Published at 11:06, Thursday, 31 May 2012

A JUNIOR school is leading the way in computer technology after a classroom revamp.

HI-TECH SUITE: Black Combe Junior School has state-of-the-art ICT facilities including a huge table projection for students to programme and interact with. Here Terry Jackson's class shows the new touchscreen computers.

Young computer whizzes at Black Combe Junior School in Millom are enjoying their new state-of-the-art computer suite. The 22 new wireless, touchscreen machines have been added to the school’s £25,000 exploratory technology classroom, which includes an interactive projector shipped in from America.

It projects images on to a purpose-built whiteboard table, made by HMP Haverigg prisoners, which allows children to interact with programmes, like Google Earth, in a new way.

The school’s headteacher, Helen Webber, said the classroom puts the school in a ‘unique’ position within Cumbria.

Other local schools, including Thwaites Primary School and Waberthwaite School, also use the technology room.

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