St Lawrence Primary School, Northamptonshire

St. Lawrence Primary School, Northamptonshire has used its Moodle to deliver spelling tests and to set homework. Children can access the Moodle in school or at home and learn when it suits them. Forums in their Moodle site allow them to communicate with other pupils and their teachers outside school hours which has obvious benefits.

Alongside content created by school teachers all SchoolAnywhere Moodle sites are populated with bespoke PowerPoints which cover the QCA and the curriculum. Here the St. Lawrence Moodle displays 25 bespoke Science PowerPoints for use in class or at home. All PowerPoints are colourful, child friendly and animated to make learning fun and interesting. Our Moodle content engages pupils and saves teachers class preparation time.

SS Osmund and Andrews, Bolton

SS Osmund and Andrews in Bolton use their Moodle to deliver tests to children. Tests are delivered as quizzes in Moodle and can make learning fun and save teachers time. Again quizzes can be accessed in school or at home and the number of attempts allowed can be set. Teachers do not have to mark the tests as they mark themselves and can be exported directly into Excel for further analysis. You can then identify areas of weakness in your class, see how long it takes each pupil to complete the test and much more.

This screenshot shows different tests created by teachers including:

• Harry Potter
• Dr. Who
• Film and Book test
• World Cup
• Crocodile quiz
• And more...

Mount Grace School, Hertfordshire

At Mount Grace School there are in excess of one thousand registered Moodle users amongst the staff and students. They have uploaded a large amount of third-party curricular content to their Moodle, which allows students across Key Stages 4 and 5 to access this content both at home and in school. Through Moodle networking, Mount Grace have connected their Moodle to that of another local school, Hertswood. The two schools are thus able to share online materials and resources, effectively doubling the usefulness of their virtual learning platforms.

Staff from Mount Grace school received in-school training on using Moodle from one of SchoolAnywhere’s expert trainers. Two of their staff also joined up with a member of staff from Hertswood to visit our offices for an in-depth day’s training on the administration of Moodle.