Many thanks for all your input with the various staff at Caterham over the 10 days or so you visited us. We are very grateful for your patience and guidance with what is a challenging learning tool to get to grips with. Lots of staff have commented very positively about your helpful input and many are now growing in confidence in transferring their skills into the class room. Caterham has definitely taken a large step forward with its use of iPads. We hope you enjoyed the time spent with us as much as we did with you. I am aiming to seek further staff training at some point in the future and will no doubt be back in contact with you.
Chris' training sessions for staff are always lively, interesting and informative and succeed in moving staff forward in their knowledge, understanding and use of technology. Particularly successful training for our staff has been in the use of iPads. Chris has expert knowledge that he is able to share with pupils in an engaging way. He has a real understanding of pupils with SEN and is able to pitch his sessions appropriately. All our pupils love using technology and Chris has helped us to choose appropriate software to support their learning.
Chris’s supportive and friendly manner enables colleagues to confidently work alongside him in order that they develop their own practice. He has motivated and inspired staff in the ways that they can effectively use ICT to support pupils learning and has challenged them to think more creatively about their teaching. We are now developing our ICT provision in all aspects of the curriculum including linking Music and Technology and also Art. Pupils have gained skills that exceed national curriculum expectations and confidently use the apps and programmes they have learned to develop their practice further. We have been grateful for all the support that we have received from Chris to ensure that ICT is fully embedded within our curriculum.