Home Learning

Useful Links for Home Learning

Google Classroom - https://classroom.google.com/

Seesaw -https://app.seesaw.me/#/student/login

Home Learning at Stoke Mandeville Combined School

In January 2021 the Government published “ Restricting Attendance during the National Lockdown” document. This publication shared the need to continue to support education for all pupils throughout the pandemic.

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. This will ensure all the learning platforms can be accessed and children have access to digital learning. The digital resources we provide teaching through are Seesaw for Reception Class, Year 1 and Year 2 with children in Key Stage 2 using Google Classroom.

All access log in details can be resent if children have misplaced them.

Following the first few days of remote learning, will my child be taught broadly the same curriculum as they would if they were in school?

At Stoke Mandeville we teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. This includes direct live teaching, tasks set and resources for children to access on the different platforms. Some adaptations are made for some subjects which recognise there will be different resources in the home to those in school.

Remote teaching and learning time each day

How long can I expect work set by the school to take my child each day?

Our suggested timetable for children retains the structure of the school day as far as possible, with breaks and lunchtime built into timetables. While there may be some slight differences to each day the timetable below shares the expectation that

Key Stage 1 will undertake a minimum of 3 hours of learning each day

Key Stage 2 will undertake a minimum of 4 hours of learning each day

The timetable below is a suggestion of how we deliver live learning, although specific details of each class timetable and subjects being covered on each day can be found on the class learning platform.

Coloured areas are direct live teaching sessions.

Year group	9.00	9.15 – 10.15			10.45 – 11.45		1.15 – 2.15	2.15 – 3.15
Reception		Activity on Seesaw			Phonics session Followed by Seesaw activities and Child initiated learning		Maths activities Optional tasks set on Seesaw	Story time
Year 1	Phonics	English		Break time	Maths	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life	Reading at home
Year 2	Phonics	English		Break time	Maths	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life	Reading at home
Year 3	English		Reading skills	Break time	Maths	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life/ Art / Music/ Independent study tasks		Personal reading time
Year 4	English			Break time	Maths	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life/ Art/Music/ Independent study tasks		Personal reading
Year 5	Maths			Break time	English	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life/ Art/Music/ Independent study tasks		Personal reading
Year 6	Maths			Break time	English	Lunchtime	Science/ PE/ Skills for life/ Art/Music/ Independent study tasks		Personal reading

Accessing remote Learning

At Stoke Mandeville we are committed to supporting the education of every child during periods of closure or self-isolation. We understand some families may not have access to sufficient devices to access the digital platforms. As a school we are able to support requests for equipment to be loaned for free. We only ask for parents to return the equipment at the end of the remote learning period.

In some cases some children may find learning online difficult and staff will work with families to ensure they still have access to learning materials. This will include phone and or video call conversations to check on welfare, paper copies of work and text books to be completed following the class teachers planning.

Expectations and Feedback

In order to support children continuing to feel part of the class in school we would ask parents to follow the code below and support the children to maintain the same school routine as identified in the suggested timetable.

Children at home are expected to be at their device to access the learning from the time set by the individual class teachers. A Teaching Assistant will be supporting the children at home by taking a register and checking they are completing the work during the lesson. The teacher will also be available to answer questions throughout the lesson.

We would ask all parents to ensure the following code is adhered to while lessons are taking place

Children are in suitable space to complete work and not in bedrooms, and if possible with an adult nearby to support any technical issues.
Children are prompt in attempting to log into their learning platform and re-join where needed.
Cameras are to be on for the initial part of each lesson, but may need to be turned off during the lesson or as requested by the teacher.
Children should be dressed and wearing their school uniform jumper or cardigan while learning. This is to emphasise this is school learning which needs to be completed to the standards expected in school. Also, it reinforces to all children the importance of learning together in a shared experience with their peers.
The sessions are not to be copied, or recorded in any way. Any further supporting learning materials or videos will be placed on the learning platform for children to access
Children will not be able to access the live learning stream before the teacher has opened the lesson which will usually be a few minutes before the lesson will start.
If anyone accessing the online learning is considered to be behaving inappropriately the staff will make a request for an improvement in behaviour. If this is not seen the child may be removed from the live lesson. Work will still need to be completed.
All work set is to be completed by 3pm of the same school day and posted on the appropriate platform. Staff will endeavour, where appropriate, to provide suitable feedback.
If a child is unwell while at home and unable to access the learning we would ask, as for normal absence, parents contact the school to allow us to code our registers correctly.

In many cases the work children need to access will be posted onto their learning platform earlier than the designated day. This will provide an opportunity for parents to view them before a lesson starts.

All children will be marked on our internal registers so we can monitor who is attending the live sessions. There will also be close monitoring of children’s work submissions and if there are any concerns teachers will contact parents to discuss how support can be provided.

Children can expect their teacher to provide feedback either in the live lesson or on the digital platform as appropriate. These will be private comments which are not seen by anyone else.

Additional Support for pupils with particular needs

We recognise some pupils, for example pupils with special educational needs and disabilities may not be able to access remote learning without support from adults at home.

The SENDCo will contact parents to discuss how learning can take place and what support can be provided at home. This may also be to organise meetings with external agencies. There will also be a weekly short video call with the child and parent for both welfare and exploring how further learning can be supported.

Remote Learning for self-isolating pupils

Where individual pupils need to self-isolate but the majority of their peer group remains in school, how remote learning is provided will likely differ from the approach for whole groups. Work will be provided and contact will be made with the pupil which is a closely linked to that of children in school. All planning and learning is sequenced to allow new skills and knowledge to be mastered while learning from home.