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Redriff Primary School

Redriff, in the London Docklands, has a rich and colourful history. It was from Redriff that the fictional Gulliver set sail on his travels to strange and unusual lands, mirroring the real life adventures of many sailors for whom the docks at Redriff were the embarkation point for their own seafaring adventures. Redriff Primary School in Rotherhyde is as colourful as the area in which it is situated.

The school, which bustles with energy, makes extensive use of colour to engage and motivate pupils. From worksheets to display boards and newsletters to notices, everything that the school prints has a splash of colour. As Mickey Kelly, the head teacher explained, “We live in a colour society. There is colour everywhere; on the TV, in newspapers and on the web. We use colour to make education more relevant and real for the children.”

Teaching staff use cameras to record class activities. Pictures are used in class display material and reproduced in the school newsletter. Children are even given personalised worksheets which include their own pictures. According to Mickey, the children find it highly motivational. “We find that if we take time to produce colourful, high quality material, children rise to the standard and produce higher quality work.”

Redriff use a RISO colour printer for all print and copy output. Centrally located, the machine is networked allowing teachers, administrative staff and pupils to print to it from anywhere in the building. It is proving more economical than the desktop printers the school had been using and as Mickey says, “We are not forever chasing around for cartridges!”

Vivienne Weekes, the school’s curriculum support officer uses the machine to produce the weekly school newsletter. “The school newsletter is printed in colour and packed with photographs. The RISO is great because it is so quick. Sometimes the content isn’t ready until the last minute but with the RISO we still manage to get 400 copies out by home time.”

Vivienne also uses the machine to produce programmes for the school play. “Children and staff put a lot of hard work into the play. It is a big event in the school calendar. The programme contains pictures of the set and of the children in costume. Parents are thrilled with the programmes. The RISO has a booklet finisher and even folds them ready to sell.”
 

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