Digital Leaders planning for the future

Our Digital Leaders met recently to take part in several activities related to Computing. They were very keen to share their love of Computing and suggested a number of ideas to make our Computing lessons even better. Their main focus is on Safer Internet Day 2024 which takes place next February. They have been busy designing posters to promote the event. Next term, they will be telling their classes all about it.

 

Manor Way Ventilation Investigation by our Pupil Leader Groups

Some Pupil Leader Groups from Manor Way site have recently been conducting an investigation into ventilation around the site, as our old Victorian school building there are traditional sash windows which do not allow as much air to flow through as we would like. 

Supported by the JLT, our Eco-Squad class reps have been measuring the CO2 levels in each class using our measuring devices.

Next our Premises Personnel team conducted a search of the building to see if there was strong evidence to suggest CO2 levels should be higher in rooms where there are more old-style windows and therefore suggesting less ventilation. Then the Digital Leaders met to discuss how best we can present the data collected; they learnt how to use Excel to create tables and graphs. Finally, our JLT reps met to plan persuasive letters to send to the council in order to get more support for changing our windows.

Here some photos from the teams at work...

Work in progress - Windows project

A selection of our Manor Way Pupil Leader Groups have been coming together this term to work on a joint project at Manor Way site. The issue was first raised by our Junior Leadership Team who expressed concern that many children in classes complained that our old Victorian sash windows are not allowing enough air to ventilate the building. Since receiving the CO2 devices in the Autumn Term, in the wake of the pandemic, the children have been paying more attention to Co2 levels, room temperatures and ventilation in their classes. 

Firstly, the Premises Personnel team met to conduct a window inspection around the main school building.

Next, the Eco Squad class reps (with JLT rep support) helped collect data each day on CO2 levels in their classes. A week later, then met again to validate their daily data findings.

Then the Digital Leaders worked with Mr Tuthill to display the data in a clear and concise way using Excel and creating graphs.

Finally, the JLT team met with Ms Truong to write a persuasive letter to the council for their support in improving our ventilation and refurbishing the old style windows. 

Safer Internet Day

Key stage 1 children learnt about being safe online during Safer Internet Day this week. They talked about what to do when using a search engine, why we should never open links sent through games and that we should ALWAYS tell a grown up about what we have been doing online. To help us remember we learnt a fun rhyme with the help of the Digital Leaders:

Before you click, click, click!

You better think, think, think!

And tell a Grown Up!