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This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to children, parents and carers about what to expect from remote education where national or local restrictions require entire cohorts to remain at home. As a school we need to make arrangements to continue the education of your child should there need to be any closures in school.
The remote education at East Wickham Primary Academy, is as close to the classroom curriculum as possible. And, just like our classroom curriculum, it is carefully sequenced and ensures that children obtain the building blocks they need to move on to the next step.
This plan offers remote learning opportunities whilst also acknowledging that some households have limited access to devices and the internet so may require hard copies of work and resources. We have also through discussion and parental surveys, understood that our offer needs to give parents flexibility when accessing the learning activities. With this in mind, all of the learning provided on Google Classroom is recorded so that parents and children can access at their convenience. There will be ‘live’ sessions regularly throughout the day/week to ensure that children are still receiving ‘live’ feedback and opportunity to see their teacher and peers on a regular basis. All live sessions follow very strict protocols.
The ‘remote curriculum’ is the broad term encompassing any learning that happens outside of the classroom, with the teacher not present in the same location as the children.
The way in which our remote curriculum is delivered depends upon what content is being delivered and the age and stage of the children:
- Online learning where the curriculum is delivered via technology- google classroom or google meet. This can include ‘live’ lessons as well as pre-recorded videos and/or resources to support children’s learning to complete either online or in a paper-based exercise book at home.
- Work packs for Foundation Stage and younger pupils.
- Signposting families to external apps and websites that would further support engagement in remote learning.
Teachers will provide a timetable with a summary of each lesson that will take place. Links will be provided in this timetable to where parents and children can find the online teaching videos and resources for each lesson.
The expectations of lessons each day will be:
- A maths lesson
- An English lesson
- A phonic lesson (Foundation Stage and KS1)
- Spellings (KS2)
- Mental maths activity
- A lesson for one of the foundation subjects (science, history, geography, music, computing, art, RE)
The timetable will be shared with all parents and carers.
In the event of full or partial closure teachers will use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
- Have daily contact with pupils/parents via google classroom or for EYFS children, TAPESTRY, between the hours of 9am-3pm
- At least one live teaching session via google meet each week with pupils in key stage 1 and 2
- Learning to be shared via Google Classroom to access as part of the live lessons.
- A weekly phone call with parents in Reception and the Base.
- A weekly video of teachers sharing a story for pupils in Reception and Nursery.
The expectations set out by The Department for Education require schools to set meaningful and ambitious work each day in several different subjects. Schools are expected to provide remote education that includes either recorded or live direct teaching and should be of equivalent length to the core teaching pupils would receive in school.
As a minimum that is:
- 3 hours a day for Key Stage 1 (years 1 and 2 when pupils are aged between 5 and 7)
- 4 hours a day for KS2 (years 3-6 when children are aged between 7 and 11)
Those hours include both direct teaching and time for pupils to complete tasks or assignments independently.
Children are expected to attend online google meet sessions with their teachers and complete the work set. We follow up remote absences in the same way, in line with school policy on absence and attendance.
A timetable is shared with all parents and carers setting out the expectations for the day. Children can contact their teachers via Google classroom during live lessons, if further support is needed.
If a child is not engaging in remote learning the class teacher will contact parents by email or a phone call. If it continues the teacher will forward concerns to the SLT. If a lack of engagement continues then this will be escalated to the CoHeadteachers and ACE Tutors, to determine what else the school can do to support their learning and encourage engagement. If your child is struggling to access the learning materials online, please contact your child’s class teacher via Google Classroom.
Children will receive daily feedback on the work they have completed through Google Classroom. Our approach to feeding back on work is as follows:
- Teachers will comment on the work your child has submitted. It may be a ‘well done’ comment or a comment to ask them to look again at a question. If your child’s teacher thinks that your child needs more support with a question or area of learning they will contact them individually either via the private message tool or through a phone call.
- During the live lesson, teachers will ask the class questions and will ask children to unmute themselves to provide an answer or ask them to comment in the ‘chat’ function.
- At the end of a series of lessons, your child may be asked to complete an online quiz so teachers can assess their progress and make adjustments as necessary.
It is important that children engage with the remote learning activities to continue their education during periods of enforced school closure, however we do acknowledge that each family’s home circumstances are unique and there may be factors that affect engagement with home learning. These may include parents working from home or limited access to technology among other factors. Communication is essential and we ask that if parents are finding things difficult to get in touch with their child’s class teacher so we can support and put measures in place.
Regular surveys are completed with parents to allow us, as a school, to provide access to technology and the internet at home enabling us to provide appropriate resources and online learning. If children do require any printed materials please contact your child’s class teacher.
The school subscribes to a number of online learning resources which can be accessed at home.
It is essential that children and parents have access to the relevant login details from the start of the school year so that they are immediately available in the event of a closure of self-isolation.
Login details:
- Google Classroom (Year 2- Year 6)
- TAPESTRY (Reception and Nursery)
- Times Table Rockstars (Y2-6)
- Numbots (EYFS & KS1)
Every child from year 1 to year 6 in the main school will be provided with a Google Classroom login.
Activities will be posted to google classroom as well as a message from the teacher giving a summary of the lessons that are to be completed each day. Once uploaded they will be marked and feedback provided directly to the child.
We would like to inform parents/carers that Google Classroom will show the names of the other children in your child’s class when they login.
Oak National Academy– Visit our online classroom to view all of Oak’s free lessons, searchable by key stage, year or subject. Or visit our About Oak pages to find out more about our work.
BBC Bitesize– Explore our best videos, articles and quizzes for primary and secondary students and discover new Primary Catch-Up Lessons to get back on track. BBC Bitesize covers all subjects.
Topmarks– Topmarks has a range of educational resources, games and links to other websites covering all subjects.
Toy Theatre– Toy theatre is a collection of interactive educational games covering a range of subjects.
ICT Games– Educational maths and English games aimed at 5-8 year olds.
English
Phonics Play– Some free phonic games.
Maths
White Rose Maths – Together, we’re building a whole new culture of deep understanding, confidence and competence in maths – a culture that produces strong, secure learning and real progress. No matter what their starting points, we help teachers and learners everywhere to achieve excellence.
Prodigy Maths Game – Sign up for free access to Prodigy Math Game world, where you answer maths questions to complete epic quests and earn in-game rewards. For children at all levels.
SplashLearn– is a free resource for children from Reception to Year 6. Sign up to have a personalised learning path fit for catching up, enrichment or regular practice. Full of fun, interactive maths games.
Foundation Subjects
PE
Joe Wicks’ Workouts – Access a variety of different types of workouts to stay active on Joe Wicks’ youtube site: The Body Coach TV.
Cosmic Kids Yoga – Cosmic Kids Yoga are interactive adventures which build strength, balance and confidence and gets kids into yoga and mindfulness early! Each episode is its own story, so you can enjoy the Cosmic Kids series in any order.
Go Noodle for Families– A wide range of fun dances for children to learn and help them stay active.
Geography
National Geographic Kids – Discover cool fun facts about space, bugs, animals, dinosaurs, and so much more!
History
Horrible Histories – Horrible Histories is a hit CBBC show that explores the side of history that they don’t teach you about in school! From the Vicious Vikings and Awful Egyptians to the Slimy Stuarts and Terrible Tudors, Horrible Histories covers the funniest, yuckiest and most gruesome bits of history for kids.
Science
SciShow Kids – SciShow Kids explores all those curious topics that make us ask “why?” Whether conducting experiments, researching new questions, or talking with experts, there’s always something new to discover with SciShow Kids, no matter what your age!
Computing
Hour of Code– Trying an Hour of Code is a simple and fun way to introduce students to computer science.
Blockly Games– Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming. By the end of these games, players are ready to use conventional text-based languages.
This link takes you to a youtube channel which is filled with videos to help parents get online with google tools for schools: