KEY STATS
Number of students
that will benefit:
26 (whole school)
Age of students
:
5-11 years
Percentage eligible for free school meals:
65%
MY PROJECT
iPads for Innellan
Primary School!
Innellan Primary
School is a small village school overlooking the River Clyde in Argyll,
Scotland. Our 26 pupils benefit from a picturesque rural location, close to
forests and coast which are excellent for outdoor learning. Our small school is
growing steadily, from only eight pupils just a few short years ago to
enrolments for over thirty for the 2018/19 session.
Being such a small school, in the past it's been difficult for the parent council to fundraise for additional school resources to
aid the pupils' learning. Our recent school growth has meant that Innellan Primary
School is going from strength to strength in terms of teaching and learning as
well as becoming a larger part of our wider community. But our need for up-to-date, modern resources has also increased so that our pupils may have the same
opportunities for learning of those in larger city schools.
What do we want?
The Innellan Parent Council would like to
raise funds for iPads for the pupils at Innellan Primary school.
£1,500 would enable us to purchase 5 iPads
with a little left over for paid educational apps. Recent research in
Northern Ireland has shown that young children's maths, English and
communication skills improve if they use iPads in school on a regular basis.
Who is this for?
The P3-6 class is going to be loaning 8 iPads from the Argyll and Bute
Digital Learning team for the remainder of the 2017/18 session to help raise
attainment in Literacy. These are just a loan, however, and they will be
collecting data to show how the iPads have been used and their influence on the
pupils' learning. In order to maintain a bank of iPads for use in the P3-6
class and then also the P1-2 class we will need to raise funds to purchase our
own.
Why do we want it?
Currently Innellan
Primary school has no iPads for our pupils at all. We are one of the very few
schools in our area without even a small number of them to aid our learning across
all areas of the curriculum leaving us at a disadvantage in preparing our
pupils for modern learning practices.
In their recent
Northern Ireland study, researchers from Stranmillis University College assessed
how pupils, parents, principals and teachers used iPads over the course of
two years.
Among their key
findings were that:
-
The introduction of digital technology has had a
positive impact on the development of children's literacy and numeracy skills
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Contrary to initial expectations, principals and
teachers report that the use of iPads in the classroom has enhanced children's
communication skills
-
Children view learning using handheld devices as
play and are more highly motivated, enthused and engaged
-
Boys appear to be more enthused when using digital
technology, particularly when producing pieces of written work
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
5x iPad 32GB with WiFi @ £251.43 each = £1,257.15
5x STM Dux Rugged Case for iPad 2017 @ £25.99 each = £129.95
Subtotal: £1,387.10
Credit card fees (2%): £27.74
Grand tota
l: £1,414.84
If we raise any more money, we'll buy some educational apps to use on our iPads!
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