ICT

ICT is a very important area of all our lives and is accelerating and intensifying year by year. We believe it is essential that all children at Thornhill are provided with the skills to use the ever-increasing range of technological equipment that is available in our society. We aim to provide the resources to implement an ICT curriculum that is broad, balanced and wide- ranging in approach, thus allowing future progress and success by the pupils at this school. It is our belief that, in the use of ICT, we should create an environment that is exciting and motivating. The way ICT is used should encourage children to develop confidence in their use of hardware and software, thus allowing the highest standards to be achieved. In this way, ICT will be used to support learning across the curriculum.

At Thornhill, we acknowledge the growing importance of, and changes in, the application of ICT. This is recognised in the movement towards an emphasis on the communications between computers and in the use of the Internet.

At Thornhill we recognise that:

  • ICT is an important subject within the curriculum 
  • the use of ICT is a core skill 
  • children have an entitlement to good training in ICT skills 
  • ICT facilitates learning across the curriculum 
  • ICT improves efficiency and quality of learning 
  • the ability to communicate and share information electronically is a desirable skill for all pupils 
  • ICT is used to support all areas of the curriculum, especially Literacy and Numeracy 
  • the Internet and e-mail are tools that will enable pupils to develop links with the wider world 
  • ICT is not just learning about computers, but learning through computers, using technology as a tool in tandem with other teaching methods.

It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Thornhill Primary School website, filled with information which, we hope, will attract your interest and serve to give a sense of the rich flavour of life at our school.