Minutes of 20.03.07 meeting

Leeds NCETM KS2/3 ICT group
Notes from meeting of 20 March

Present: Peter Hallam, Patricia George, John Monaghan, Tony Staneff, Richard Street, John Threlfall, Rich Wayman
Apologies: Karen Avery, Greg Perry, Tony Shepherd

We welcomed RS who teaches years 5 & 6 at Killinghall Primary and will be in the triad with PH and TSt.

JM quickly recapped the financial position – contact either JM or PG if you are not clear on this.

We recapped the discussion at the end of the last meeting and asked – do we go for spreadsheet work or something more? A full discussion ensued, the outcome of which is – we go for spreadsheet work this year. Having said this it was hoped that the group would continue well beyond this calendar year and there is nothing to keep us to spreadsheet work in future years.

The main part of the meeting discussed the forms this work may take. It was decided that each triad would do something in common and something different. The ‘in common’ activity was data handling. It was recognised that the way this was done would vary even within triads. However, a shared focus is likely to be the way in which spreadsheets open up possibilities for inverting the usual relationship between data and graphs, for example how to duplicate a given graph on a spreadsheet, or determining the data that would generate a given graph.

Other matters
1) JM has a resource, the Shell red box, which is a useful source of ideas for the interpretation of graphs and which may be borrowed.
2) JM can probably (90% certain) find some extra money for bussing pupils between schools.
3) It was agreed that we would, whenever possible, video lessons but anyone at any time has the right to say ‘no’.
4) There will not be another whole group meeting until, at least, the end of the school year.
5) PLEASE inform Patricia well in advance of any meetings or lessons.
6) PH, TSt & RS produced a grid of ideas (see PDF for table here).