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SITE INTRODUCTION

Use this site to explore our school aims, organisation and policies using our online Prospectus. The Curriculum pages are for supporting home study by providing students and parents with information about the curriculum and where possible we have included links to internet resources.

Other pages give updates on recent school activities, details of future events and items of interest to pupils, parents and friends of the school. There are reports on trips in this country and abroad eg Ski Idsall.

Follow the Web Site Links to reach the subscribed online learning resources. Here, pupils and staff have the facility to access their school email accounts and our intranet site. Visitors can also read recent copies of correspondence sent to all parents/guardians via 'Parents'.

HOW BEST TO VIEW THE SITE

The site has been designed for use with Internet Explorer 5 or later and Mozilla Firefox 1.0. The recommended screen resolution is 1024 x 768 or higher but the page widths also fit exactly using a resolution of 800 x 600.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Why am I unable to view the objects on the left hand side of the screen?
   There is an interactive menu on the left of most pages and in order to make the most of the site you need the plug-in 'Macromedia Flash Player' which can be downloaded free. Click here for a link to the Macromedia download site.

2. How do I open Word documents from the site without Microsoft Word installed? There is a free viewer available from Microsoft that lets you view, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed. Click here for a link to the Microsoft download site.

3. How do I open pdf documents?
   There is a free pdf viewer available called Adobe Reader which opens pdf (portable document format) files. Click here for a link to the Adobe download site.
   


4. Why isn't the 'Menu' on the Curriculum Page working?
   JavaScript is a basic scripting language that allows pages to react to user interaction. The Curriculum Page contains this kind of script to display a number of menu items and therefore Javascript needs to be enabled in your browser. In Internet Explorer 6:

- Select the "Tools Menu" select "Internet Options"
- Change to the "Security" tab
- Select "Custom Level" button
- Make sure "Enable" is selected under "Active Scripting"
- Restart the browser

5. I know that a web page should have been changed but I am not seeing the changes.
   When browsing the web, copies of pages you view are stored locally to allow faster access when you return to them. If you are using a PC within a network environment, then some of these pages may be cached on your organisation's server. Pages are also stored by your browser on the PC you are using. If you know that a web page has been changed but you are not seeing those changes, you need to make sure that you are not viewing a stored copy.

   You can refresh the page you are viewing by clicking on the Refresh button in Internet Explorer or the Reload button in Mozilla Firefox and Netscape.

   If the page is still not updated, you can try a further refresh by holding down the Ctrl key and pressing F5 in Internet Explorer or holding down the Shift key and clicking the Reload button.

6. I am being asked to “Click to activate and use this control” when I click on links in Internet Explorer. If it is an active control (like a Flash menu, for instance) you must click the control to "approve" it before the Flash navigation buttons will work. This has appeared since a Microsoft Internet Explorer update. The links in this web site are being modified to avoid this issue but in the meantime there is a patch available from Microsoft, click here.

7. Why can't I log into the school network?
   Please check the current network status and view the instructions for logging in, click here.

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES

There are various sections of this site which redirects you to other web sites. You must determine whether they would like to follow that link but in doing so you cannot hold Idsall School responsible for the content and sustainability of those sites.

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