National Award Winners 2008 4-10 Winners

eTwinning Projects were awarded at the Annaul UK National Conference in Nottingham.

Age 4-10. Joint Winners

Famous legends - George Glass - Cauldeen Primary School

This project is designed to revisit local and European legends and myths as well as encourage our pupils to enjoy retelling old legends and to create new legends of their own. This eTwinning project is designed to address the four key capacities within the evolving Scottish ‘Curriculum for Excellence’. Oral language work is central to the recording of our local legends and myths. Visits to local places, recording them and researching the associated legends will create cross curricular work away from the computer. Pupils will research, choose and master the selected presentation formats to create new ways of telling the old stories.

Judges said...

“Excellent focus on the use of language combined with new digital tools to motivate students”

P1, 2 Buckle my Shoe - Margaret Hay - Cauldeen primary school

Preschool-aged children need to be involved with concrete materials and hands on activities in order to   build pre-math skills. They need to think in concrete rather than abstract terms. In early years settings children need to experience mathematics, rather than be taught it in a formal way. Acquiring the ‘feel’ of number and other mathematical concepts is for most children a slow but steady process. A wealth of practical and entertaining learning experiences help young children grow up liking mathematics.

Judges said...“Creative use of technologies which allowed sharing to happen quickly and created a rich learning landscape”