School World

Pupils at Saint Paul’s Catholic High School in Wythenshawe took part in a day of activities to celebrate The Queen’s historic 2012 Diamond Jubilee.

 The whole school, apart from the Year 11s who are on study leave, was involved with the celebrations marking sixty years of The Queen’s reign. The activities varied from a fun sports day involving a variety of events including an egg and spoon race, a sack race and a three-legged race, a street party style lunch and a collection of items for a time capsule which was then buried within the school grounds. Pupils also got creative as they decorated cakes with a royal theme, designed T-shirts for the royal teddy bear and produced a podcast.

 “This was a fantastic day which involved all of our pupils having fun around the royal theme; there was something for everyone,” explained Mrs Kathleen O’Kelly, Deputy Head at Saint Paul’s.

 “The Queen is only the second monarch in British history to celebrate 60 years on the throne, it was important for us to mark this occasion which I am sure our pupils will remember for many years to come,” commented Mr Wiktor Daron, Head Teacher at Saint Paul’s.

It would be nice to think that your average A level student can focus on serious matters for 50 minutes, taking in facts, remembering discussion points, analysing options…

And perhaps some of your students can indeed do this.

But the chances are that you will be faced with some students whose average period of focus on matters economic is shorter.

Which is why we have prepared a series of lessons in Macro Economics as PowerPoints.

PowerPoint presentations have the benefit of being short and sharp. Each screen deals with one, and only one, key point. When delivering PowerPoints you can focus on that point for as long or short a period of time as you wish.

And if by any chance you find that the students have subsequently not taken the point in, you can return to the PowerPoint.

What’s more, we have varied the PowerPoint lessons. In some cases we have case study points. Sometimes there are cartoons. But always they are short, sharp and memorable.

Throughout, the PowerPoints cover a five point plan involving the aims of the lessons, a starter, exploration, plenary questions, and a conclusion.

The resource contains 419 slides and is priced at £49.99 + VAT.

Once purchased the CD can be freely copied and networked throughout the school.

To see sample pages please email sales@classroom-resources.co.uk quoting the order code 2053.

You can order the A2 Macro Economics PowerPoints CD in any of these ways:

• On our website
• By phone on 0117 940 6409
• By fax on 0117 940 6408
• By email (quoting a school order number) to sales@classroom-resources.co.uk
• By post to: Classroom Resources, PO Box 1489, Bristol, BS99 3QJ

I will start with a confession. We can’t really make the charging of laptops exciting and fun. We’ve tried, but it just doesn’t work.

But, we have actually managed to make the storing and recharging of laptops less frustrating, arduous, annoying and time-consuming. In doing this we’ve reduced the number of headaches– and actually cut the cost too.

So although “fun” is a little bit of an exaggeration, I think it is fair to say we’ve taken some of the annoying factors out of laptop storage and re-charging.

It is all done via the EcoCart range. These laptop storage and recharging carts can store up to 16, 20 or 30 laptops at a time and are lightweight so they’re easy to move from classroom to classroom.

They don’t rust and they’re constructed from a recyclable non-conductive anti-static material which ensures they are particularly safe for schools.

What’s more, they also contain a power management system with an energy saving timer, which conserves battery life and prevents energy wastage. They allow you to charge the laptops during off-peak energy supply hours, helping you to reduce the electricity bills.

So, in essence, you can save money and also help the environment. Not quite exciting and fun, as I confessed, but even so, quite an improvement.

There is more information on our website at http://eco-carts.co.uk/

Alternatively, give us a call on 01753 539955.