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We have continued with professional development that has included Thinking skills, our school vision, key competencies, new school logo,literacy, health and phys-ed, numeracy,ICT applications including Activboard, pages, Numbers, digital technologies, web 2.0 technologies, questioning, School Management System, graphic organisers, qualitative differentiation etc

· Staff are predominantly skilled and confident users of ICT. · All staff have had training in school-wide software and hardware. Tiered training has been provided to individualise the support given. Staff have participated in ICT courses and are integrating relevant ICT solutions into their teaching. · A good learning community is developing with teachers supporting each other in the use of ICT in their practise. · A range of ICT use is commonplace (teacher preparation and classroom management, whole class teaching, group and individual work)
 * ICT Specific:**

· There is a designated coordinating teacher and a management team to support the integration of ICT into effective teaching practise and professional development. · The school ethos encourages the exploration of new approaches to ICT integration. The school environment encourages independent ICT use by both teachers and students. · The Principal and management teams are proactive in integrating ICT throughout the school.