Lundavra Primary School
Digital Learning
Strategy
Introduction
The Digital Learning Strategy should be read in conjunction with other school policies including
those for:
 Teaching and Learning
 Technologies
 E-Safety
 Safe and Acceptable Use of the internet
 Chromebook Handbook
It has been written by the school, building on national best practice, Highland Council guidance and
the Scottish Digital Learning Strategy 2016.
This generation of children has come into a world in which digital technology is abundant. Their
world is a world of technology which they start interfacing with from a very young age.
The majority of children in Lundavra Primary School are increasingly adept at using technology, to
present, communicate, create, share, edit, photograph, learn, find out, explore and research.
However, it is important that we ensure that all pupils in our school are equipped with the skills they
might require to adapt to an ever-changing technological landscape. In Lundavra Primary School we
encourage the use of digital learning as a means of supplementing and enhancing the learning and
teaching experience. The children are presented with a wide range of opportunities and experiences
to ensure they can successfully utilise their digital skills and knowledge in a variety of contexts.
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Our Vision for Digital Learning
Digital technology can make a substantial contribution to enriching education across all areas of Curriculum
for Excellence. If used effectively and appropriately, digital technology can enhance learning and teaching,
equip our children and young people with vital digital skills and crucially, it can lead to improved educational
outcomes.
The Scottish Government priorities for Scottish Education are:
• excellence through raising attainment: ensuring that every child achieves the highest standards in
literacy and numeracy, set out within Curriculum for Excellence levels, and the right range of skills,
qualifications and achievements to allow them to succeed; and
• achieving equity: ensuring that every child has the same opportunity to succeed, with a particular focus on
closing the poverty-related attainment gap.
At Lundavra we hope to transform the way Digital Learning is used within learning and teaching across our
curriculum, to raise attainment and achieve equity through:
Anywhere,
anytime
learning for
everyone
21st
Century
Learners @
Lundavra
Efficient,
effective use
of resources
Creative use
of
technology
in Learning
This is informed by the Scottish Digital Futures plan to develop Scotland as a world leading digital nation.
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Aims
In order to realise our vision, we have worked together with the Highland ICT in Learning team to plan to
achieve all four of the following essential and interrelated objectives that are central to successful digital
learning, teaching and assessment from the National Strategy:
• Develop the skills and confidence of educators in the appropriate and effective use of digital technology
to support learning and teaching
• Improve access to digital technology for all learners
• Ensure that digital technology is a central consideration in all areas of curriculum and assessment
delivery
• Empower leaders of change to drive innovation and investment in digital technology for learning and
teaching
We believe that to be able to live, learn, and work successfully in our information rich society, students must
have access to technology and be able to use it effectively.
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How might Digital Technology enhance learning?
Aspect of quality
learning and teaching
Provision of quality
educational content
Tailoring approach to
deliver personalised
learning
Opportunities and impact of
digital technology
Learners and educators have access to a
multitude of additional online educational content
as well as being able to create new digital content
that can support education.
A range of digital tools and services (apps, games,
websites, etc.) allow educators to offer a number
of approaches to learning and learners can
choose the approach that best suits them.
Collaborating with others to
test understanding of new
knowledge and skills
Educators can offer learners the opportunity to
collaborate online with others from across the world
in addition to their peers within their school or early
years setting.
Engaging and motivating
learners
Educators have access to a range of engaging
digital tools and services.
Ensuring education is
relevant to learners’
experience of the world
Educators can deliver learning in a digital context
using digital tools and services. This better aligns
with learners’ experience of today’s digital world.
Opening up experiences
and opportunities for
learners
Educators can provide learners with access to a
range of digital resources which allow ‘anytime/
anywhere learning’ and build a level of digital
skills which will be vital in today’s digital world.
Providing quality
assessment, personalised
feedback and data to
inform subsequent learning
and teaching
Allowing sufficient time for
learning and teaching,
enabling learners to develop
their knowledge and skills
Educators can reduce workload by using
appropriate digital assessments that provide
instant results and personalised feedback.
This frees time for focusing on next steps and
improvement.
Online digital networks allow educators to share
resources and digital tools and services expedite
lesson planning. Digital assessment eliminates
marking time. The time saved can be devoted to
quality learning and teaching.
Live video streaming and digital tools and
services allow the potential for learners to study
subjects via online distance learning.
Equity of educational
choice
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Our Digital Learning Strategy objectives
Objective 1 – Change the Culture of the Use of ICT
• Expected Benefits: to more closely align the use of ICT in school with its use outside of school
Objective 2: Improve confidence in the use of ICT for learners, teachers, school leaders and
parents
• Expected Benefits: to increase the amount of sharing of practice and resource amongst teachers,
leaders and learners in Lundavra Primary; improved reliability of technology in use; increased
achievement for learners through the use of technology; enhanced reputation of Highland and
Scotland in the wider digital world.
Objective 3: Promote new behaviours for teaching
• Expected Benefits: increased innovation by teachers and learners in classroom practice; increased
achievement by learners; increased sharing and collaboration amongst teachers to develop
themselves as learners.
Objective 4: Deepen parental engagement
• Expected Benefits: an increase in the amount of communication between schools and homes,
relating to learners achievements; increased involvement of parents in their child’s learning
through greater access to opportunities; increased digital literacy amongst parents.
Objective 5: Strengthen position on hardware and associated infrastructure
• Benefits: an increase in the number of devices in use in schools; a reduction in the cost of
maintenance of devices for the school; an increase in the connectivity for schools and local
authorities; a reduction in the cost of centrally procured or managed services; an increase in the
sharing of good and interesting practice; an increase in the involvement of the education
community in forming a shared understanding of excellence.
Lundavra Digital Learning Action Plan
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Meet with Highland ICT development team to develop
school vision and plan
Discuss the range of equipment available to us with both
refresh and overspend allocation
Decide where the refresh allocation will be
placed/allocated within the new build
Wireless network in place to ensure coverage across the
entire school and outdoor environment
Work with Architect and design team to plan flexible
learning spaces across the school through use of space,
furniture, Idea Paint on specified walls
Staff will source and try out a variety of ICT equipment
and resources and reflect on the appropriateness for our
setting
Staff will develop their understanding and use of ICT
equipment and apps with a key focus on Chromebooks
and Android tablets
Staff to explore the use of Google Apps; gmail, Google
Docs, Google Share etc with a key focus on developing
opportunities for collaboration and learning
Staff will share and support one another’s practice
through ongoing discussion
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To work as a staff team to produce a whole school
policy for teaching and learning in ICT with clear links
to the Highland Learning, Teaching and Assessment
policy and its principles and the Highland e-safety
agenda
To create a whole school ICT skills overview
To develop systems to ensure effective ICT curricular
learning; ensuring appropriate progression and transition
occurs across the school
To have set high standards for teaching, learning and
assessment of ICT
Support, develop and embed approaches to
assessment that make effective use of digital
technology.
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Discuss a vision and aims for the use of ICT
Staff SWOT analysis of current ICT practice
Review existing provision and audit with Highland/Fujitsu the
IT provision for Lundavra
Discuss with staff a rationale for IT and its role in learning and
teaching both within It and it’s use across the curriculum
Produce an Action Plan for IT provision, location, budget,
training needs identified and staff roles allocated
Familiarisation programme for use of equipment and software/
apps
Produce a rationale/ key skills for IT and its use for the
Curriculum & Assessment Framework
Ensure the E-Safety agenda is at the heart of school
developments for ICT
Identify two staff as e-safety co-ordinators who will attend
training and have an overview of the e-safety agenda in
Lundavra Primary
CPD training sessions for familiarisation and use of new
equipment
CAP sessions to be led by staff from ICT working group to
help familiarise staff with new equipment
Training sessions with children to allow opportunities for them
to share skills
Introduce the use of ICT buddies amongst pupils and staff
Develop links with ASG, Authority and National schools to
promote ICT progression and development
Encourage and facilitate the development of
partnerships that will improve digital access and digital
skills development opportunities for our learners e.g.
Aberdeen University
Staff and pupils feel confident about using and engaging with new equipment and skills programme
ICT is being embedded further and deeper across the school within all contexts of learning
Staff will be encouraged to strive to build a whole-school community of inquiry and support
Use of SISE materials to monitor and evaluate ICT development
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Learning Outcomes for the Digital Learning Action Plan
PUPILS
• Pupil’s views, opinions and knowledge will be used to help develop a ICT skills programme
• Pupils will have greater access to a range of ICT equipment
• Pupils will have greater learning opportunities to develop/teach ICT skills and act as ICT
Buddies to support less confident learners
• Pupils will develop skills which will allow them to become successful learners, confident
individuals, effective contributors and responsible citizens through their use of a greater range of
ICT equipment and development of skills
• Pupils will become more aware of their Learning Journey within ICT, what their Next Steps for
Learning are and how this can enhance their learning experiences
• Pupils will have a higher awareness of safety online
STAFF
• Staff will be involved in the decision making of what ICT equipment we will buy
• Staff will be encouraged to be reflective about current practice
• Staff will have been encouraged to be part of building a school’s capacity for improvement
• Staff will take leadership roles within the project for different areas e.g. Skills development
overview
• Staff will source and try out a variety of ICT equipment and resources and reflect on the
appropriateness for our setting
• Staff will develop their understanding and use of ICT equipment and apps
• Staff will share and support one another’s practice
• Staff will be confident about teaching the development of ICT skills
• Staff will be involved in raising standards through the use of ICT and the skills development
programme
• Staff will be encouraged to strive to build a whole-school community of inquiry and support
COMMUNITY
• Parents will have a greater awareness of their child’s use of ICT
• Parents will have a greater awareness of their child’s development of skills in ICT
• Parents will have an opportunity to develop their own skills and understanding of the use of ICT
in learning
• Parents and community will have more access to a range of multimedia platforms
• Parents will have greater opportunities to be involved in their child’s ICT Next Steps for
Learning from Nursery through to and during Primary 7 through development of E-portfolios
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DEVELOP THE SKILLS OF OUR EDUCATORS
Resource allocation
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11 wall mounted Smartboards and 3 mobile Smartboards ensures all classrooms, including
Nursery, ASN and General Purpose room have Smartboard access
15 laptops within a charging trolley to use across the school
15 Nexus 7 android tablets to use within Nursery to P3
12 Chromebooks to use as a shared resource between P3/4 and P4/5
93 Chromebooks for P5-7 classess as 1-1 devices
A set of video cameras and digital cameras
Programmable devices including Roamers, Bee-bots and Blue Bots
Chromebooks
A Chromebook is type of device growing in popularity in education, it is essentially a Google Chrome
Browser in a laptop style machine predominantly requiring access to the internet. There is offline
functionality to read webpages, pdf/word documents, create mail, read documents, edit and upload
when connectivity is re-established. Initial login requires a personal Gmail account or school
/authority provided account. Highland and Lundavra Primary now has a Google Apps For Education
domain with pupil accounts and management dashboard.
You cannot install software on to it but you can use web based tools such as Glow (with inbuilt MS
office apps, unlimited storage and recommended cloud based educational apps) Google Apps for
Education provide real time collaborative learning opportunities. Cloud based software is being added
as this kind of device and service increases in popularity, e.g. Photoshop is now cloud app.
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Updates are installed without disruption and anti-virus software is not required. They are robust
devices with very few breakages errors reported in other local authorities. They are very light, portable
and due to the very minimal operating software they boot up to desktop in less than 7 seconds.
Operating time before re-charge is at least 7 hours. Touch screen options are available thus giving the
functionality / feel of iPads / tablets. They retail below £200 each offering significant value for money.
They are multi-user devices, a user can log onto Chrome on any machine (including school PCs) and
access their saved content, bookmarks and apps. Pupils can access their account in any environment
with access to the internet.
Google Apps for Education
Over 30 million students, faculty, and staff use Google Apps for Education worldwide. Google Apps is
a free suite of hosted email and collaboration applications exclusively for schools and universities. You
can learn more and sign up to try it out by visiting the website:
www.google.co.uk/a/edu
As Google Apps for Education is a free collaboration and communication suite hosted online there is
no licence payments or in-house data storage requirements. We will therefore be able to ensure every
pupil and staff member have a Google Apps account, and hence a Gmail address. This account will be
accessible for the pupil’s entire time at school from P1 through to the end of Secondary school.
A key element of their popularity has been the ease at which pupils can now access the full suite of
tools in Google Apps, from Sites to Docs and Gmail. Offering such a broad range of communication
options has fuelled the sheer volume of content they are now producing and helped to accelerate the
pupils’ pace of learning through more intensive collaboration with their peers and better engagement
levels.
Ensuring equity
The digital learning strategy is a key part of the school Raising Attainment for All plan and is a driver
in ensuring all children have equal access to technology and the benefits it may bring; regardless of
gender, ethnicity, disability and family circumstances.
We are mindful that there are a small but significant number of pupils in school who may not have
access to technology or the internet at home and therefore are unable to benefit from accessing their
GAFE account at home. Pupils may also have additional support needs that may impact on how they
interact with technology. We have put in place opportunities to address this by:
 Weekly Homework/Learning Clubs afterschool with access where required to the devices and
the school Wi-fi open to children and families
 Inter-generation Technology classes for family members to increase their own computer and
digital learning skills
 Liaison with Highland Council Assisted Technology staff to ensure learner’s needs are met
appropriately through the use of technology
 Liaison with Highland Council Specialist ASN teams to ensure that pupils with ASN can
access digital learning opportunities
Review of the Digital Learning Strategy
We will work with pupils, staff, parents and wider professionals to measure the impact and
effectiveness of this plan using as wide a range of views and evidence as possible. This strategy forms
a key part of the three year school improvement plan and we will report annually through our
Standards and Quality report to the Parent Forum.
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