Hosting
The server itself is a Dual Xeon 2.4Ghz HT system with 2Gb Ram, running a Raid-5 array with backups to a secondary internal array, and to tape. The entire server is then mirrored to a second dedicated server for failover redundancy, utilising rSync and MySQL replication over gigabit links, where a further set of backups take place (to tape). Should there be a major issue with the primary server, the secondary server can be brought online within a matter of minutes. We are currently working on a fully automated failover system.
Design
The ImageRotator and MediaLibrary Players are open-source (for Educational Establishments), and are available from Jeroenwijering.com
Functionality
To enable the user to experience the full functionality of the site, javascript must be enabled, and Adobe Flash & Adobe Reader also. These are free downloads.
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» The BBC School Report 2010 11th March, 2010 Horbury School took part in the BBC School Report today... You can read the reports and view the footage over on our BBC School Report Page Note, we recommend hitting play and then pausing it to allow the entire footage to download into your browser's cache for smooth playback. Our website may appear slightly slow due to the increased volume of traffic produced by the link to the BBC. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. » Election of Parent Governors 11th March, 2010 Following the recent ballot for the election of two Parent Governors, we are delighted to welcome Mrs. Sharon Fleming and Mr. George Craven (who has been re-elected) to the governing body. Mrs. Fleming has a daughter in Year 9 and Mr. Craven has a son in Year 11 and a daughter in Year 9. Being a school governor is a responsible and increasingly important position in our society and we hope it proves a very rewarding one for them. » 2Good2Go (but nearly all gone) 2nd March, 2010 Following the successful start of our 2-good-2-go Uniform Exchange we urgently need donations of school uniform/school items. Donations can be taken to Mrs Crowther & Mrs Farrell in the Base or left at Reception. » New York Trip 9th February, 2010 All students going on the New York trip must arrive outside at Horbury School between 1.30 - 1.45am on the morning of Sunday 14th February. » Safer Internet Day 2010 8th February, 2010 European Safer Internet Day (SID) is supported by countries throughout Europe and during the week, a range of activities will be taking place across the continent to help protect young people online. The theme for SID10 is "Think Before You Post" and we hope you will help us to make the whole week (from Monday 8th February - Friday 12th February 2010) a week for raising awareness at Horbury School. Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 9th February. For more info, head to our Cybermentors' SID site... » Lets Grow and The Sun choose Horbury School as entry for Competition 29th January, 2010 We're delighted to announce that the Morrisons Let's Grow team and the Sun's Gardening Editor, Peter Seabrook, have chosen Horbury School to be one of 100 schools across the country to receive a special "Let's Grow to Chelsea" growing crate, seeds and compost. These will be delivered to us by 8th February, along with a digital camera so that our pupils can keep a record of how the crate develops. 30 of the 100 schools will then have their crates collected and exhibited in the Let's Grow Show Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show at the end of April. » BBC School Report 29th January, 2010 Horbury School has been given the opportunity to take part in the BBC School Report. During the ultimate News Day on 11 March 2010, students will be working to a 2pm deadline to create video, audio and text-based news before publishing it on our school website by 4pm which will be linked to the BBC. Throughout the day, the progress of students across the UK will be featured in an hour-by-hour account on the BBC Website, enabling students to compare their work with other School Reporters. Some schools will have their reports shown on National and Local BBC News. Reports and footage from our first practice day on 14th January 2010 can be viewed here. » Home Access Scheme Launched 25th January, 2010
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The Horbury School website is hosted inhouse via a firewalled
ADSL Connection. It runs on a FreeBSD-based server running cPanel/WHM11,
Apache2.2, PHP5.2.9, and MySQL, and uses LDAP authentication
to authenticate against our MS ActiveDirectory Domain Controllers
thus providing single-sign-on for
all available web services.
The site has been wholly designed (and is also updated
& maintained) inhouse
by our ICT Support team. The CMS framework and design was developed
using Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3. The site
was designed to be viewable at a minimum resolution of 1024 x
768, and is compatible with all current web-browsers
& platforms. It utilises AJAX & Adobe Flash
for many of it's features (eg: the Latest News block, ImageRotator
and MediaLibrary), and was designed to be fully XHTML, CSS, WIA
and Section508 compliant.
In
the backend, staff can upload video and audio, at which point
the server will convert it on-the-fly to Adobe's FLV format and
drop it into the relevant areas of the MediaLibrary for viewing
through the browser. They can also access Serco ePortal, our
Moodle VLE, Webmail, and our Online Room Booking System, as well
as having access via WebDav (aka WebFolders) to their "My Documents"
folder, and "Staff" and "Shared Documents" folders from home.
Students also have access to the VLE and their "My Documents"
area from home via the website to allow them to work from home
on assignments, and can utilise the MediaLibrary if required.
The Government has now launched the Home Access programme. This is a free computer scheme for low income families. Families with children in years 3 to 9 at school, who are entitled to free school meals, can now apply for a grant to buy a computer and broadband connection from an approved supplier. The computers will be loaded with a suite of software to support literacy and numeracy.