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Department Staff
- Mr Martin Thurston (Head of Department)
- Mr Paul Baker (ICT Developer)
- Mrs Helen Arnold
- Mrs Clare Bigg
- Mr Peter Howard
- Mr Duncan King
Support Staff
- Mr Paul Blaxill (Network Manager)
- Mr John Herbert (Technician)
- Mr Simon Judd (Technician)
- Mr Oliver Simms (Junior Technician)
- Mrs Jennie Wallis (ICT Applications Support Officer)
Department Overview
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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) at the Perse is approached very much in a cross-curricular manner, with basic ICT skills taught in conjunction with the Technology department syllabus. There are specific lessons in both Year 7 and 8 which integrate with the Technology course. Most other departments have also taken on responsibilities to teach ICT skills that are most appropriate to their subject area.
Facilities
Many staff make use of the three purpose-built, networked ICT rooms with a whole class to enhance the teaching of their subject. The main ICT room has 26 networked PCs, a network colour laser printer and flatbed scanner; the second ICT room has 12 networked PCs and two network printers and is used predominantly by the Sixth Form; the third room of 27 networked PCs and two printers is predominantly used by the Modern Languages department as the Language Laboratory. September 2010 will see the completion of three ICT rooms within a new building.
There are also 26 networked PCs in the Technology rooms. In addition Geography, Music, Careers and Economics departments have small clusters of PCs for their own use each with network printers.
The Sixth Form has a study centre equipped with 18 computers and a colour laser printer.
The Science department is equipped with 24 laptops, which access the main school network via a wireless LAN. Every main teaching room in the school has a networked computer linked to a ceiling mounted projector and AV resources, the majority of these rooms also have interactive white boards.
Network
The school has numerous servers which handle different areas of the network and administration and these are using Microsoft Windows Server 2008. These servers enable resources to be shared efficiently; emails and Internet access to be filtered; virus protection to be updated regularly; and enable pupils to access their personal documents from any computer on the network.
All desktop PCs connected to this network use Windows Vista and they all have access to the vast array of subject software as well as numerous CDs, Microsoft Office 2007 suite and Internet resources. We continue to extend the network and upgrade departmental ICT resources and are maintaining our preference for a PC platform in most areas.
Access
Sixth Form pupils are able to continue with coursework, use curriculum software or access the internet at any time during the school day. Pupils in other years can use the main IT Room to complete work, if under supervision, from 8.00am each morning or use the library at any time throughout the day.
Every pupil in the school has his or her own email address; using this they can access the Perse Sharepoint Portal and their Outlook Inbox over the internet using Internet Explorer.
Pupils can access the internet on their own wireless device using the public wireless network which spans the whole site.
Mr Martin Thurston
Head of ICT
