Our new ICT suite was officially opened by the Worshipful Mayor and Mayoress of Stockport" (Councillor Peter Burns and Mrs Margaret Burns) on 3rd March.
This state-of-the-art 25 workstation ICT suite, complete with the latest 78" Interactive Whiteboard and XP Server is broadband linked and networked across the whole school. This improvement will be of benefit to every child at Brookside and will develop teaching and learning opportunities significantly.
Brookside Primary School is hosting its own version of 'Make your Mark with a Tenner', the groundbreaking challenge for 10,000 teenage students to make an impact with just £10. (more details at www.starttalkingideas.org/mym_with_a_tenner)
The original Challenge, which is running in the month of February 2007, is simple. Each teenage student is 'loaned' £10 and given 1 month to make an impact. Participants must work to the best of their abilities to ensure that within one month they are able to repay their initial £10 and demonstrate how they made their mark and what profit they made. There is a focus on 'ethical' projects which help the local community.
At Brookside we will be setting this task to the 16 children in our junior Computer Club. Any profits made will go to the school's charity for the year, Francis House. Projects range from signs designed and made for a local business to a set of cards for Easter. The children have pooled their £10 and formed small teams. They will sell their products from table-tops at our forthcoming 'Spring 'Show', closely supervised by our staff. At the conclusion of the project the pupils will write a short report on their idea and how it went
"This is a very novel and exciting opportunity for the children. Using our fantastic new ICT resources, they can safely apply their creativity and the skills they have developed to the benefit of themselves and others. I can't wait to see the results! My thanks to all who have supported the scheme" George Bulman, Headteacher
2006-2007 term introduces the following new facilities into our school
A full size ICT Suite New building for Busy-bees and Brooksiders Drama lighting in the hall New therapy room Extended sensory space Fully rewired school New disabled access ramps Updated IT network with XP server for suite and all classes New shower/ first aid room More storage
Brookside Primary School has secured more than 300.000 pounds funding for a modernising transformation
The money has been spent on a variety of improvements including a 25 workstation computer suite - broadband linked to the whole school and complete with a 78" whiteboard, complementing the whiteboards already fitted in every classroom.
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Our headteacher George Bulman said: "We are all very excited about the wonderfull developments we have at our school. The new computer suite is state of the art and will be of benefit to every pupil.
Other projects feature a new room for visiting therapists and specialist teachers, a total rewire of the school and a complete refit of the shower room.
Another major development is the new purpuse-build accomodation for Busy Bees(pre-school) and Brooksiders (before and after school care) -for , among others, the schools nursery and junior pupils.
The building will be clad in Siberian larch with a red tiled roof, toilets, kitchen and even air-conditioning.
Our headteacher added: "Our long-established pre-school and wrap-around care groups will be comfortably accomodated in the new custom made building".
"Exciting times at Brookside"
Article courtesy, Stockport Times
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