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 in the event of a school closure for example, snow days, floods, gas leaks and no electricity/water.

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?

Your child will already have access to a number of online resources for work that they can access independently, these include;

• Little Wandle parent pages
• TT Rockstars– Recall activities for times tables 
• Whiterose parent pages with links to online lessons
• Tapestry (EYFS only)
• Collins hub online-reading books
• Google Classroom

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 not go beyond the school hours.

Pupils will be expected to register online at 9am every school day and complete work in time with the school timetable.

Accessing remote education

How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?

We will be organising our remote education provision through Google Classroom. Through this your child will be able access live lessons with Google Meet and ask questions through Google Chat. We will also be using Tapestry in Year R to aid younger pupils in completing and submitting age-appropriate work.

All of these platforms can be accessed across multiple devices, including; PCs, laptops, tablets, smartphones, web-enabled TVs, and some games consoles.

How will my child be taught remotely?

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

•             live teaching (online lessons)

•             recorded teaching (e.g. Little Wandle and Whiterose lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)

•             reading books pupils have at home

•             commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences

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?

In this section, please set out briefly:

•             We expect pupils to ideally engage with their learning concurrently with the school day. Where this is not possible, pupils are expected to complete the work of the school day out of sequence.

•             Our expectations of parental support will vary depending on the year group. For the most part this will mainly involve setting routines to support your child’s education and ensuring they are engaged when completing independent work.

How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?

•             We record pupils’ engagement with remote education every timetabled lesson/activity

•             Where engagement is a concern, we will inform parents and carers through telephone contact by our Family Support Worker to try to support

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:

•             Live verbal feedback (through Google Meet)

•             Live digital feedback (through Google Chat)

•             Written digital feedback comments (on Tapestry post or work shared to the Classroom Stream)

•             Graded marking and feedback (On Google Classroom Assignments)

Pupils will receive feedback on their work, where appropriate, before the next lesson in the curriculum sequence. However, as described above, this does not mean that a written comment or grade will be given for each activity.

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:

•             Class teachers will still plan differentiated work based on their knowledge of the pupils’ individual needs.

•             SEND pupils will still be overseen by the SENDCo and any reviews/assessment will continue to take place as necessary. Meetings with external agencies will continue remotely.

•             Class-based interventions will take place remotely as timetabled and delivered by the same member of staff.

•             Non-class-based interventions (such as Speech & Language and ELSA support) will continue to take place remotely.

•             If appropriate, vulnerable pupils may be invited to attend sessions at school. This will be kept to the absolute minimum to ensure that they are able to appropriately access the curriculum.