In order to succeed in both their education and future employment, children will be required to understand and use technology. Incorporating technology into our everyday teaching gives children at Grange Park the skills they need to be successful in their future endeavours.

Our use of 1:1 Chromebooks across Years 1 to 6 enables ways of learning which are collaborative, creative and accessible through the use of Google Classroom, Google Workspace tools and learning apps such as Nearpod. Children use their devices for activities such as interactive presentations, whole class reading texts, retrieval questions on knowledge taught and VR field trips. Our use of quizzes, polls and collaborate boards ensure high levels of engagement and participation. Teachers are able to view children’s responses, check for understanding and give immediate feedback in order to address misconceptions, reteach content and ensure progress. Home learning assignments are set in Google Classroom. This enables teachers to communicate efficiently with children, answer questions and give feedback. Parents are able to share the learning experience with their child.

All children learn differently. Chromebooks enable children to access learning in ways which are most effective for them, for example, by using enlarged text, coloured backgrounds, video instruction, having text read aloud and recording written work using voice-to-text. Adaptations to resources are necessary for some and useful for all. When demonstrating knowledge, children are able to present their learning creatively using a range of tools such as Google Slides, Docs and Sites.

To support the use of technology in the classroom, our teachers receive high quality professional development and the majority are either Google Certified Level 1 or 2. Children are set a series of interactive Workspace Skills badges, collected in a digital passport. Alongside developing their digital literacy skills, children are regularly taught the skills needed to keep safe online.

Whilst Chromebooks are not used for every part of every lesson, they are used every day and we expect children to be responsible for looking after them, and bring them to school fully charged so that every child is ready to participate in learning.

Click the links below to hear what our children say about using Chromebooks for their learning.