Weekly Bulletin

Dear Parents and Carers,

At Warden Hill, we are always looking for new ways to make learning exciting and effective.

We’re writing to tell you about how we’re starting to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance children’s learning. It is a fast-moving area which children will increasingly need to understand, and which we think is going to be of great benefit for staff and children.

There are two broad ways in which our school might use AI: firstly by teaching staff in order to enhance the learning experiences of children and secondly, by children themselves using programs carefully selected by teachers.

All of our use will conform to our new ‘Use of AI in School’ policy (which will be available shortly). A common way AI might be used would be to summarise the complex information found in academic publications e.g. In Year 4, when looking at classifying living things in science, to identify which characteristics of a vertebrate would classify them as a reptile.

As an example of how it might be used with pupils’ work, we may want to use secure AI tools to look at children’s writing by photographing a large selection of it across the class. This is then collated by the AI tool and, when informed of the learning intentions, can then provide synthesised feedback and next steps. The goal isn’t simply to spot mistakes like spellings – it’s to help both teachers and pupils understand the next steps in children’s learning and to present these in different or interesting ways.

By looking at children’s work, AI tools might, among many other things:

1. Spot Patterns: Help children to see mistakes that are made and turn mistakes into opportunities for everyone to learn.

2. Boost Writing Skills: Give helpful tips on how sentence structure might impact the reader, or on how to use better language in very specific situations. For example, which of the 100+ words for ‘good’ might be appropriate to best describe a character in their narrative writing.

Keeping work safe and private
We know your child’s work belongs to them, and keeping their information private is our top priority. With that in mind, we will always ensure work is:

• Anonymous: Before the AI sees anything, we remove all names, places or personal references. The tool only sees the words and sentences, never who wrote them.

• Private & Secure: Your child’s work won’t be posted online or shared publicly. It’s used only for learning within our secure school system. We are using only using select tools and using them in accordance with DfE guidance.

To make this work, we need your consent to use your child’s anonymous work. A form has been distributed via email and/or Eduspot app. Please submit your response to confirm you are happy for us to use work in this way in order to enhance your child’s learning.

Thank you so much for your support,

Mark Bailey and Sam Williams
Computing and AI Leads