Thursday 25 February 2010

Parental Engagement/ Online reporting days at Notre Dame High School

Events are free of charge but places are strictly limited so email phaigh@notredame-high.co.uk to book a place or book direct with SSAT here. Delegates who have not booked a place will not be admitted on site due to limited places and safeguarding procedures.

Twilight 18th March 2010

4pm- 5.30pm

30 places

Hallam CLC, Notre Dame High School, Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3BT

Paul Haigh, Assistant Headteacher and Rosie Pontzen, Systems Manager will present Notre Dame’s award winning online reporting system that meets and exceeds the Government’s online reporting requirements. They will also explain the strategic management process in setting up the system and explain how it uses the school’s Information Management System (Serco Facility) and the school’s Learning Platform (Joomla & Moodle) as well as making use of parents SMS text and email (Keep Kids Safe). Notre Dame no longer send home traditional reports to parents.
The will be ample opportunity to ask questions about the system and how it works.

Parking is extremely limited on the school site, please use side streets. Directions are here


Full day 25th March 2010

9.30am-3.00pm

30 places

Hallam CLC, Notre Dame High School, Fulwood Road, Sheffield S10 3BT

Paul Haigh, Assistant Headteacher and Rosie Pontzen, Systems Manager will present Notre Dame’s award winning online reporting system that meets and exceeds the Government’s online reporting requirements. They will also explain the strategic management process in setting up the system and explain how it uses the school’s Information Management System (Serco Facility) and the school’s Learning Platform (Joomla & Moodle) as well as making use of parents SMS text and email (Keep Kids Safe). Notre Dame no longer send home traditional reports to parents.

The will be ample opportunity to ask questions about the system, share your experiences and network with colleague as well as hear from a school who have an outstanding system based on SIMS. There will be time to work on the Becta EPRA tool kit online which will guide you along the journey to online reports and have a tour of Notre Dame High School and the Hallam CLC.


• 9.30 coffee and registration
• 10.00 introductions, welcome, housekeeping. What are the requirements of online reporting and jargon busting around the technology, what needs to happen before you can launch your system- some tips having taken the journey.
• 10.30 a tour of the Notre Dame system
• 11.20 coffee & networking
• 11.40 complete tour of the Notre Dame system, Q+A around the Notre Dame system and sharing experiences between delegates
• 12.10 This is all very good but we don’t have Serco Facility MIS; Input from a SIMS school (Simon Thompson, Monkseaton/ Becta)
• 12.30 lunch
• 1.10 Finish input from a SIMS school, introduction to the EPRA toolkit and working on the EPRA tool kit to bench mark where your school is now and how to move forward using www.ict-register.net and PCs
• 2.10 Plenary- how do we move ahead and what support is available
• 2.30 Optional tour of the school including a visit to the sustainably build Hallam CLC Environmental Learning Centre
• 3.00 finish

Parking is extremely limited on the school site, please use side streets. Directions are under contact us at www.notredame-high.co.uk