| DANBURY CHURCH
OF ENGLAND VC FIRST SCHOOL, BLANDFORD FORUM, DORSET Four rural village schools (each with around 50 places, for children between 4 and 9 years old) are arranged in a federation with one head. Each school has two mixed-age classrooms. Schools are networked and use e-mail and video-conferencing to work across the schools. Same-age pupils can send messages to classmates in other schools for joint project work. Video-conferencing may take place one-to-one or as a whole class. There is no special room for this but pupils learn to be quiet when it is taking place. Computers have large screens so that a group can see the screen. The schools also make use of distance learning by linking up with cultural institutions, like the Science Museum. They have also performed joint musical and drama projects electronically. |