Tideway School, Southdown Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9JL.
Ellie the Elk
When Tideway first purchased its Learning Platform a number of strategies were used to profile its use with students.
Since Fronter is a Norwegian product, Ellie the Elk was adopted as the ICT Department mascot and a competition was held amongst students to design an appropriate logo.
The winning entry incorporated an Elk into the school logo.
A CD ROM Guide to using the system has been created.
As Year 7 students begin to use the Learning Platform in 2006 they will each be given a copy of the CD to use at home.
The Guide, a PowerPoint slideshow, is available on the school network and students will also be able to access this from home.
CLICK HERE to download the Guide.
There is a link to Fronter from the school website at www.tidewayschool.org
There is a parent area on the system.
Information about projects on the Learning Platform are regularly publicised in the school newsletter.
CLICK HERE to view a newsletter (WORD format).
In 2008 East Sussex LEA chose UniServity as its learning platform supplier.
In 2008/09 Tideway will migrate from Fronter to UniServity.
www.learningplatforms.info
'The name originates with Alces alces, the largest extant deer species, called elk in Europe and moose in North America.' (Wikipedia)
