Staff Evaluation
At the start of our journey in 2024, staff completed a Carousel activity where they worked collaboratively to provide examples of how we meet the criteria for this section. Here are their examples:
- weekly planners done on laptop (play based: responsive)
- examples of word processed pieces of work on wall
- school twitter account posts e.g. pupil achievement
- school website
- digital leader involvement – competitions, collect and clean laptops termly, plug in laptops at the end of the day, present at assembly
- Management team digital leader – PT – Gives info on new websites for education, platforms for learning
- Safer Schools App
- Parent involvement in Digital Learning Week
- cluster collaboration re digital learning, review of framework, shared good practice, training
- Assemblies for celebrating achievement – led by digital leaders
- Internet Safety week / Campus cops talks
- Staff training on cyber security
- Community police info session re internet safety / digital citizenship
School Website:
Lawthorn Primary School and Early Years Centre – Learn Progress Succeed
X Account:
Lawthorn Primary (@Lawthorn_PS) / X
Examples of Teachers Planning
Our new format for planning our topics, using the Deep Learning Model, includes a section for ‘Leveraging Digital’. This has been one of our main focuses for our SIP, this session.
DEEP LEARNING Christmas Enterprise
DEEP LEARNING DESIGN ENGINEERING
DEEP LEARNING DESIGN FINAL PROMPTS
These skill development planners were developed in collaboration with our cluster during the 2023/2024 planner as part of a calendar of training. Details of this are within other sections.
ICT Skills List Master – Updated May 2024 v2
Clubs:
We have had CAD club and Digital Leader clubs over the last session. year
Digital Leaders
Our digital leaders are very active in the school. They support technology at assemblies and have created their own timetable to share responsibilities, which they have shared on their Teams Page. They are also responsible for taking photos of certificate winners, printing the photos and displaying them in the school. They work with a parent helper on a Friday to do this. At various points in the year, they will tidy the devices by deleting photos and updating the wall papers. Last session, they delivered Micro:bit lessons across the school and this session, they will deliver Sphero Mini lessons, which they practiced during their afterschool club.
Digital Leaders – Friday Tasks 
Deep Learning Showcase
As part of our collegiate calendar, we held a showcase event in March 2025. Staff in the senior school spoke about and highlighted how they have explored deep learning. Our main focus this session has been the Leveraging Digital element within this approach.
