Delves Junior School

Back to School

alex — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:23:59 +0000

School starts again at 8.55 on Monday 7th April.

Vikings!

alex — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:01:07 +0000

Jagjit in year 5 has made an interesting presentation about Vikings. You can see it here.

Class 4 try Fronter

alex — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:10:08 +0000

Class 4 are trying out a new Virtual Learning Environment called Fronter. For more information please read on :

Between now and Easter we are trialling a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) on behalf of Walsall LEA. A number of schools are working with Walsall to help select a VLE for all Walsall schools to adopt. By being in the trial we hope to be able to influence the outcome to get the best program for the school.

Virtual Learning Environments (sometimes called Learning Platforms) make the link between home and school, and provide an opportunity for children to continue the learning experience at home. Parents should note that in this short trial period, we will only be scratching the surface of what the VLE is capable of. You can find more information about VLE’s here and here.

Class 4 have been chosen to be the school representatives and are using a program called Fronter. Each child has their own log in and password, and we are encouraging the children to use the program as much as possible. We will be asking them what they like and don’t like, as well as finding out any problems they had using the program. We will then be reporting our findings to Walsall’s selection panel.

Children should remember that their actions are logged, and that it is their responsibility to keep their password secret. Abuse of the system will lead to access being withdrawn.

The Walsall trial officially ends at Easter. If Fronter is chosen as the official Walsall Learning Platform, the children will be able to continue and develop their use of the system. However, if an alternative is chosen, then our involvement with Fronter will end, and we will begin working with the new system instead.

Fronter should work on any internet-capable computer, including Windows XP and Vista, Mac OS X, and Linux. It should work with any web browser including Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera. If you have difficulties please let us know by using the Comments section at the beginning of this post, or let Mr Mowbray know.

Tudor Musicians

alex — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:36:03 +0000

We had a visit from Tudor musicians Paul Baker and Sue Pope. They entertained Year 4 with lots of music using instruments from the time of Queen Elizabeth I, as well as stories and dances from the period. Pupils and parents can see photos in our Photo Gallery. Log in using your usual school username and password.

Year 4 visit to Selly Manor

alex — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:14:06 +0000

Year 4 will be visiting Selly Manor in Birmingham on 27th February 2008. You can visit the Selly Manor website.

Year 4 skeletons

alex — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:39:48 +0000

Can you make these prehistoric skeletons?

Back to School

alex — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:29:22 +0000

Delves Junior School starts again on Wednesday 5th September at 8.55 .

School Profile

alex — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:56:51 +0000

As required we have published a School Profile. It refers to the academic year 2005/6. You can read it by downloading it from DirectGov.

Server access

alex — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:46:44 +0000

School staff can now access their server folders from home.The log in page is here . Use the following details to log in : your usual school username and password, and network name deljnr. Pupils will also be able to access their folders later in the year.

Important Information about the Photo Gallery

alex — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 17:24:03 +0000

From today our photo gallery is only available to students and staff at the school, and needs a password. This will allow us to add a lot more photos than we can at the moment.

You can log in here with the same user name and password that you use at school. There is also a link in the menu on the right side of the page.