Specialist school community work in ICT

This term we have been very pleased to host three different community groups in our ICT suite. Adult learners from the local community, mostly parents, have been participating in ICT lessons on Wednesday afternoons leading to a CLAIT qualification. All but three have now passed the web module through BBC Webwise. Members are using practice materials to develop spreadsheet skills.

Candidates are now approaching the point where they can begin to be entered for modules to gain accreditation for their learning. The Webwise module should cover one of the three units they require. The other two are spreadsheets and file-handling/word processing. In partnership with a local charity based in Acocks Green, ReCom, a group of “Silver Surfers” from Solihull came to the school on Monday afternoons for some basic ICT skills training.

Some interesting sessions took place as most of them had not used a computer before. They learnt how to use a mouse, some basics of touch typing, how to find and use websites, how to create, save and format documents in Word and how to e-mail someone.

In addition to our work with adult learners we have also worked with younger age children. Over thirty Brownies from 36th Birmingham Pack which meets at Colmore Primary School have visited the school for 2 of their recent meetings and with the help of me, Mr Frost, their leaders and parents have worked through the skills required to gain their Brownie Computer badge.

They all had a very enjoyable time, learning new skills and finding out more about Brownies than they knew before, how to use the internet safely and how to protect computers from viruses.

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