Year 11 Ethics Revision Guides

For students who are having difficulties accessing the shared Ethics
revision materials via Google Drive, you can access them using the links
below:

– Christianity Beliefs and Practices Revision Guide
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ABnBFxPWvpVQVnbiTgnjog5VWBEWRgf03nFbI8_vKTY/edit?usp=sharing>

– Islam Revision Guide
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KtliKYqIAlRhhNJKOLQQV5Fx_w_kXdocpBvwBBT7sS4>

– Issues of Good and Evil Revision Guide
https://drive.google.com/open?id=10uzAyiwhDmE7gZ-93kxgCM2SnBqwR9Nw0g7jN2LtDpg>

– Issues of Human Rights Revision Guide
https://drive.google.com/open?id=16Bec-Wrc7MMZ0amlA2A31JdonvRosSUA8qsGE9iSuYg>

– Issues of Life and Death Revision Guide
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i7ki_xR6NtPagTWpwB9wiuwvjaDNT6Pn2_xC8XVNIHg>

– Issues of Relationships Revision Guide
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TJGW6I2cuv4S7roBPwXrcmtyLrppf_XSqB7o1B2hwp0>

– Year 11 Revision Schedule
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EZ5p_LlxFJoKCnF-vtuRTD2n5-MHz9woIcPskn5Qrk8/edit?usp=sharing>

The Digital Leader team are recruiting!

Are you in Years 7-9? Do you have a passion for technology? Do you like to help others? Digital Leaders are a group of students who together educate pupils and teachers alike, whilst also helping with IT in general around the school.

If you think you have the skills, and would like to join, check your emails!

Fill in the short Google form to apply to become a Digital Leader.

All applications will be considered!

Digital Leaders – Autumn 2017 update

Since starting back in September, the Digital Leader team are pleased to be able to report on their progress.

We are pleased to report that our team is full at the moment, and so we will not be recruiting for the time being. If we do decide to recruit, then we will follow our usual procedure, and send a Google Form out to all students.

After the success of Cyber Day in July last year, we have had permission to run another day for Year 7 students on Thursday 8th February 2018, to mark World Safer Internet Day on Tuesday 6th February. Working on the various feedback that was gained by students and staff, we hope that this year is more successful than ever! If you are interested in reading further information regarding to the day last year, then you can do so here.

We are also going to start to explore useful web apps which you can use to enhance your daily work flow. More information on this project is to follow after Cyber Day, so make sure to check back here after the February half term!

As ever, we continue to run our teacher training sessions, where staff can come and request help from our team, covering a range of support requirements, including the VLE, ClickView, Google Drive & Docs, as well as general IT help.

We have also been helping Ms Myers year 8 students over the past few weeks, to create campaign PowerPoint’s and videos. These all looked great, and we hope that the students enjoyed their English projects.

Mr Mason has recently presented an assembly to you outlining how useful GCSEPod can be. If you require any assistance with using GCSEPod, then please feel free to email us at digital_leaders@rmays.com.

Digital Leaders Recruitment Post

Are you in Years 7-9? Do you have a passion for technology? Do you like to help others? Digital Leaders are a group of students who together educate pupils and teachers alike, whilst also helping with IT in general around the school.

If you think you have the skills, and would like to join, check your emails!  

Fill in the short Google form to apply to become a Digital Leader.

All applications will be considered!

Digital Leaders Christmas 2016 Update

Digital Leaders Christmas 2016 Update

Since September, the Digital Leader team have started lots of new projects. From providing training opportunities to teachers & staff to creating a new cyber awareness initiative for Year 7 students or by starting to roll out new web apps, which will help aid the learning of students.

So far this year, we have done the following:

  • Many thanks to all that applied to become a Digital Leader in October. We now have a complete team, and we have been quick to get everyone busy!
  • We have been busy working with various members of staff in order to further the school’s Cyber Bullying Prevention work, by now planning and creating an off-curriculum day for the Year 7 Students in July. More information will be released nearer the time, either through the school’s VLE or during Tutor Time.
  • We have started rolling out new web apps to students & staff since September. Google Classroom is now widely used across the school, creating a centralised hub for all home and class work resources. Also, a new revision tool has been rolled out to all year groups, called GCSE Pod. Mr Mason, or your Head of Year, will have delivered an assembly explaining how to use it. If you have any further questions then please feel free to email digital_leaders@rmays.com for further guidance and/or where to seek support further. Please see below for information on the current issues with it that we are aware of.
  • On the First Wednesday of the month we now run a training scheme for teachers in H2. Staff members can pop in to ask us any questions about the VLE etc, and we enjoy being the teachers for a change!

If you have any project ideas, queries or comments then please feel free to either pop up to see us in H2 every Wednesday or email us, on digital_leaders@rmays.com

It has come to our attention that there are currently a few issues with GCSE Pod’s offline features. Currently, if you download something through the app, you are not able to then open the app without an active data connection.

We have informed GCSEPod of this, and they are currently fixing it. In the meantime, you need to first open the app with your data, then, keeping the app open in the background, you then can close your data connection. If you then re-open the app, you should find that you are able to then play your offline content. We will release an in-depth user guide soon into the new year with information on how to use GCSEPod as well as the Google Apps on all platforms.

Merry Christmas!

The Digital Leader Team

Sexting Prevention Competition

‘Wildfire’ Success

A few weeks ago, six Year 9 students took part in the Police Apprentice Sexting Prevention Campaign. The video ‘Wildfire’ was shortlisted by the Police to then use in a campaign. We were then invited down to Southampton to an awards evening where the six final teams had the videos shown in the auditorium of over 200 students, police officers and teachers. We also had to complete a presentation, where we had to explain our vision of the campaign, how we came up with the idea and why we thought that the video would appeal.

After some hot dogs and chips, we then went back into the auditorium where we watched a roadshow which will be rolled out to schools next year called “Is it worth it?”. The idea of the show is to showcase to other students about the dangers of sexting, but more importantly the effects and consequences of sending or receiving a ‘sext’.

They then announced the winning team and could not believe it was our concept that they liked best us and that we had won the competition! Our video was unique, not only was it an animation of images, but it also has a sign language section which made it more inclusive and could therefore be seen and understood by some of  the more vulnerable young people in society. We were delighted and received a goody bag each and the school was given money to help promote internet safety in school.

Over the next year, we will now be working with Hampshire Constabulary to produce a professional campaign which will then be rolled out to all schools across the district as part of the Online Safety campaign. In the future, it is possible that if our campaign is successful in Hampshire then other police forces will adopt the campaign as well. An exciting year ahead!

 

GCSEPod is Here!

GCSEPod is now available for all students at RMS. Log in from the VLE and access thousands of podcasts that are designed specifically to help with the new GCSE exams. Access them on the go from any device.
For more information please speak to our digital leader team.
gcsepod-flyer

Digital Leaders Summer Update

Over the past few months the Digital Leader team have been really busy helping developing the school website, considering Gooseberry Planet as a PSHEE Learning tool for E-Safety, and electing new leaders.

Development for the new school website is nearing completion. So far, we have:

  • Re-written many school webpages, to make them more navigable and informative.
  • Established the new GCSE format for each subject, and how the marks are distributed
  • We are considering working on a new FAQ for the new website, with updates including Epraise and Google Classroom.

Congratulations to Alfie Payne (8Y) for being elected head of Digital Leaders! Harry Wall (8U) has been selected as deputy.

In early October we will be opening applications to all years via a Google form (watch your emails!) as we would welcome new members.  Criteria for the new applicants shall be done in a separate news post above this one.

-The Digital Leaders.

To access the school’s main website please click here

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