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October 2009

• New links added to Communication Passport, Balance & Vestibular, Vision and Hearing

September 2009

• New link on Sensory Integration by Gail Deuce from RNIB Website added to Balance & Vestibular

July 2009

• Forum and journal article links added to CHARGE Syndrome

June 2009

• New link for CLIMB added to Causes in MSI.

May 2009

• Updated NDCS Logo, information and links

• UsherLife link added to MSI Causes

• New link added to Communication Passports in MSI

April 2009

• Restructured Section on MultiSensory Impairment.  New links added

• Added links to MultiSensory Impairment in section on Deafness

• Updated links and contact details in Deafness > Schools for the Deaf

• Updated links in English Teaching Resources

2007

• Reading resources added to Teaching Resources. Aimed at supporting deaf children to read for meaning.  Includes sight vocabulary, work packs and assessment materials.

2006

• MSI (Deafblind) section restructured and expanded.  New links.
• New links added to Listening about the LING Sounds Test
• New link added to MSI Communication section
• Reorganised and added links to MSI to include information about CHARGE. 
• Added links about developing listening skills using key speech sounds.  Also includes two profiles for assessing the development of listening skills.
• Added links about MSI (Multi/dual Sensory Impairments/deafblind)
• Corrected links in Speech and Language Residential Schools
• New link added to BSL - Online video and animations

2005

• New link added to MSI
• Updated RE links to include screen shots. 
• New link to BSL Christian Signs in RE and Signing
• New links in Deaf Organisations for Teachers and other professionals
• New links in Deaf Organisations including information about Auditory Neuropathy and Usher Syndrome
• New BSL Signing links - vocabulary for science and engineering
• Link added for Multi Sensory Impairment (Deafblind)

2004

• Photographs added to Checking Hearing Aids.
• Links to Signing reorganised again!  New links added and sites separated into those with online video clips & animations and those with line drawings or pictures that can be printed out.
• Links to Signing reorganised.  New links added and broken links mended!
• Early Years section added with links to BBC Website to introduce ICT skills
• Links improved in Religions for buildings and food.  New pages in Sikhs on Gurus and Khalsa.  Religions Index added.
• Links to information about audiology added
• Find out about television programmes with signing
• Deaf Organisations reorganised and new links added
• New Signing Links
• The Search tool is working again!
• Information about the Webmaster and the School Train Website
• Handling Data Powerpoint: added tables and graphs, pictograms
• Science Links added - Forces

2003

• Powerpoint presentation about Elephants - to introduce reports
• New Powerpoint Maths resource for teachers. x with money added to Times 2, 5, 10, 3; Order numbers to 15; Count in 2s
• New Powerpoint Maths resource for teachers.  Introduce X using arrays. Times 2, 5, 10, 100 also Double and Half
• New Maths links for teachers.  Includes 100 and multiplication squares.
• Letters: Find out about features and types of letters.
• English Links modified to include screen image to help users remember/find the links they want to use. 
• Sorry!  There have been some problems with www.schooltrain.info .  This was due to the host server failing.  The website has now been moved to a different server but it has taken some time to transfer all the data.  Please let me know if you find any errors within the site. 
• New links in Speech and Language Disorders
• Site awarded Golden Web Award 2003
• The Spanish Armada, Sir Francis Drake, Golden Hind, Mary Rose links and Shakespeare added to Tudors. 
• Climate added to geography
• Famous people added to history
• Look inside a church added to RE
• New pages and pictures added to Clitheroe in Out and About.
• Parbold added to Out and About
• Information for teachers about using a Developmental Approach to Writing with pupils
• Powerpoint Presentation on 'Materials and their Properties' and 'Plants' in Science.
• Powerpoint Presentations 'Introduce Counting on', 'Properties of Numbers' and 'Read and Write Numbers' in Maths
• Powerpoint Activity on Counting On with Take Away' in Maths
• Powerpoint Presentation 'Spelling Rules: Plurals and 'y' in English
• Teacher's Logo to show teaching resources to be used by teachers with pupils

2002

• New sites in Signing Links, Art Links, PSHE Links, Deaf Organisations for Teachers and Professionals
• A postcard sent by Mr Shaw the first Headteacher of Royal Cross School in 1922
• New sites in History Links
• Use the Tudor pages to answer these Tudor questions
• New resources listed in Maths Links
• Clipart and photo links
• 'Order Numbers' added to Maths Teaching Resources.  Uses PowerPoint.
• Guest Book added
• The site moved to www.schooltrain.info to get more space.
• Guided Internet Activities added to science links - animal groups, food chains and habitats
• Technology: Communication access and independence for deaf people
• RNID Animated fingerspelling and Makaton links added to signing
• Added links Other Information
• Find out about animal groups - mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles and amphibians. Click on the photo to find out more about that animal or go to the Animal Index.  Look at the teacher's page for worksheets to help structure pupil's use of these pages.
• OS symbols added to Out and About.  See the symbols and photos to show what they mean.  Print out worksheets 1 2 3.  Draw a map from photos and pictures from a map.
• Site Map redesigned
• Settlement Table Worksheet added to provide focus for Out and About. Fleetwood added to places.  Added pictures of a Leisure Centre.

2001

• Clitheroe and Waddington added to Out and About
• Links for teachers added to Teaching Resources.
• New sites/topics added to Maths links
• Find out about 6 major religions.
• New mobile phones with querty keypads ideal for deaf children to use text messages to keep in touch with family and friends.
• A scheme of work for Deaf Studies
• An Awards Page
• Clipart links added to teaching resources

The RCPS website has been divided into two sites. This should make it easier for people to access the sections they want more easily.

The RCPS website retains information about the school and samples of pupils work.  This website (called TRAIN) now contains the teaching resources and useful links.  Useful links relating to Deafness and Speech & Language Disorders have been extended.  

Existing teaching resources pages have been redesigned in line with the style of this new section.  Useful links to accessible activities and information are listed within each subject.  

The following teaching resources have been added:

Geography

• Out & About now includes a section called Settlements.  This looks at different types of settlement and what you would find there. 
• The River Ribble - from source to sea.  This is a simplifed text version of Graham Dean's site The River Ribble - Source to Sea.

History

• The history of our school has been re-structured to give more emphasis to sources of evidence.
• The Tudors: Pupils click on a family tree to find out about the different Tudor kings and queens.