Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone a happy half term break - don't forget to log in to the Virtual School, explore some of the Subject Zones you haven't been to lately, have a look at what's in your Year Group spaces and keep in contact with your friends via stickies.

Password Security

Several of you have reported issues with the security of your log in details. It is your responsibility to keep these details secure (private) as you are responsible for any messages/forum posts that come from your account. Simple steps to help keep your details secure include: LOGGING OUT CORRECTLY. Always click on Log out and then shut the browser down (you get a message reminding you to do this). If you need to write your log in details down, do it somewhere secret, so that other people can't find them.

If you think someone else knows your details, please speak to your teacher who can arrange for your password to be changed.

The HOSCARS (Havering Oscars)

We will be entering a short film into the Havering Oscars competition this year, (a competition organised by the Havering ICT team and open to all Havering schools). The plan is to shoot and edit the film during the Summer term. The film will be about Romford, with French and English subtitles, the idea being that through the film we can show the children at our partner school, Ecole Emile Zola, in Paris, a bit more about where we live.

New for 2010 - ANIMATION UNIT FOR ALL YEAR GROUPS

All our year groups will now study Animation, as part of their ICT lessons. We will be using a program called 2animate to produce some simple animations. Once you have learnt the basics, your teachers will be giving you opportunities to create short animations during other lessons, such as Geography.

CROWNFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL WIKI

We have launched our own wiki - take a look by clicking on the link or typing www.crownfield.wikispaces.com into your address bar. We will start off with Year 6 adding pages to the wiki. If it is a success, we will invite other year groups to contribute too.

Education City access - COMING SOON

You may remember that we trialled an on line resource called EDUCATION CITY at the beginning of this year. We have now signed up to this, which means you will be able to access the English, maths and science activities during lesson time. Keep checking your stickies inbox for more news.

Has your work been uploaded?

Mrs Chidwick has been working hard with the children she teaches to upload their work to our Virtual School Year Group spaces. This means that work can be shared with your parents, carers, friends, showing them your achievements! Visit your Year Group space to view your work and that of your peers.