1. What is taught to pupils/students at home?

The academy will endeavor to deliver the full curriculum to children, in line with what teaching would be in place should we be at the academy in person. Our curriculum offer will remain broad, balanced, and mirror the EYFS, KS1 and KS2 National Curriculum.

Whilst we will cover the subjects as we planned for this term, there may be some adjustments that need to be made to the existing curriculum for more practical subjects (such as PE, Art, Design Tech and Music). These lessons may be taught individually or through a themed approach (e.g. The Egyptians) We thank you for your support and patience with this.

2. What should my child expect from immediate remote education in the first few days?

In the instance that children need to engage in remote learning, due to self-isolation, bubble closure or whole school closure, the academy will work hard to ensure that no child is left without work to do in the immediacy. Pupils will be able to log into and access Microsoft Teams, or if in Early Years – Tapestry, and access their lessons and work resources. Pupils will have access to teachers for support and guidance at set times within the normal school day hours. Please see section 2 in accessing remote education below for questions about access at home.

1. How long can I expect work set by the academy to take my child?

The minimum amount of time remote education should be in practice for Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) is 3 hours per day. This may be less for younger children. For Key Stage 2 children (Year 3, 4, 5 and 6) this is increased to 4 hours per day. This includes both live lessons or pre-recorded video. After these, pupils are set tasks to complete as well as additional directions to times-table practice and reading. Please see our guide on accessing lessons via TEAMs which was emailed to you all and is available on our website.

 

1. How will my child access the online remote education?

Pupils will be able to log into and access Microsoft Teams and Vimeo or if in Early Years – Tapestry, and access their lessons and work resources. Please see the information below for detail of how to access this along with some helpful instruction guides for using different aspects of TEAMs.

2. If my child does not have access to online learning at home, how will you support us?

Where pupils do not have access to internet at home, we will be in contact to discuss the support available.  We can explore the offer to provide internet access at home, paper-based resources or a place in the academy.

We will do our very best to support any children without access to a device or internet at home to rectify this. We are doing this through bringing forward the roll out of our Horizons project so that every child from Reception to Y6 has an iPad to ensure access to remote learning whilst at home. We will also provide dongles or additional data where possible/needed.  If we are unable to rectify this then a child without internet or device access is able to attend our on-site provision, in line with the government guidance.

For students with no online access or other barriers hindering access to remote learning, paper based work is set in line with the usual curriculum, which is accessed by requesting this from the Academy office at longcross.org@oasislongcross.org and can be returned to the school for marking when they return to the academy in a safe environment for all.

3. How will my child be taught remotely?

We will use a variety of approaches to teach pupils remotely, best suited to circumstances, topic and age. We will be ensuring that Year 5 and 6 have daily live lessons and check ins through Microsoft Teams, Years 1 to 4 have a combination of live check-in sessions with their teacher, pre-recorded lessons and Early Years will have lessons delivered through our online learning journals.  Please see the information below for detail of how to access this for specific year groups.

1. What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide?

We expect every student to engage in lessons as they would in the classroom and similarly our staff will be checking student understanding in the same manner as well. This could take the form of online quizzes, marking/assessment of assignments or work returned by email or other apps as well as in-lesson engagement.

Student behaviour practices are expected to be in line with those within the academy and additional rules will be in place for things such as microphone and camera use, raising hands or class conversation through MS Teams. Please see below for additional considerations for behaviour when learning remotely.

We know that strong parental engagement is important to make this successful and therefore endeavour to communicate regularly with you around how the remote learning is going. We will be there to offer support on how to access the information remotely around resources, lessons and your child’s attendance, behaviour and engagement. We will be calling any students who are not engaging to check in and see what we can do to help.

We ask that you support your child by creating a quiet place for them to attend lessons at home and do not record any lessons for your own use due to GDPR and data protection.

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

We will be checking in with children during live lessons and check-in sessions to ensure we have a good overview of their understanding and engagement. Auditing of unique views of recorded lessons, online quizzing and assessment tools also help us to see how many children are actively engaging in lessons, and as always we will be monitoring attendance.

If there are any concerns we will ensure we are in contact with you as parents and carers by telephone or email as soon as possible to try to remove any potential barriers.

3. How will you assess my child’s work and progress?

We will be assessing your child’s progress through work submitted daily via Microsoft Teams, engagement through questions in lessons, using online quizzing/marking tools and other work returned by email/other agreed communication. This will help us identify needs of the individual or needs of the class quickly and effectively.

1. How will you work with me to help my child who needs additional support 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:

·         Personalised paper work packs if required by the family

·         Small group breakout sessions during whole class live Teams teaching

·         Personalised signposting to appropriate lessons and learning activities

·         1:1 sessions with SENCO or LSA working on Pupil Pathway Plan Targets

·         1:1 catch ups with their designated adult

·         Work differentiated and tailored to pupil pathway plan targets

1. If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from that of the rest of their class?

The provision for self-isolating pupils may differ in approach but not in curriculum content. Year 5 and Year 6 will have access to either live lessons via Microsoft Teams, in-school live recordings or work packs (digital or printed). Years 1-4 will have slides or pre-recorded lessons uploaded regularly as well as access and signposting to the Oak National Academy site. EYFS will be sent work packs covering key skills and via Tapestry.