Extending learning

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Learning platforms can help schools, teachers, learners and parents with many challenges.  Explore the areas below to see how Primary and Secondary schools have used their learning platform to address challenges.

Primary schools

  1. Transition between schools
    Transition between schools

    Discover how learning platforms can help to ease the transition between schools, making it a much more positive experience.

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  2. Personalising learning
    Personalising learning

    See how schools use learning platforms to personalise children’s learning, for gifted pupils and mixed ability classes.

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  3. Extending the classroom
    Extending the classroom

    Learning platforms are ideal for extending learning beyond the classroom and for learning anywhere anytime.

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  4. Improving collaboration
    Improving collaboration

    Increase and improve safe and secure collaboration between pupils, and partner schools, using a learning platform.

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  5. Improving communication
    Improving communication

    Increase and improve communication between staff, pupils, parents and governors with a learning platform.

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  6. One of the real benefits of the learning platform is to engage our parents, to show them what is happening within school

    Darren Gamble, Deputy Head (Lingfield Primary School)

 

Secondary schools

  1. Developing staff
    Developing Staff

    Increase staff confidence with some  tried and tested ideas that get staff using and experimenting with your learning platform.

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  2. Monitoring and assessment
    Monitoring and Assessment

    Discover how learning platforms are ideal for monitoring and assessing the progress of individual pupils, or the whole class.

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  3. Engaging students
    Engaging Students

    See how schools use learning platforms to engage and motivate individuals, and the whole school, even when students can’t get into school.

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  4. Personalising learning
    Personalising learning

    Learn how schools are personalising learning by using their learning platforms effectively.

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  5. Improving collaboration
    Improving collaboration

    Discover how learning platforms can increase and improve collaboration between students and between schools.

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  6. Improving communication
    Improving communication

    Learning platforms can support and improve communications between schools, students, parents, staff and governors.

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What schools have to say about learning platforms

  1. One of the many benefits that we find of having the learning platform is the anytime, anywhere learning

    Gail Jones, Broadgreen International School

  2. When governors are making decisions, the more information the better.  The system allows us to have as much information as possible to make choices

    Malcolm Carling, Chair of Governors, Lingfield Primary

Join in the debate - visit the Becta collaboration site on extending learning

Case Studies

Learn more about the different ways schools, staff, parents and pupils are all working together using learning platforms.

  • Case Study : Ninestiles Secondary School

    Ninestiles is a well-established Technology College with nearly 1,500 11-18 learners.  The learning platform is tailored to reflect commonly used social media tools. This encourages learners take up activities and respond to calls for volunteers and opinions.

  • Case study: Grays Infants School

    Grays School is a large infant and nursery school serving 239 children in an area of social deprivation in Newhaven. Grays views its partnership with parents as crucial. It is currently using technology to support family learning and parental engagement.

What is a learning platform?

Learning platforms provide a secure space for schools to share curriculum and pupil information, learning resources and collaboration tools.

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What is a learning platform?

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