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Getting it Right From the Start: A Case Study of the Development of a Foundation Stage Learning and ICT Strategy in Northamptonshire, UK
Ager, R. and Kendall, M.
This paper describes the development of an exciting initiative involving a programme of investment and learning in the effective use of ICT in the teaching and learning of all Foundation Stage (three to five year old) children in Northamptonshire, UK. The project is currently in the second year of a major five year programme which will involve over 15,000 children in over 660 educational settings. The project began in 2001 with a �100,000 investment in Northamptonshire's nine Nursery Schools and involved 700 pupils aged three to four years. It provided them with an appropriate range of learning and ICT suitable to their development and curriculum needs, and a training programme for the staff. Evaluation of the new ICT provision indicated that it had a positive impact on the children's learning. This ensured the continuation of the project into its second year and a further investment of �200,000 in the county's thirty-nine maintained nursery classes. Evalution at the end of year two supported and added to the finding that the new ICT provision had a positive impact on childrens' learning. The next stage of the project is the development of a Foundation Stage ICT Strategy, which will involve all children between the ages of three and five years, in the county's 240 primary schools, led by the nine Nursery schools and backed by a budget commitment of �1.5m in the period 2003-2006. The initiative will establish an entitlement of ICT provision for all Foundation Stage children in the county providing for a coherent range of provision which will encompass both public and private educational settings and a strong base for increased levels of attainment and progression for all.
Cite as: Ager, R. and Kendall, M. (2003). Getting it Right From the Start: A Case Study of the Development of a Foundation Stage Learning and ICT Strategy in Northamptonshire, UK. In Proc. Young Children and Learning Technologies. Selected papers from the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 3.5 Open Conference, Melbourne, Australia. CRPIT, 34. Wright, J., McDougall, A., Murnane, J. and Lowe, J., Eds. ACS. 3-11.
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