Following the exciting pan-London ‘Den’ video event, LGfL is delighted to announce that eleven schools have impressed the ‘Dragons’ and will receive financial backing for the projects for which they were bidding. Groups of children ranging from Y1 to Y12 pitched to the Dragons (CEOs of LGfL’s supplier partners Atomwide, Fronter and Synetrix joined by Havering’s ICT Inspector) who were unanimous in their praise for the quality of presentation, interaction and creativity of the bids. The Dragons have provided over £10,000 in support of this programme.  Scargill Junior School (Nintendo DSi for Maths’ Enrichment) and Harold Court Primary (Learn beside the seaside) both won funding…

Brian Durrant CEO, LGFL said: “I am delighted that the London Grid for Learning, the consortium made up of all London’s LAs, was able to host another creative curriculum event.  ‘Durrant’s Den’ fosters the entrepreneurial initiative of pupils, and brings them right into the ‘Den’, through video-conferencing over the ‘Grid’, without needing to leave school.”