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Queen’s Crescent School in Wiltshire has been donated an interactive smart screen by Grant UK.
The smart screen has been welcomed by both the teachers and pupils, supporting the delivery of engaging learning as well as supporting the school’s wider computing programmes.
The 75” smart interactive touchscreen display, which the Company wanted to be repurposed after moving premises from Devizes to their new headquarters in Swindon in 2022, has been given a new lease of life. the screen was installed at the school’s premises in May.
Queen’s Crescent School has over 400 pupils and have recently extended their premises with the development of a new mezzanine level. This new area is now a library for the schoolchildren and well as being a dedicated space for teachers to work with small groups of pupils. The smart screen which Grant UK has donated has been installed within the new part of the school where it is enhancing the learning for pupils with its interactive features and functionality.
Queen’s Crescent School has recently been accepted one of only 600 schools selected as a Microsoft Showcase School. Queen’s Crescent is part of a transformation programme to create student focused, immersive and inclusive learning experiences. The screen will therefore support the use of computing and encourage innovation amongst the pupils.
“The smart screen has been a fantastic addition to the Mezzanine floor extension at Queen’s Crescent,” says James Essam, headteacher at Queen’s Crescent. “It is used daily by staff and children alike to assist with intervention work and learning. The interactive features provide an engaging way for children to participate in lessons, and the staff have found it to be an invaluable tool for enhancing their teaching methods. Specifically, it has supported interventions like Minecraft future-ready skills sessions and SATs preparation for Year 6. We are incredibly grateful for the donation from Grant UK, which has also enhanced the super-computing provision at Queen’s Crescent School.”
