Remote Education

We aim to follow your child’s planned curriculum as closely as possible. We are prepared to switch to distance learning immediately.

From week two of remote learning, we will be following the planned curriculum as closely as possible Your child can expect the full range of subjects.

We expect that remote education (including remote teaching and independent work) to take all students around five hours per day.

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 students 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 have reduced the requirement for printed materials. Where students 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 students to log on at the start of the school day for registration and morning lessons. When these lessons are live, all students 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 students need to complete as though they were at school. students have the opportunity to ask questions either through the chat feature or via email.

Parents and carers should support by ensuring students:

• 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 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 students, for example some students 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 students in the following ways:

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