To support the IT Curriculum YorkshireVC run on-line workshops for teachers and support staff. Subjects include:
Most on-line workshops are run after school and all you will need is a computer connected to the internet with speakers.
Getting started with Videoconferencing
This FREE online session is the perfect introduction to anyone new to using videoconference in the classroom. All you will need as a minimum is a web cam and PC computer connected to the internet or a H323 compliant endpoint and we will connect you to v-scene a videoconferencing service developed specifically for the UK education and research community.
Next Session :Wednesday 9th January 2019 :Cost Free
Spelling V C Bee
KS2 Y5/6 session available on demand
Do your children think they have what it takes to become our Ultimate Speller? Find out in our Spelling VCBee video conference.
Santa 2018
Virtual Visits with Santa
Dates available Monday 3rd to Friday 21st December 2018
Santa Claus is a very busy man, particularly when it gets close to Christmas. As a result he cannot always make personal appearances at schools, but thanks to a partnership with YorkshireVC we have arranged for you to have your very own virtual visit to Lapland where you can spend time with the big man himself.
Sing a song for Santa
For your older children you may like our FREE sing-a-song for Santa on Thursday 20th December subject to places available on a first come first served basis.
RAP : 2019
Read Around the Planet is a celebration of NEA’s Read Across America. Classrooms use videoconferencing to connect with other classrooms “around the planet” and read to each other. The activity is sponsored by TWICE in co-operation with NEA.
This FREE activity is open to all students ages 5-18 in public and private schools who have access to two-way videoconferencing equipment (h323). UK Schools who don’t have any hardware can use the the FREE V-scene connection software.
You can participate in English or their are special sections for Spanish, ESL or Special Ed. Classes in Spanish, ESL or Special Ed will receive a match with the same section, BUT MAY NOT be the same grade level.
Your class will be matched with a class from a different location and each class will exchange reading activities.
Jorvik Viking
Proving to be a very popular visitor - Students can journey back in time to the tenth century and spend 45 minutes in the company of a Viking at home in the city of Jorvik. Hear them talk about their daily life, their overseas adventures, their beliefs and much more besides.
Next session Thursday 24 January 2019
Granny Island
Link up live with Grannie Island the character from the Mairi Hedderwick books Katie Morag and talk about the goings on, on the fictional Scottish Island of Struay.
Sessions can also be booked and delivered on demand. Read more..
YorkshireVC can come to you. How about a school CPD session on the new IT Curriculum or we can work with your staff and students on a particular project or programming day.
Sessions available on demand
Pre-history with the Dales Countryside Museum - On Demand
Session available on demand
Supported by the Department for Education, The FREE Barefoot Programme aims to support primary school educators to deliver the computing curriculum, helping young people become confident ‘computational thinkers’, in order to enrich their career options and life choices.
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Sessions can be delivered over VC contact info@yorkshirevc.co.uk
Pre-History with the DCM
Join us via videoconference on a historical journey through pre-history. Spend 45 minutes with our costumed bronze age presenter/archaeologist to investigate some of the artefacts discovered in the Yorkshire Dales and hear how they lived in this beautiful part of the country. This session can be used as an introduction to a pre history topic or as a reinforcement lesson during it. Let us know if there’s a particular area or subject you would like us to cover. Sessions can be arranged at a time convenient to you. This session is delivered in partnership with the Dales Countryside Museum, Hawes, North Yorkshire.
Merry Christmas
A Merry Christmas from all of us at YorkshireVC and A Happy new Year
Rudolph by Phoenix from Selby Abbey CE Primary School