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Remote education provision: information for parents
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education where national or local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.
You can download a copy of this information at the bottom of this page.
For details of what to expect where individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of this page.
The remote curriculum: what is taught to pupils at home
A pupil’s first day or two of being educated remotely might look different from our standard approach, while we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.
What should my child expect from immediate remote education in the first day or two of pupils being sent home?
For immediate learning there will be a separate pack emailed to families to support home learning for the first 48 hours. This includes English and Maths skills activities linked to the curriculum content for this term, plus additional enquiry challenges. Pupils also have access to Bug Club for reading and Times Tables Rockstars and Sumdog for Maths |
Following the first few days of remote education, will my child be taught broadly the same curriculum as they would if they were in school?
We teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we have needed to make some adaptations in some subjects. For example, if a focus for the term is using semi colons in their writing, pupils might be sent a skills-based activity on semi colons. If there is practical science activity that we know pupils would not have the resources to access at home, a link to a video lesson from Oak Academy or BBC Bitesize might be sent for them to access. There may be a 24 hour delay in the lessons sent home where resources match the school learning – this will then be addressed when pupils return back to school. |
Remote teaching and study time each day
How long can I expect work set by the school to take my child each day?
We expect that remote education (including remote teaching and independent work) will take pupils broadly the following number of hours each day:
Key Stage 1 |
Daily - 1 hour live teaching (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Daily - 1 hour video led lesson (short teacher led video followed by completion of the activity) – either authors of maths Weekly - 1 hour live enquiry lesson (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Weekly - 1 hour live teaching (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Weekly – 1 x enquiry activity Weekly – video stories read by teacher Bi Weekly – virtual assemblies Access to Bug Club, Sumdog and Times Tables Rockstars for independent learning |
Key Stage 2 |
Daily - 1 hour live teaching (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Daily - 1 hour video led lesson (short teacher led video followed by completion of the activity) – either authors of maths Weekly - 1 hour live enquiry lesson (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Weekly - 1 hour live teaching (20 minute teacher session followed by completion of the activity) – either authors or maths Weekly – 1 x enquiry activity Weekly – video stories read by teacher Bi Weekly – virtual assemblies Access to Bug Club, Sumdog and Times Tables Rockstars for independent learning Year 6: As above but with 2 x daily live teaching sessions and an additional enquiry live teaching session per week |
Accessing remote education
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
Class Dojo Microsoft Teams Times Tables Rockstars, Sumdog and Bug Club |
If my child does not have digital or online access at home, how will you support them to access remote education?
We recognise that some pupils may not have suitable online access at home. We take the following approaches to support those pupils to access remote education:
Printed material available at reception every Monday for families to collect for the week. This is also posted to identified families where the distance to school means that this would be a barrier for them. DFE laptop allocation has been loaned to 10 children so far and a waiting list for laptops has been collated. 15 further school laptops are in the process of being converted to be loaned to families, and additional 13 have been sourced through a charity and our Friends of Dolphin parent group are fund raising and collecting laptops. Families know to contact school if they are struggling to access work and weekly phone calls made by teaching staff, along with an online register for live lessons means we are identifying accurately the pupils that are needing support. We have supported families to increase their data allowance through the mobile providers that have offered to do this. We have promoted this through email and Class Dojo and targeted family support. We are investigating getting further Dongles to support families through the DFE allocation. If families are not able to submit their work online, they can send their work back into school for teachers to look at or the teachers will discuss this work and give feedback over the phone. We provide answer sheets with the printed materials so that children and families can check their work also. |
How will my child be taught remotely?
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
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Engagement and feedback
What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
We expect that pupils engage as much as they can with school learning during the closure. Our aim is to get as many children as possible to access live teaching and to be submitting their work on Class Dojo. If pupils are not able to access their learning online, we would expect children to be engaging in the paper based learning at home and this is discussed at the weekly phone call by the teaching staff. Where we are concerned that work is not being completed, we will work with the family to overcome barriers.
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How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?
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How will you assess my child’s work and progress?
Feedback can take many forms and may not always mean extensive written comments for individual children. For example, whole-class feedback or quizzes marked automatically via digital platforms are also valid and effective methods, amongst many others. Our approach to feeding back on pupil work is as follows:
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Additional support for pupils with particular needs
How will you work with me to help my child who needs additional support from adults at home to access remote education?
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:
Bespoke work is set for SEND pupils that are not working at ARE. This might be by providing different links to videos from different year groups to ensure that they are accessing the right level of teaching for their stage. Pupils with SEND may get sent additional resources that would support them working at home – e.g. sensory resources. All pupils with EHCPs are strong encouraged to be in school. SALT virtual teaching continues for pupils identified. Teaching staff call families on a weekly basis and will talk to SENCo if there are concerns about SEND pupils not being supported at home and arrange further support. Families can contact SENDCo or class teacher if they have concerns. |
Remote education for self-isolating pupils
Where individual pupils need to self-isolate but the majority of their peer group remains in school, how remote education is provided will likely differ from the approach for whole groups. This is due to the challenges of teaching pupils both at home and in school.
If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from the approaches described above?
Maths lessons: emailed to families/posted dependent on access following on/mirroring the maths being covered in the classroom at that time. This may be a combination of white rose maths videos (the scheme used in school), the screens shared in the classroom and resources/worksheets used in the classroom (can be delivered up to 24hours after was covered in class) English tasks for KS2: emailed to families/posted dependent on access following either the sequence of learning happening in the classroom or basic skills relevant to that year group (e.g. spag). The quantity will be dependent on age/stage of your child. Some of these will need to be uploaded to your child’s class teacher on ClassDojo for feedback. Phonics sessions for KS1: there will be booklets sent home to consolidate the sounds known and a separate booklet for the sounds they are learning accompanied with link to videos to Mr Thorne on Youtube and/or put on Class Dojo. Enquiry Lessons(s): following the lessons being covered in class that week. This may be the screens from the lesson being sent to families along with resources / worksheets (if appropriate i.e. if the resources required for the lessons are already at home). If the lessons being taught in class are not able to be delivered remotely (e.g. if it requires additional resources such as art resources e.g. clay or pastels, or geography resources e.g maps and atlases) then alternative ‘topic’ learning will be set on ClassDojo which may make use of the Government’s ‘Oak Academy’ lessons. For immediate learning there will be a separate pack emailed to families to support home learning for the first 48 hours. |
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Remote Education Parents TDS Jan 2021 |