Knowsley Education Authority's City Learning Centres have been established under the Excellence in Cities initiative, to be Centres of excellence for the use of ICT in learning and teaching. They work with a number of partners to develop as national centres of excellence for the use of ICT, creative arts, media, sports and healthy living.
The CLCs are high technology centres with a range of facilities creating stimulating, exciting, dynamic and challenging learning environments. They are an integral part of Knowsley's ICT strategy which is at the heart of an innovative approach to raising standards.
The Centres:
- Exploit existing and test new and innovative ways of teaching and learning.
- Develop alternative curriculum projects to improve attainment levels through the use of technology
- Share facilities, develop resources and plan activities with partner schools through the use of technology.
- Promote community and lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Knowsley City Learning Centres: Huyton
Specialises in media and offers learners a state of the art multimedia learning facility. This Centre was formally opened by Professor Phil Redmond on 13th October 2004. The multimedia production capability of this Centre is supported by eLearning developments, video conferencing and full wireless capability. The centre gives learners of all ages the opportunity to exploit the power of media to enthuse the learning process.
Contact details and directions available here
Knowsley City Learning Centres: Whiston
Specialises in ICT and creative arts. It was officially opened by Malcolm Wicks MP on 6th February 2002 and is well established in the local community. The Centre has a variety of different learning environments to support new and traditional teaching and learning styles and supports the virtual classroom capability through the use of a high quality broadcast Internet radio station, video conferencing and full wireless capability.
Contact details and directions available here
Knowsley City Learning Centres: Kirkby
Specialises in ICT, sport and healthy living. This Centre was formally opened on 10th July 2003 by then Deputy Mayor of Knowsley, Cllr Thomas Quirk. The Centre has a range of activity areas and innovative technologies that provide flexible learning environments catering for a variety of learning and teaching styles, including the use of video conferencing and full wireless capability to support virtual access and remote learning.
