frog 15 - froglearn masterclass - (dorchester primary school)

FrogLearn at Dorchester Primary

A quick insight!

• Larger than average Primary (approx. 600 NOR)

• Worcester Park, South London (not Dorchester!)

• 3 form entry

• Nursery and Reception

Who have we got with us today?

• Nursery/Infant/Junior/Primary

• High schools (including Academies)

• Colleges

• Special / PRU

• Other

Our journey!

The need for a VLE!

• Historically, a Fronter customer.

• Staff and pupil challenges.

• Vicious cycle of doom!

• Allowed us an opportunity to re-scope our needs.

• Re-buy in from key stakeholders.

• Perhaps most importantly, a fresh start!

Our requirements!

• (In a very, very, vague order of importance!)

• A simple, easy to use interface

• Integration with SIMS.net (our MIS)

• Child friendly tools to engage our children

• (or as one child said “it’s pretty sick”)

• A time-efficient tool

The implementation!

A lot less painful than expected!

• Frog set us up June time - essential time to explore

• Staff accounts setup

• Half hour school-led training - staff given time to get on with it

• Hour training provided by Frog

• Pupil accounts set up

• Job done……….

How we use Frog now

Constantly changing!

• Previously, the focus of a VLE was about sharing homework to avoid printing - a very dangerous approach!

• Evolved over time:

• Aid phone-school communication

• eSafety

• Home learning and setting suitable tasks

• Remove burden of additional marking

• Streamline admin processes

Year sites

Online voting

Parents evening booking (embedding a 3rd party)

Data collection

Teaching and learning tool

Our school website (dorchesterprimary.com)

Sharing audio/video clips - learning the Nativity songs!

Using Frog Assignments and FrogPlay for setting homework