SCHOOLS MINISTER, ESTELLE MORRIS, LAUNCHES NEW TECHNOLOGY COLLEGE SCHOOL
WHICH OPTS FOR LONGMAN'S MULTIMEDIA CURRICULUM - TOMORROW'S PROMISE
Schools Minister, Estelle Morris - having recently officially awarded
Alcester High School in Warwickshire, Technology College (TC) status
- was just one of the VIPs to be introduced to Longman's
Tomorrow's Promise - a highly flexible new multimedia curriculum.
Alcester High School has invested £20,000 of its £100,000
Technology College funds in the entire suite of Longman's Tomorrow's Promise.
Designed to improve student learning within primary, secondary and special
needs schools by providing highly contextualised lessons packed with rich
multimedia content, Tomorrow's Promise is carefully aligned to the National
Curriculum. Detailed lesson plans can be assigned either by the teacher
or automatically by the powerful Compass management system in response
to the program's Assessment Test facility which determines the needs of
each pupil. Once fully installed, Tomorrow's Promise will cover subjects
including Literacy, Numeracy and Science, as well as provide a structured
and controlled access to the Internet.
In support of the school's targets, Longman has made an extremely substantial
sponsorship donation of Tomorrow’s Promise software for Key Stage
1 Maths pupils covering Shape, Space and Measures, Measurement, Fractions,
Statistics and Probability, Number and Money. For Key Stage 3 - 4 students,
Longman has donated Tomorrow’s Promise Algebra software covering
Factoring and Fractions, Quadratics, Theory of Equations and Systems of
Inequalities, as well as a course of software for the general Science
syllabus. Alcester High School has offered to share access to the Key
Stage 3 and 4 resources with other schools within the community.
Alcester High School is one of only 28 successful schools to be selected
in a recent expansion of the Technology College programme, established
by the DfEE. Headteacher, Annabelle Guyver, was delighted to say “Longman’s
Tomorrow's Promise will help to raise our standards of literacy and numeracy
- a current prime objective of the DfEE. It is our status as a specialist
school that has made it possible to invest in such high quality technology
- the future for us now looks very promising!”
Gerry Daish, Marketing Director, Longman, said of the recent implementation
in Alcester School, "On behalf of Longman, I'd like to offer my warmest
congratulations to Alcester High School on their successful TC status
bid. They are set to become a fine example of what can be achieved with
a multimedia curriculum and we are looking forward to working with them
on the implementation process."
For further details, please contact Denise Lyne, Longman Logotron, 124
Cambridge Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 4ZS. Telephone: 01223
425558 Ex. 725 Fax: 01223 425349 Email: dlyne@logo.com
™Tomorrow’s Promise and Compass Management Systems are registered
trademarks of the Jostens Learning Corporation.
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NOTES TO EDITORS:
Specialist School status applications are acceptable for all maintained
secondary schools although they must consult their LEA. Under the present
criteria, schools must first raise £100,000 private sector sponsorship;
prepare a three year development plan with measurable targets in teaching
and learning in one of four specialist subject areas (the arts, modern
foreign languages, sport or technology); and make provision to involve
other schools from the wider community. In return, successful schools
receive from the DFEE £100,000 capital grant and £100 per
pupil each year (up to a maximum of £100,000 each year), initially
for three years. Schools successful in meeting their targets (including
those examination results, course provision and community provision) are
eligible to re-apply for an extension of funding against new development
plans.
4th August 1998
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