Journey to the Cloud
Digital Transformation - A real life case study of a primary school as they move into the cloud.
What really matters to your school?
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Microsoft Teams – Supporting Mental Wellbeing
In March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close their doors to students. As the enforced closures showed no sign of being lifted, following the Easter break, the school started to explore how teachers could deliver remote...
AccessibilityFinancial SavingsStudent AchievementsWorkload0Intune for Education and Windows Autopilot
Intune and Autopilot work together to modernise the way your IT Team can deploy and manage devices for staff and students. This new approach saves time and money, reduces the requirements for on-site infrastructure and improves the end-u...
AccessibilityFinancial SavingsStudent AchievementsWorkload0Use OneNote Class Notebooks and save enough money to pay for 1 to 1 devices.
By using OneNote Class Notebooks to replace printed resources in a Key Stage 2 class, a school can save enough money to pay for 1 to 1 devices. Working with St John Fisher Catholic Primary School we have identified that the money spent o...
AccessibilityFinancial SavingsStudent AchievementsWorkload0Assessment – Teacher Feedback (OneNote)
The Year 5 class teacher collects students exercise books at the end of the day ready to take home and mark during the evening. They estimated it takes approximately 60 – 90 mins to mark the students work and provide written feedback w...
AccessibilityFinancial SavingsStudent AchievementsWorkload0Literacy & Personalised Learning (OneNote)
For many schools Literacy is top of the agenda, so most days, among other tasks, students take part in a Word Association activity and each week we have a class spelling test. Typically these types of activities involve printing 30 copie...
Financial SavingsStudent AchievementsWorkload0School Newsletter (Teams & Word)
Staff would email text and images to a colleague responsible for creating the newsletter as a word document. The completed document was then shared on the school website as a PDF. Frustrations would arise when staff sent changes to artic...
Financial SavingsWorkload0Supply Teacher & Nursery Placement Request Forms
There was a lengthy process in place for organising supply cover for teachers. A teacher completed a paper form, handed it in to the main office who then took it to the Head for approval. The Nursery application form was also a paper-b...
Financial SavingsHow toWorkload0Journey to the Cloud – An Introduction
The story of an English state primary school as they undertake their journey to the cloud and implement a new school digital transformation strategy. Capturing the successes, savings both in time and cost, impact on teachers and students...
articleconsultancyCPDcross curriculareducationmicrosoftnewsprimaryschool0Industry Partners
If you are serious about digital transformation you will need support from industry partners. You may need to be prepared to invest upfront to capitalise on long-term gains and savings. Transformation Real outcomes, and the impact on end...
How to0Creating Your Teams
Important to know! When you create Microsoft Teams, access is granted to all Team users including access to all files, channels (except private), OneNote notebooks, and anything shared with the Team. The naming convention used for your ...
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