Remote Education Information

If your child has to be at home for reasons related to the pandemic, such as self-isolation or is shielding, then we will provide your child with paper copies of work to complete over the first couple of days of learning.

If your child is unwell, we will not be expecting them to complete their work. However, where they are fit and well, we would expect for them to complete all of the work set.

During this period we will take all endeavours to teach the same curriculum as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we may need to make some adaptations in some subjects. For example, in subjects which require practical elements, such as Art, Design Technology or Science, it may not always be possible to fulfil the learning away from school (or the resources you have to hand at home may be limited).

Where we are unable to fulfil parts of the curriculum, these parts will be supplemented with core knowledge and skills which will be able to be taught and consolidated at home.

Your child can access remote education via our Google Classroom. All children have been issued with usernames and passwords.

Additionally, for children who are in Years 3 – 6, they have access to Doodle Maths. For children in Years 2 – 6 they have access to Times Tables Rock Stars.

If you do not have your child’s log in details please contact the school office to find out this information.

Where access to remote digital learning is difficult, the school may be able to loan a device, where it has the capacity to do so.

Parents will be required to sign a user agreement before the device is shared with families.

If school is unable to provide a device, we will support families by providing printed copies of all of the resources and learning required. This will be supported through the use of Oak National Academy videos, which can be accessed via a smart phone.

If your child is unable to submit their work electronically, we ask that on a weekly basis an adult from the household, where possible, drops off the work to school following current social distancing guidelines.

Our approach to remote learning is to provide regular recorded sessions from class teachers to pupils, followed by online work to complete and submit.

We will mainly use videos and resources available to school in normal circumstances, however where it may be tricky due to resourcing or the demand of the curriculum – we will use Oak National Academy videos to support.

Once a week we will provide a zoom session for all classes to check in with their class teacher.

Printed resources and home learning packs are available free of charge from the school office to support children working from home. This can include the resources, such as pens, pencils, paper and textbooks/worksheets.

The school also provides access to other educational software, such as Doodle Maths, Purple Mash and Timetables Rockstars to support children’s learning.

We will also signpost to Oak National Academy and the DfE phonics Youtube channel.

• We expect that all children engage daily with the school work set, as this will support them to maintain and keep up with their education.
• We provide recorded sessions in the main, which allows for working parents, to be flexible in their timings of home/remote-schooling. This also enables both child and parent to re-watch any aspects of the learning which they are unsure of.
• We would ask that parents/carers provide an appropriate level of support ensuring that their child watches the videos fully, completes the work set and provides verbal feedback and instructions for their child.

• We expect that all children are engaging daily with their learning via the Google Classroom. Teachers will monitor this and inform Senior Leaders of where this is not happening.
• Where we are concerned about a child accessing their work then we will look to find out the reasons why and support the family to overcome some of these possible barriers.
• We will also be providing, on mass school closure, weekly zoom sessions for children to be able to catch up with their teacher, discuss their work and listen to a story.

• While children are required to work remotely, if they are submitting their work via the Google Classroom, feedback and marking will be provided as comments on the work, or as chat comments.
• Quizzes and whole class feedback will be used as a strategy when this is judged appropriate by the class teacher.
• Feedback will be given regularly to children. We aim to provide feedback daily to submitted work, though where this is not possible we will submit feedback every other day.

• If your child has specific SEND needs, then the class teacher will provide learning which is matched to their ability and level of need. This will be linked to targets which your child has in school.
• If your child usually receives additional support, whether this is from an adult in school or from an external agency, then school will arrange with you appropriate virtual meetings and sessions. An example of this could be Speech and Language Therapy interventions.