Pupils at Oakbank school are taking advantage of a new technological spirit sweeping through the corridors of the Oakworth school.

Pupils and staff at the school have recently set up an Internet website for the school and an internal intranet site.

Whilst the internet site is intended to enable people all over the world to find out about the school, the intranet is being used to add a new dimension to teaching. Lessons, projects and homework are all being set and completed on the intranet allowing pupils to swat up on lessons on any one of the school's 200 PCs.

Head of IT John Heath says the impressive Oakbank Internet site was set up by some students on the school's activities days.

He adds: "We have been setting up the intranet for over a year and a half now. We're using that lesson resources."

Computers are used in every subject taught the school with many being taught using a combination of the traditional and the high tech.

IT teacher Tony Slater says many schools are now moving onto the internet. He adds proudly: "We not aware of many that got the intranet. This is a good one."

The school's website (www.oakbank.org.uk) is already attracting some attention from past students. Andrew Waddington, now a lighting technician at Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre, saw the website and wrote praising the student's efforts.

He wrote: "As an old student of some 16 years ago I was taken aback to find Oakbank on the web. The site has virtually everything - many thanks for the memories."

The latest addition to the school's leap of technological faith is the plan to enable every student to access their own e-mail account from any computer in the school.

Mr Heath says: "There will be a staged introduction of e-mail. It's all ready to go."

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