuggets were edible and I managed to find nonograms on a different website. I completed a 5*5 one in 45 seconds. Thanks

And a few from the microblogs on Edmodo:

note from R. to Juniors all spiders have eight/8 legs, except the one in our house which has seven, as Whizz pulled one off

Aha, H. is back from work! Busy day at the office, boys?
Yes, been outside no computers.
That sounds very good, H.; sitting looking at a computer screen all day is not good for you! (note to self: must mow the lawn!)
I need to mow the lawn.

HH: Hey guys I just heard about the recycling fashion design. I've made a belt of crisp packets and I hope to make a t_shirt.
HB: We don't eat crisps as we're too healthy.Good idea thou
HH:I just ate 20 packets for breakfast and I am going to eat 30 more so I can make a uniform for a school.
Teacher: Well I hope you take some photos of yourself dressed entirely in crisp packets! Just don't have more than your recommended daily allowance of salt! (Health and Safety warning)
P: Go into school on Monday wearing it!!!!!!!

Using Technology at the age of 200...

2009-02-17T16:52:00.002Z

Charles Darwin, born 200 years ago, has clearly been making the most of modern technology. In an interesting website, we see what his journey to the Galapagos would have been like had he been blogging:

http://www.thebeaglevoyage.com/

and on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/cdarwin/

Siftables

2009-02-14T13:18:00.000Z

3M Weather Survey

2009-02-11T14:12:00.001Z

3M would be very grateful if you can fill in the short survey below:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pqSJn-9f6eU3S3iDcBKkNEg

or here:
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to help them to collect data for a survey about the weather so far this month. It shouldn't take more than a minute or two!

Do it Yourself!

2009-01-18T12:39:00.004Z

You may be interested in 2DiY, the latest product from 2Simple (who made 2Animate). It lets you (whisper it quietly!) make your own games!

Here's a game made by DRN.
LEVEL ONE
The Princess has to collect all the vases without getting burned- there's a 60 second time limit as well!
LEVEL TWO
Collect all the golden pyramids without falling into the gunge. 2 min limit.
LEVEL THREE
Collect all the healthy food without falling into the gunge or eating something unhealthy! 2 min limit.

BETT 2009

2009-01-18T14:37:00.003Z

Every January, an enormous show takes place at Olympia, a large exhibition centre in London. It's called BETT and is where all the companies who make ICT hardware and software for schools come to show off their products. Thousands of teachers and other people who work in schools come to find out what's new!

This year, Mr Taylor and Mr Noble set off to Olympia to explore BETT. We visited lots of the stands, including Sherston Software, Smart Learning, 2Simple, Promethean, and lots of other companies whose products interested us.

Below you can see one of the two large exhibition halls- the show covered both halls, on the ground floor and on the first floor balconies.

Google Map tracks Election result

2008-11-04T22:43:00.004Z

This blog uses lots of embeddable code, to add content from other websites. Google have produced a good example, a map that updates live to show the results of the US Presidential election.

Learning to type...

2008-10-12T17:42:00.000+01:00

Many children are making good progress with English Type Junior; just look at the concentration!

Learning to Type from Bilton Grange on Vimeo.

WoW 1st October 2008

2008-10-03T06:57:00.000+01:00

WoW 1st October 2008 from Bilton Grange on Vimeo.

Geo Greeting!

2008-10-01T18:51:00.001+01:00

Send a Geo-greeting to a friend. Read a sample message here.

Doodling for Google

2008-10-01T16:44:00.002+01:00

Google has been holding a competition for children to design their own Google Logo. You can see the winners here

Up up and away...

2008-09-25T09:57:00.002+01:00

This hot-air balloon was spotted from the Junior classrooms' windows early this morning- we thought Sir Richard Branson might be dropping in, but it appeared to be landing somewhere towards Grandborough!

Bilton Grange in the 1960s...

2008-09-22T18:00:00.000+01:00

More fascinating footage from the cine films made by Joe Richardson- including what may be one of the last Chapel Choir photographs from the era of Mark Pasteur...

Bilton Grange in the 1970s...

2008-09-22T18:00:00.001+01:00

Part 1-

Part 2- Hockey, playing on the lawns, and Section Cross-Country

Part 3-

Bilton Grange 1961-3

2008-09-22T12:00:00.000+01:00

Part 1- including boxing, raft-building and winter fun...

Part 2- the foundations of the Ravenscroft Hall are laid and a Time Capsule is buried in a special ceremony...

Part 3- The Ravenscroft Hall is opened by the Bishop of Coventry.

BG in the late 1950s...

2008-09-22T10:00:00.000+01:00

BG in 1953

2008-09-21T12:32:00.008+01:00

Some fascinating historical footage of Bilton Grange in 1953 has emerged. It was taken by Mr Joe Richardson, a long-serving French master at the school, who died earlier this year, and who was remembered at the Chapel Service yesterday, attended by many of his former pupils. He had a cine camera and one of his hobbies was making home movies showing life at Bilton Grange. These are now a valuable historical record, and we have started to upload them to the Internet so that they can be seen by a wider audience than just those who attended the service.

We hope that the present-day children of BG will also find them fascinating- just how has the school changed?

Spreadsheets

2008-09-19T21:41:00.002+01:00

The Third Form are starting to learn about spreadsheets this term:

The Shambles site has links to some useful resources and so does the Northumberland site.

WoW 17th September

2008-09-19T12:09:00.002+01:00

WoW live, 17th September 2008 from Bilton Grange on Vimeo.

School desk of the future

2008-09-17T15:47:00.001+01:00

Newsround are reporting on what might just be the school desk of the future...

Google Docs explained

2008-09-14T08:49:00.000+01:00

A new way of sharing documents...

Shift Happens

2008-09-14T08:29:00.001+01:00

An influential video about the growth in technology...

Skull or PC?

2008-09-07T10:40:00.001+01:00

NS Optimum, who supply BG with computer equipment and support, have built a computer shaped like a skull! Can you even visualise our ICT room equipped with 20 skulls...?

http://www.podtech.net/home/2541/ns-optimums-gavin-rose-the-argon-pc

Photography tips- portraits

2008-09-06T21:18:00.003+01:00

Two video tutorials with basic tips about how to take good photographs of people.

Digital Literacy II- an anthropological study of YouTube

2008-09-06T20:23:00.000+01:00

A fascinating hour-long lecture about the impact of YouTube on the digital world. This is by a University Lecturer of anthropology, Dr Michael Wesch, and presented at the US Congress Library, so is not aimed at younger children, but for staff and parents with an interest in technology, it's a worthwhile way of passing a spare hour!

"If Web 1.0 linked information, then Web 2.0 links people"