As part of my role as a Leading ICT teacher, I have become involved in the countywide Birdwatch project.
Many schools have installed bird boxes with live webcams. Just fingers crossed that we get some activity.
In conjunction with the project, we have been holding international video conferences using flashmeeting. This has been fantastic for the children and has enhanced their learning.
Each month, schools carry out a birdwatch survey for an hour and results are collated in a spreadsheet and linked to a Google map.
Activities have been planned for each term. For example Term 5 and 6, data handling resources linked to the new framework have been provided for each school. Also a photography competition is running for KS1 and KS2.
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