Remote Education Guidance for Parents
Queensbridge Primary School
Remote Education Provision
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.
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?
| All children have access to either Microsoft Teams (Year 1 – 6) or Tapestry (EYFS pupils). Logins and passwords have been sent home along with a blank workbook for all children in year 1 to year 6. Assignments have been set on these sites for pupils to access immediately. These are links to the oak national academy lessons which match the work covered by that year group. These are lessons in Maths, English and Science. Additionally, children have access to our other learning apps – Purple Mash, TTrockstars, Read Theory, Phonics Bug, Spelling Shed, Nessy, and LbQ. (Please note – not all of these apps are available to all age groups – parents have been sent logins to all the apps that your child uses) |
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, practical lessons require equipment such as design technology. Some of this will be teacher-led lessons and some will be independent work. We may make use of other online content. |
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:
| Primary school-aged pupils | For children in Key stages 1 and 2, we would expect that the work set would take around 3-4 hours per day to complete. In the early years, this will be much shorter as we would want children to be active and learn through play as they would do in school. |
Accessing remote education
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
- Microsoft Teams is our main method of delivery for pupils in KS1 and 2
- Tapestry is used for our EYFS pupils.
Plus the following apps
- Purple mash – KS1 and KS2
- TTrockstars – Year 2 upwards
- Read theory – KS2
- Phonics bug – Reception and KS1
- Spelling Shed – KS1 and KS2
- Nessy – KS2 pupils who are part of the Nessy Group
- LbQ – KS2
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:
- School has a number of tablets and laptops that can be lent to pupils during any periods of isolation. These can be requested by phoning the school office – parents must sign an agreement.
- We also have a number of prepaid data SIMs which will provide 30GB free data for 90 days. Again these can be requested through the school office.
- If children are still unable to access remote education we can supply a printed pack of home learning materials.
- All pupils should record their learning in the blank textbook which has been sent home. Once children return to school this should be returned for marking. Children can submit work or photographs, through Microsoft Teams or Tapestry for more regular feedback.
How will my child be taught remotely?
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
- live teaching (online lessons). These will be several short lessons each day which will introduce the learning for a specific subject.
- recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)
- printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets)
- textbooks and 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?
- We expect that all pupils will complete the work set each day. Children should make every attempt to join in with live lessons delivered by class teachers.
- When logging in to remote sessions – Children should be dressed appropriately and sat in an appropriate area of the house. They should mute themselves on entering and put their hand up to ask questions. They need to be on time for lessons and should use the chat responsibly.
- We expect that parents will support their children with their learning while they are isolating at home. For some of our older children this may be just be assistance with logging into the learning platform but for younger children this will also be supporting with the content of the lessons. We ask that parents help to establish routines while children are isolating including being on time for remote lessons and being ready to learn.
How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?
- Staff will be checking children’s engagement in remote learning daily.
- If staff have a concern about this engagement we will inform parents and carers by phone, email or text.
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:
- Staff will provide children with feedback on their learning. This may be verbally during a remote lesson, a comment through Microsoft Teams or Tapestry, a text message home or feedback through Purple Mash. We also ask that children return their textbooks to school for marking at the end of the isolation period.
- We will aim to provide daily feedback through Microsoft Teams/Tapestry and weekly feedback through Purple Mash.
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:
- For pupils with SEND we offer the same access to remote education through our learning platforms. This may be a small group or individual remote session from class teachers/teaching assistants or make use of other recorded lesson materials. Children will be directed to use the apps they are familiar with in school such as Nessy or Purple Mash.
- For our SMART room pupils – learning materials for that half-term learning topic and guidance documents will also be dropped off at homes.
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?
| If children are isolating, while the rest of their bubble is still in school, we are still providing learning for these pupils. All children have access to either Microsoft Teams (Year 1 – 6) or Tapestry (EYFS pupils). Logins and passwords have been sent home along with a blank workbook for all children in year 1 to year 6. Assignments have been set on these sites for pupils to access immediately. These are mainly links to the Oak national academy lessons which match the work covered by that year’s group. These are lessons in Maths, English and Science. There are enough lessons to cover a full two weeks of teaching. Children should post photographs of their learning on these platforms in order to receive daily feedback from their teachers. Additionally, children have access to our other learning apps – Purple Mash, TTrockstars, Read Theory, Phonics Bug, Spelling Shed, Nessy, and LbQ. (Please note – not all of these apps are available to all age groups – parents have been sent logins to all the apps that your child uses) |