Remote Learning
According to government guidance, attendance is essential for pupils to get the most out of their school experience, including for their attainment, wellbeing, and wider life chances. Remote education should not be viewed as an equal alternative to attendance in school. We expect schools to consider it only as a last resort when the alternative would be no education, and only after it has been established that the pupil is, or will be, absent from school.'.
Scenarios where remote education should be provided:
- occasions when school closures or restrictions on attendance mean that school access for pupils is restricted.
- individual cases where a pupil is unable to attend school but is well enough and able to learn (such as recovering from a short-tem infectious illness, preparing for or recovering from an operation or recovering from an injury where attendance may impact recovery).
Providing Remote Education: Guidance for Schools (Department for Education)
Government guidance also states that, 'pupils should have access to remote education as soon as reasonably practicable, though in proportion to the length of absence and expected disruption to their education'.
In line with our attendance policy, all absences should be communicated to our school office team. If pupils are unwell, the following information does not apply as pupils will need to rest and recover in order to get back to school as soon as they are able to do so.
Remote Education due to a short-term absence where the child is well,
but unable to attend school:
Where children are unable to attend school but are able to continue learning and are feeling well, e.g. recovering from an operation, or having been advised by hospital following a fracture to remain at home, the following will apply each day:
Pupils can communicate with teaching staff through Google Classroom. Any documents that need to be shared or uploaded can be sent using this platform.
Reading
Pupils should read every day for at least 20 minutes and update their reading diary with a comment about their reading. Teachers may upload extracts from texts being read in class on Google Classroom, depending on what might be missed during the pupil's absence. If pupils are unsure of what to read and have access to the Internet, they may like to look at the following websites:
English
Pupils should complete lessons from the 'English Grammar' units found on Oak National Academy. These lessons consolidate learning taught throughout each year group and enable pupils to practise using key vocabulary which they will continue to encounter as they move through Key Stage Two. Pupils are also encouraged to complete target work and practise their spellings.
Maths
Teachers will assign tasks for pupils to complete on Mathletics. This could include tasks related to current learning, or a selection of consolidation tasks based on the individual pupil's needs. Pupils are also encouraged to complete target work and/or tasks on TT Rockstars.
Wider Curriculum
Pupils should select a unit of work to complete from Oak National Academy which is related to their learning in school from one of the following subjects: science, history, geography and PSHE. They should be prepared to share what they have been learning about or have completed over Google Classroom or on their return to school. Our curriculum overviews are found here: curriculum overviews.
Our online education platform is Google Classroom. Please click here for further information about how to access Google Classroom and for some helpful 'how to...' videos.
Remote Education due to a Long-Term School Closure, Lockdown or Instructions from Government
There may be occasions when school leaders decide that it is not possible for their setting to open safely, or that opening would contradict guidance from local or central government (such as a nationwide lockdown).
Information regarding our remote education, including details of live lessons, will be shared when required.