Remote Education

We have materials ready for teachers to use as soon as pupils are sent home. Pupils will have a blend of live lessons, recorded lessons and home study materials.

In the first few days of remote education, we will focus on maintaining our English and maths curriculum. We will include an online fitness session and our music provision will continue.

From week 2 onwards, we will deliver the same curriculum online as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. In addition to the lessons started in week 1, we will deliver weekly science, humanities and computing lessons.

Our art & design and DT lessons will be adapted, but pupils will learn the same concepts and practice the same skills where possible. Resources will be made available to pupils to collect from school, if required. Other changes will be made where necessary – for example, practical work in science and PE will be adapted to suit home learning.

We have planned our remote education (including live online teaching, recorded sessions and independent work) in a morning and afternoon session each day.

Pupils will be set approximately three hours per day for early years and key stage one and fours hours for key stage two.

Teachers will teach using live and recorded sessions which they can access on computers, tablets or phones. Pupils are expected to complete work online or in exercise books.

We recognise that some pupils may not have online access at home. We take the following approaches to support those pupils to access remote education:

• We have laptops to lend to pupils who need them for home study – please phone the school office for more information.
• We also have internet dongles which we can lend if you don’t have an internet connection at home. We can also support with home wifi data allowances.
• We will reduce the requirement for printed materials. Where pupils need to write on paper, we have provided exercise books. If your child needs more, please phone the school office.

We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:

• Live online lessons
• Recorded lessons
• Online activities

We expect all pupils to log on at the start of the school day for registration and morning lessons. When these lessons are live, all pupils are expected to participate in the lesson, answering questions either with the microphone or using the chat feature. Tasks will be set, including written tasks, which pupils need to complete as though they were at school. Pupils have the opportunity to ask questions either through the chat feature or via email.

Parents and carers should support by ensuring pupils:

• have access to online resources, or letting the school know if this isn’t possible
• are ready to learn at the start of the school day and
• are present for AM/PM registration sessions
• respond to teachers’ questions

We will check engagement and understanding throughout lessons by asking questions in live lessons and checking tasks set. We set quizzes and other tasks for each week’s learning which will help us see whether your child has engaged with their work.

If your child is not present for AM/PM registration, or completing the work to a satisfactory standard, we will contact you either by email or by phone.

We recognise that some pupils, for example some pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), may not be able to access remote education without support from adults at home. We acknowledge the difficulties this may place on families, and we will work with parents and carers to support those pupils in the following ways:

• through 1:1 sessions, where pupils will receive targeted support that is tailored to their abilities.
• through small online groups with pupils working at the same lev