Glow – Page 2 – Bathgate Early Years Centre

January 16, 2018January 18, 2018

Safer Internet Day 2018 at BEYC

As you will know BEYC is a Digital School and as well as ensuring digital technology is thoroughly embedded in children’s learning experiences we also highly value the importance of online safety. Tuesday 6^th of February is Safer Internet Day 2018 and at BEYC, children will be learning about what this means during group time that week. Activities include videos, PowerPoint presentations and picture cards all about keeping safe online based around three little monsters Puff, Ness and Fizz.

“The resources for 3-7 year olds aim to facilitate discussion with the youngest internet users, at a level which is age appropriate and reflects the diverse range of experiences they will have had online so far. Some children within this age range may be online without ‘knowing’ it i.e. watching their favourite cartoons or movies on services such as Amazon or Netflix, but will still spend the majority of their time offline. Others will be able to name specific games or websites that they frequent, and will have a deeper understanding of what being online means, through using a range of devices at home, or through having older siblings.

The learning outcomes within this pack therefore extensively cover life offline, as well as online, and focus on the children’s immediate family and friends, and familiar surroundings, in order to introduce the concepts that are being explored this Safer Internet Day – such as our connections, our emotions, our personal interests, and what it means to keep ourselves safe.”

There are resources for parents/carers and a film clip on the UK Safer Internet Centre site.

Please click on the link below to access the materials.

https://www.saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/2018/sid2018-education-packs/education-pack-parents-and-carers

You can also click on this link to DigiDuck-eBook from ChildNet.com.

It is an educational e-safety story in PDF format aimed at children aged 3-7 years old.

May 18, 2017April 29, 2019

Making a #digitaldifference at BEYC

National Digital Learning Week 2017 is taking place Monday 15 – Friday 19 May and is about celebrating how digital technology can make a positive difference to learning and teaching. Have a look to see what we have been up to at BEYC and how we celebrate our learning using digital technology.

Chick Cam live in nursery.

We have been looking after some chicken eggs over the last three weeks. The eggs are kept warm in an incubator in the parents area. Earlier this week our chicks began to hatch. We have been keeping a close eye on our baby chicks in the nursery playroom via our online Glow meeting space. We can watch their every move on our new Promethean Interactive Flat Panel. We will tell you more about this fantastic new piece of digital technology once staff have attended a Promethean training session and we can fully access all the panels functions. Very exciting!

We share the link to our Glow meeting space with the whole Glow community, allowing children and staff across the country to watch online with us.

If you have a Glow account, you can copy this link into your browser to watch at home (Monday- Friday during nursery opening hours).

Skype for Business

We have 7 chicks so far and now we need to think of names for them. Can you help us? Add your suggestions on the post it notes provided next to the chicks in the parents area and pop them in the suggestions box. We will have a draw next week.

This information was updated by the children in the first 3 photographs with the help of Miss Wilkinson. We can now post information, photographs and videos instantly on our Blog using IPads now that the AAL (Anytime, Anywhere Learning) internet connection has been switched on at BEYC. This saves lots of time and children can be much more involved in uploading content to our blog. Please ask Miss Wilkinson or Miss Kelly if you would like to know anymore about this.

Sharing our learning.

Another way way we are making a #digitaldifference at BEYC is by recording our day to day learning experiences and sharing it with children’s families. This afternoon we used our GoPro action camera to make a short film about making Playdough. The GoPro can be worn over children’s clothing but some children prefer to hold it or have someone else hold it. Again thanks to our new AAL internet connection this video was uploaded to our blog with the child instantly and can be shared with family at home via a QR code sticky label! Please speak to Miss Wilkinson or Miss Kelly for more information about the GoPro and QR codes.

We would like to share our learning near and far and encourage readers to come to our blog. Please don’t share pictures and videos from our blog but instead share a link to our blog and bring your friends and family to us

February 7, 2017

Today is Safer Internet Day

Please see post below for more information on what you can do to help keep children safe online.