Merthyr Tydfil Schools
This section of the website aims to celebrate the good practice that is going on in Merthyr Tydfil schools, and to share ICT resources that have been produced by our teachers.
If your school would like to celebrate its ICT practice with others please contact the LEA. Please note that your resources need to be hosted on either your school website or NGFL Cymru.
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Produced by: |
Subject/ Area |
Resources |
Details |
| Gurnos Nursery School |
Early Years |
An Interactive Talking Story Book |
Gurnos Nursery School have produced an interactive talking story book using photographs.The book is intended to encourage discussion and improve listening skills. |
| Abercanaid Community School |
ICT |
Searching the Web |
Suzanne Greening has produced a series of Powerpoint-led lessons showing the use of a Cyberhunt in searching the web.
Pupils are asked to uses an exemplar Cyberhunt based on Porthcawl and are then shown how to make a Cyberhunt themselves. |
| Caedraw Primary School |
Geography |
Rivers |
Neil Hancox has produced a PowerPoint presentation to support the teaching of rivers at KS2. Local images have been used. |
| Caedraw Primary School |
Geography/History |
A local study- Dolygaer |
Neil Hancox has produced a comprehensive resource to teach History and Geography using a local study of Dolygaer. |
| Edwardsville Primary School |
ICT and Healthy Eating |
Healthy Eating Spreadsheet |
Please scroll to the bottom of the page to find a spreadsheet produced by Johnathan Rigby. This is designed to make it easy to analyse lunchtime waste while giving pupils experience of using a spreadsheet. Last year, the school's "Eat your dinner!" campaign reduced lunchtime food waste by 12%. |
| Edwardsville Primary School |
School Organisation |
Letters to Parents |
Edwardsville Primary School have published useful letters that parents can easily download from their school website. |
| Gellifaelog Primary School |
ICT & Science |
Branching Databases |
June Williams has created six flipchart lessons covering cross curricular work in science (keys) and IT (branching databases).
The materials cover comparing and contrasting online keys (or databases) based on tree identification.
The children are then shown how to make a multimedia branching keys using PowerPoint. Contains worksheets, and photo packs. |
| Twynyrodyn Community School |
PE & ICT |
A school DVD to promote the Play Leaders project. |
Lisa Thomas, Sian Davies and year 6 pupils have created a Play Leaders DVD. The DVD is used annually to recruit new play leaders and give pupils an insight into what being a Play Leader involves. |
| Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Santes Tudful |
ICT |
E-Bost |
Darren Evans
Cyfres o adnoddau amrywiol y gellir eu defnyddio ar fwrdd gwyn rhyngweithiol neu ar gyfrifiadur sydd yn ymwneud a defnydd effeithiol o e-bost.
Trafodir dulliau o gyfathrebu ar hyd yr oesoedd a rhoddir rhestr o reolau diogelwch e-bost i’r disgyblion cyn iddynt ddysgu sut i anfon a derbyn negeseuon.
Mae’r adnoddau ar ffurf PowerPoint, OPUS a Literacy Builder ac mae’r uned hefyd yn cynnwys cysylltau defnyddiol i wefannau eraill perthnasol. |
| Greenfield Special School |
Celebrating pupils work |
Pupils work |
Wander through the primary classrooms and click to see more pupils work. Vikki Knights has used Powerpoint and PhotoStory to effectively showcase what pupils have acheived |
| Cyfarthfa High School |
Geography |
Glaciation |
Produced by Paul Montague from Cyfarthfa High School, these five activities are suitable for GCSE students. |
| Cyfarthfa High School |
Geography |
Papua New Guinea |
These resources have been produced by Sue Taylor from Cyfarthfa High School.There is a scheme of work and a PowerPoint presentation. |
| Cyfarthfa High School |
Geography |
Rivers |
Paul Montague has produced presentations, teaching notes and worksheets suitable for teaching the topic of rivers to a GCSE or A Level class. |
| Cyfarthfa High School |
Science- Chemistry |
Metals- Double Award Science |
These resources have been produced by Nicholas Johns.They are suitable to teach metals at Key Stage 4. |
| Cyfarthfa High School |
ICT  |
How To Guides |
Gareth Gillard has produced a variety of videos to support the use of Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Macromedia applications |
| Cyfarthfa Cluster Schools |
Websites |
Transition |
The Cyfarthfa cluster have developed a transition website. All schools in the Cyfarthfa Cluster are encouraged to contribute to the site which includes teaching and learning resources. |
| Pen-y-Dre Cluster Schools |
Website |
Transition |
Wyn Morgan from Pen-y-Dre High School has provided this information about the schools transition project. |
| Merthyr Tydfil Secondary Schools |
MFL |
Les Vacances |
This resource was developed by Merthyr Tydfil secondary MFL teachers, NGfL Cymru and ESIS as part of a ISF Network project |
Please note that the resources above are hosted on external websites that are not under the control of Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council (MTCBC). MTCBC do not accept any responsibility for the content or availability of these resources.
Page updated 14th November 2007
Contact Details
School ICT Support
Integrated Children’s Services
Ty Keir Hardie
Riverside Court
Avenue De Clichy
Merthyr Tydfil
CF47 8XD
Telephone 01685 724600
Fax 01685 721965
E-mail officeservices@merthyr.gov.uk
Website www.schoolsict.merthyr.gov.uk