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Montessori Nursery Teaching Course
0-7 years, starting January 2017
Part-time course, 1 day a week
For details call 01892 870740
email admin@montessoricentre.com
or visit www.montessoricentre.com
Hoath Hall, Chiddingstone Hoath, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 7DD
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An independent preparatory day School for girls 3-11 and boys 3-4
The Granville is a highly successful independent school with
excellence at the heart of everything we do. Our 11+ results
to both state and independent schools are outstanding.
Our new extended, high quality facilities, including a magnificent Art
Room, have enabled us to split our Year 4 class into two smaller classes of
a maximum of fi fteen pupils, in preparation for 11+ entry examinations.
We have a few places available in our Year 4 for September 2017.
• High academic success
• Happy, caring and stimulating environment
• Qualified and experienced staff
• Excellence in all subjects including music, art, drama and sport
• Exceptional facilities
• Bursaries available
For more details and a personal tour of the school with the
Headmistress please contact the school office 01732 453039
www.granvilleschool.org
2 Bradbourne Park Road | Sevenoaks | TN13 3LJ
Above: The beautiful facade of Battle Abbey School
What effect has social media had on students’
relationships and behaviour?
At Battle Abbey we take E-Safety very seriously and it is
incorporated into lessons across the curriculum. In all
computing lessons we dedicate a term to learning about E-Safety
and how pupils should interact with social media. We also
participate in the nationwide Safer Internet Day in February.
How has technology been incorporated into
the curriculum, other than ICT lessons?
We enjoy the juxtaposition of occupying such a historical
location and providing our pupils with the cutting edge
technology that they and their families would expect from an
independent education. A great many subjects incorporate
technology into the classrooms, perhaps most notably science
where not only do iPads and hand held devices help pupils
access the curriculum, but allow pupils to work collaboratively
on projects via the school’s wireless network. We are very
conscious of pupils’ often very specific individual learning
needs and technology can be a huge enabler in terms of
synergy with each of their learning styles. Our campus is fully
covered by a wireless network (even though the thick Abbey
walls do their best to make this as difficult as possible!).
How do you control the use of mobile
phones within school hours?
The advent of modern phone technology has made this
increasingly difficult to enforce. The school’s wireless system
is fitted with a FortiGate filter unit, but pupils will always
be able to access 3G via their smart phones if they so choose.
However, pupils in KS3 have their phones routinely collected
in morning registration and they are kept under lock and key
for the duration of the school day. For older pupils, phones
are not allowed to be used at break time or in lessons unless
expressly permitted by a teacher. Our focus is on education as
a form of prevention and this, allied with the school’s robust
policy on the matter, has meant that transgressions are few
and far between and effectively dealt with if they do occur.
Battle Abbey School 01424 772385 battleabbeyschool.com
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