St. Andrews Private School

St. Andrew's School Computer Room is equipped with thirteen flat screen Mac computers which are used everyday by different classes in the school. The children enter this comfortable, air conditioned room in groups of twelve which entitles each child access to a personal computer. These classes are teacher-directed and the children are introduced mainly to the functions of Microsoft Word where they publish essays and other pieces of work which they may have done in class.The children also use the internet to search for information relating to class projects and thoroughly enjoy playing the many educational games available on line.

The Prep classes engage readily in on-line puzzles, games and early-reading and math activities. They also have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the key-board through simple typing exercises. Primary One and Two learn about the functions of Microsoft Word and begin publishing some of their stories, letters and other projects using different fonts. Primary 3, 4 and 5 also use Microsoft Word to publish creative writing pieces as well as Excel to create tables and charts. They also use the internet often to carry out research on various social studies topics throughout the year.