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We need a friend in you, a little pass on the message pen-pal. As we’re modern boys and girls, let social media do all the sending and passing on.

Could you please share a little social happiness for Lovingly Artisan and pals? This would make Graham Kirkhams day!

We are having a gathering and trucking along to Lancashire to raise some dough for The Air Ambulance with Mrs Kirkhams Lancashire Cheese and pals.

This Saturday 27 April in Goosnargh

Tell your mates, share with their mates and maybe even tell a few people you don't like. Either way, we need your big heart to help us.

We are having gatherings in Kendal's Marketplace this Friday and then breaking the borders into the shire.

Let us fill your fridges with the good stuff this weekend; come and find us at:

Whittingham Social Club, we’ll be there with a load of food-producing mates for a morning jig from 9.00 am till 1.00 pm - this hopefully will become the first of many with your help!

So we ask again, would you and could you share this post? We need some northern love.

Another fantastic & productive meeting with the computing lead at Brabins Endowed. They are introducing the Teach Computing curriculum from September so I have guided them through this process, assisting with buying resources and generally being a 'go to' when they have a question or they simply need some support.
It is vital that as a consultant, I support and help, not dictate.
There is no reason why this situation can't take place via a Zoom call, or even a phone call.
Get in touch to discuss your problem - I'd love to help.
Laura

Sessions to support teachers using the Crumble Controller
Productive, personalised training sessions delivered to you and your class. Does this sound like something your school would benefit from? Then, send me an email. This is exactly what I do. Last week, I worked with the Y5 teacher at Cop Lane CE Primary School to plan some supported sessions on using the Crumble controller.
This is our plan - I am going to to deliver 2 sessions e teacher and 10 of her more bale students. Then, she will deliver the whole unit to the whole class with the more able students working alongside the small groups. In this kind of training, I always want everyone to benefit; teacher and students. I like to guide them to build confidence and them they can fly high on their own.
It does take a bit more time but the results are definitely worth it. If you do training at a training facility, usually by the time you have left you have forgotten all that you learnt. Using my approach, you are working on your own school alongside your own class.
I would love to help either in class or if you are not in my area, we can create a plan to guide you through remotely.
Feel free to get in touch.
Laura
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Today's project - researching the Crumble Controller. One of the services I offer is bespoke training on software and hardware to support teachers with their professional development and to make sure that school investment is used effectively. I will update on my progress soon when I have worked out how to use it. It looks like great fun and a great practical computing program for the children to apply their problem solving skills & any coding experience they may have had already.

https://redfernelectronics.co.uk/crumble-getting-started/

Over the weekend, whilst all our wonderful teachers were resting, we performed lots of technical tasks that had been reported to us.
These included: repairing a hall projector, an IT suite computer, backed up a server files, pushed lots of app updates, updated Wordpress on 2 school websites, added user accounts, created a TA login with a file shortcut on their desktop.
Much of this work was carried out remotely, but some was on site due to the faults being equipment related.
We always try to perform maintenance tasks when school is closed or after hours to prevent minimum disruption.
Plus, our remote technical contract allows us to solve issues on the spot, no waiting time needed.
Remote working is far more efficient for both the customer and for us preventing unnecessary travel and wait times.
We pride ourselves on being highly responsive with superb communication to keep everyone in the picture and to get your fault sorted quickly.
If you know someone who wants this kind of amazing service, please get in touch.
Laura

A successful remote training session on the Viewsonic whiteboard software with a teacher from one of our schools. It really is fantastic to be able to connect with colleagues wherever they are and share my knowledge and words of wisdom. Using Zoom I was able explain the key features of the software, responding to any questions. Connecting with working teachers allows me to find out what is really happening so that I can fine tune my support to meet their needs.
If you have any training needs, please get in touch and we can also meet via Zoom and I can show you something new or support you with an existing piece of software.
Have a great weekend.
Laura