At Jacobstow, we value the importance of the digital world, online tools and computers and devices as a tool to help open our world up to our children and to help them embrace another way of learning, accessing materials, communicating their knowledge and understanding and working collaboratively.

During Spring and Summer 2021, we invested in our computing hardware by purchasing a suite of 30 Google Chromebooks, 10 ipads and 4 staff laptops.  Staff received in-house training to enable them to use these devices effectively in their teaching and learning. This also enabled them to provide remote learning during the lockdown in January and February 2021.  More recently, our internet infrastructure has been improved through the Rural Gigabit project and the Connect the Classroom schemes, which were both supported by NCI Technologies, our technical support partners.

All children have a log in to this online resource which they can access both at home and school.  Due to the lockdowns and associated absences from school, as well as the need to refresh our ICT hardware capability, we are aware that children will need support to close previous gaps so the long term plan will need to be adjusted by staff as children move through the school.

We use a range of digital tools outside of Purplemash to support children’s awareness and capability within the computing curriculum, for example Kodu, Activ Learn Maths, Beebot Apps and TT Rockstars.