Barefieldsip

SCHOOL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO THE USE OF ICT AND SIP

to motivate the pupils to learn the French language;
to use ICT to introduce the French Language to pupils and to further their understanding of same;
to establish links between the participating schools with a view to exchanging and to formulating lesson plans, ideas for class activities, games, etc.;
to initiate links with other primary schools nationally and in France (Scaér, Brittany) in order to broaden the language experience for the pupils;
to promote an improvement in the knowledge of French Culture through the medium of computers;
to enhance the pupils' knowledge and to stimulate the pupils' interest in France;
to establish a twinning project with a French Elementary school ;
to develop the European dimension of the pupils' education;
to identify language software, suitable to the needs of our pupils;
to help develop the Information and Communication Technology capability in each child;
to ensure, where possible, that pupils capabilities are extended from class to class;
to use ICT to further the pupils' understanding of the French Language;
to enable children use ICT equipment and software confidently and purposefully, to communicate and to handle information, and to support their problem solving , recording and expressive work.

We in Scoil Ghoirt Lomáin, as participants in SIP 21, chose to learn French as our Modern Foreign Language.

Ranganna 1 - 6 are partaking in the project in the following way;

Rang 1 - 4 30 minutes per week.
Rang 5 - 6 45 minutes per week.

The programme is modular in design, each module comprising our four lessons and each has a French theme and an IT dimension.

Modules

E-mail	Christmas	Software
World Wide Web	Databases	Euro Lessons
Peripherals	Desktop Publishing	Word Processing

Classes in the school have been paired with corresponding classes in our French partner school in Scaer and the children will maintain contact with their peers there through the use of e-mail.

We are participating in the Commenius Programme and which will enhance our activities in SIP.

Dissemination Nights
We held a very successful parents and community dissemination night in December. Those in attendance had an opportunity to observe the children working on the computers Samples of the children’s work were also on display.
Prior to the Easter holidays we hosted a teacher’s dissemination night. Presentations were given on SIP and the teaching of Modern Foreign Languages in Barefield N.S. to the teachers from the general Ennis area. They were keen to hear how our SIP project was being implemented in Barefield. They explored the children’s work displayed and enjoyed some live French music performed by the children.

Children participating in SIP 21 enjoy using interactive software to consolidate French vocabulary learned in class.

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A group of children in Barefield N.S. display their work on the school theme where they developed a variety of computer skills - word processing, e-mailing, databases.They received many compliments from their parents at the Parents Dissemination Night.

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Some of the children from Barefield N.S. were proud to discuss the work involved in SIP 21 with the teachers from the general area at the Teachers' Dissemination Night.

SCHOOL AIMS AND OBJECTIVES IN RELATION TO THE USE OF ICT AND SIP

to motivate the pupils to learn the French language;

to use ICT to introduce the French Language to pupils and to further their understanding of same;

to establish links between the participating schools with a view to exchanging and to formulating lesson plans, ideas for class activities, games, etc.;

to initiate links with other primary schools nationally and in France (Scaér, Brittany) in order to broaden the language experience for the pupils;

to promote an improvement in the knowledge of French Culture through the medium of computers;

to enhance the pupils' knowledge and to stimulate the pupils' interest in France;

to establish a twinning project with a French Elementary school ;

to develop the European dimension of the pupils' education;

to identify language software, suitable to the needs of our pupils;

to help develop the Information and Communication Technology capability in each child;

to ensure, where possible, that pupils capabilities are extended from class to class;

to use ICT to further the pupils' understanding of the French Language;

to enable children use ICT equipment and software confidently and purposefully, to communicate and to handle information, and to support their problem solving , recording and expressive work.

Children participating in SIP 21 enjoy using interactive software to consolidate French vocabulary learned in class.

A group of children in Barefield N.S. display their work on the school theme where they developed a variety of computer skills - word processing, e-mailing, databases.They received many compliments from their parents at the Parents Dissemination Night.

Some of the children from Barefield N.S. were proud to discuss the work involved in SIP 21 with the teachers from the general area at the Teachers' Dissemination Night.

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