Remote learning plan for the Senior School

• Live remote lessons will be delivered to all year groups where possible. When lessons are not being live streamed, work to be completed will be posted on Google Classroom by 8:45 am.  When lessons will be delivered via Google Meet (if it will be beneficial to pupil learning) pupils will be notified by 4.00 pm the preceding day by a notification on Google Classroom.  When lessons are live streamed these will be recorded and uploaded to Google Classroom for future reference. If it is not possible/suitable to deliver a remote lesson, then videos will be pre-recorded and uploaded for pupils to refer to.  These lessons may be shorter than an hour to ensure that all pupils are able to take part in the lesson effectively.

• Timetabled PE lessons will continue, but games sessions will not be taught.  Live PE lessons will be ‘HITT’ based and can be completed in 30-40 minutes. The Sport department will also offer health related fitness theory to facilitate learning.  This will be for pupils in Years 7-10. Games based skill videos will be placed on a Google Classroom for the whole school to access. These will be pre-recorded by staff, including videos from NGBs. These will be tailored to be completed at home with limited equipment required. Pupils can complete in their own time and opt in/out based on their interests.

• All pupils are expected to fully engage with the remote learning provided by their teachers (time zones permitting).  As such they are expected to attend all live lessons, and to hand work in by set deadlines.  If pupils do not meet these expectations, subject teachers will notify tutors via a tutor alert.  Tutors will then contact parents to discuss this further.  

• For pupils that cannot access Google applications, work will be emailed directly to parents, accompanied with clear instructions of what work is to be completed, any deadlines, and details of how this work is to be returned to the teacher.

• Tasks have been set to follow the curriculum as closely as possible, albeit differently, to allow for working from home for everyone involved.  This will mean that the type of task and/or the activities used may well be different from that used in the classroom but at the same time allowing the task to be carried out more independently and with the resources available.  

• Ideally all work should be handed in via Google Classroom, either through uploaded photographs or the completion of set tasks within a Google Doc, Form or Slides. When sharing work, please click the hand in button on the Google Classroom to enable the teacher to write feedback.   The task will then register as completed  (i.e. rather than work overdue).   GCSE and A level Theatre Studies pupils can continue to use Showbie for the completion of their work.  Although guidance of  a completion deadline may be given, we are aware that due to demand on devices and family situations this has to be flexible and that it will not always be possible to follow a set schedule.  The expectation, however, is that all tasks are completed by the end of each week.

• Teachers will ensure that all pupil queries have been dealt with in an appropriate manner by 9.00 am the following day.

• Tutors and Heads of Year will be responsible for overseeing the pastoral care and learning of each pupil.  Tutors will also provide contact during daily tutorial periods (8:50-9:10 am) by invitation to Google Meet for a video conference (the link to this will be sent via the Google Classroom or children’s email). This will resemble a tutor time and will allow for general questions and a catch up on how everyone is, rather than being work specific. Work queries should take place in the Google Classroom to the teacher who set the task.  

• The SENCo will also provide regular contact (via Google Meet) for SEND children and their parents  in order to support their experience within a home environment.

• As set out in the remote learning policy, all pupils will be following their normal school timetable with the exception of  Saturday lessons.  Saturday lessons will now happen at the following times:

• Saturday period 1 is now Monday 4.00-5.00 pm
• Saturday period 2 is now Wednesday period 5
• Saturday period 3 is now Thursday period 5
  

If this means that a subject now has a double lesson in one week, project type work will be set for pupils to complete.  As there is an INSET day on Monday 4 January (Week A), this will mean that the lesson that was timetabled for Saturday period 1 on 9 January will not take place.  Periods 2 and 3 on that day will take place on Wednesday and Thursday as outlined above.

We have made the decision to move Saturday lessons for the duration of remote learning to support parents, pupils and teachers.  As games and activities are not currently running, it makes sense for the pupils to actively engage with lessons during this time to help them keep structure to their days. It also enables teachers to make more productive use of the Monday-Friday school day while we can’t include teacher-led sport and activities, ensuring that pupils are fully supported with their learning.  As a school, we are also aware that many parents have children that attend the Junior School and the Senior School, and by aligning the timetables of both schools this will help parents to manage childcare and the expectations surrounding when pupils should be engaged with their school work.

Remote learning plan for the Junior School

We realise that you are juggling your own work as well as managing the care and supervision of your children’s learning and, therefore, we will teach as much live/video as possible using Google, following your child’s usual timetable whenever we are able to do so. This will also include the usual daily form time and reflection time with the Form Teacher.  Your children have successfully accessed work through Google Classroom in recent months. I am also conscious that your child will need some time off screen and therefore some lessons will be recorded and pre-recorded to give you greater flexibility. There will not be lessons in dance or games but PE, Music, Drama and Art will continue as normal.

• Children will join subject classrooms overseen by their current subject teacher.

• Tasks have been set to follow the curriculum as closely as possible, albeit differently, to allow for working from home for everyone involved.  This will mean that the type of task and/or the activities used may well be different from that used in the classroom but at the same time allowing the task to be carried out more independently and with the resources available.  

• Subject teachers will be checking their notifications daily in order to answer queries and questions about set work and to mark and provide feedback directly to the pupil using the marking process on Google Classroom.

• All work should be handed in via the Google Classroom, either through uploaded photographs or the completion of set tasks within a Google Doc or Slides (although if there is a problem staff can be emailed). When sharing work, please click the hand in button on the Google Classroom to enable the teacher to write feedback.   The task will then register as completed  (i.e. rather than work overdue).  Although guidance of  a completion deadline may be given, we are aware that due to demand on devices and family situations this has to be flexible and that it will not always be possible to follow a set schedule.  The expectation, however, is that all tasks are completed by the end of each week.

• The Form Teacher will be responsible for overseeing the pastoral care and learning of each member of the class.  There will be daily live form time via ‘Google Hangouts Meet’ from 8.50-9.10am and reflection time from 3.40-3.55, using the meet link on the stream of the form’s Google Classroom. .

• Work queries should take place in the Google Classroom to the teacher who set the task.  

• The SENCo will provide regular contact (via Google Meet) for SEND children and their parents  in order to support their experience within a home environment.