Remote Education

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.

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.

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, P.E. has been adapted so that any equipment needed can be found in the typical household.

How will my child be taught remotely?

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

• Use of the Oak National Academy to support our remote learning offer for families 
• Recorded teaching. E.g. the live teaching at the beginning of the day is recorded and posted for children that cannot attend the live teaching launch, video recordings are made by the teachers, audio recordings are made by teachers
• Reading book at home
• Online maths activities such as Hit the Button and Timestables.co.uk 
• Undertaking small research tasks
• Supporting Learning at Home (information can be found on our Class Pages tab)

 In the event of remote learning, further information will be shared via email to parents. 

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:

• Make frequent phone calls home
• Ensure work is differentiated to meet the needs of children
• Lend any equipment needed to enable these pupils access the curriculum
• Continue to provide access to therapy sessions such as Speech and Language or Be U