Student devices
Students from grade 4 and up have BYOD laptops.
Students in grades 2 & 3 have 1:1 iPads provided by NISC.
Students in grades EL2, EL3, EL4, KG, G1 have 1:4 iPads provided by NISC.
Teaching and admin staff devices
Macbook or Windows 10 Dell Latitude laptop
Primary Teaching staff are also provided with Class iPads
Admin staff are provided with Windows 10 laptops or desktops dependent on job role.
Software
We use Microsoft O365 applications as our office productivity tools and you will receive your connection details before Induction.
Our student information systems are iSAMs , ManageBac and SeeSaw
Essential online training of applications will be conducted through Nord Anglia University
Internally, we also use*
Google Drive and Google Classroom
School staff telegram channel, click the link to subscribe: https://t.me/joinchat/VlZbL7GcFK-KYhSU
a private Facebook group called "Northbridge Staff", ask Simon Ostheimer for access
Classroom tools
Overhead projector
Desktop speakers or built-in sound from projector
Bluetooth audio receiver
Apple TV
Communication channels
Facebook page
Instagram account
YouTube channel
* This is as of February 2022. Some of these tools/sites will be moving to Microsoft Teams.
You will be provided a Information Technology Guide which has information about IT SOPs, how to use the equipment in your classroom, an FAQ, etc.