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| Anything is Possible 2 – The Bristol Summer Challenge |
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This years Summer School is again catering for the Year 10 students of the Arts. We will be teaming students up with professional artists. The artists will take the students through the whole process of mastering an art form and responding to a commissioned brief.
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| Science Text Alerts |
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A new service for Yr11s is available for students from the end of March! Students can receive FREE science and general revision tips to their mobiles. To register for the service:
Text your last name, first name, school and email address to 07781482794 or email (including mobile no.) To: sciencetxt@hotmail.co.uk Your registration text is charged at your normal text rate.
Also 'Ask a Scientist' if you need help with any of your science revision (TXT or email to the mobile number/email address above). |
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| SamLearning.com |
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Join with us in helping students to revise online. SAM Learning has GCSE Exam practice papers for nearly ALL subjects.
Every Bristol student has his/her own user name on the SAM Website. This is accessible from any computer, either at school, in libraries, CLCs or at home. Every Bristol secondary school is subscribed to SAM.
Research has shown that just 10 hours spent on SAM will help to increase your child's GCSE results by a whole grade. |
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| Learning on the Move |
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No longer the ‘must have’ for the working executive only, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistant) promise to be very useful in education, both in and out of the classroom.
Handheld learning projects using PDAs are being piloted by CLC3 with partner Secondary schools in science and geography.
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| ICT in Science |
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Year 10 double science pupils from Whitefield went to the Bristol Harbourside and used data-logging equipment to measure temperature and environmental data, such as the Ph levels in water. We also took laptop computers and digital microscopes, so that they could see the micro beasts in the water. Students were able to record little video clips of them moving. Amazingly they found that the docks are actually quite clean nowadays!
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| DiDA |
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DiDA is a suite qualification consisting of a number of different units: Using ICT (compulsory), Multimedia, Graphics and ICT in Enterprise. Each unit is worth one GCSE. The qualification is dependant on how many units are completed. At the moment one can get an Award (AiDA), a Certificate (CiDA) or a Diploma (DiDA). Multimedia skills that teachers will need to deliver Unit D202. Delegates will be guided through each stage of the coursework preparation culminating in the final e-portfolio which will be based on a sample Summative Project Brief.
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