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3. Remote education provision: information for parents

This information is intended to clarify and transparently inform pupils, parents, or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.

Please see the final section of this page for details of what to expect when individual pupils are self-isolating.

1. 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. At the same time, we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.

1. What should my child expect from immediate remote education in the first day or two of pupils being sent home?

2. Will my child be taught broadly the same curriculum following the first few days of remote education as they would be in school?

2. Remote teaching and study time each day

1. 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:

3. Accessing remote education

1. How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?

2. 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:

3. How will my child be taught remotely?

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

In Early Years (Nursey/Reception):

• Children will be taught through Tapestry. There will be pre-recorded lessons on phonics, maths, and story time.
• Reading will be done initially through the books sent home with children and then moving to eBooks, and staff will advise which band books children should be reading.
• https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
• Children will be sent a weekly paper pack of materials to complete at home.
• Staff will give feedback to children on Tapestry, and parents can post pictures of the children's work for the staff to examine.
• Messages will be sent to parents/carers via Tapestry and Parent Mail.

In Year 1:

• Children will be taught through Tapestry, a pre-recorded lesson on phonics, English and maths.
• Children will receive phonics intervention, if required, through a pre-recorded lesson.
• Reading will be done initially through the books sent home with children and then moving to eBooks; staff will advise which band books children should read.
• https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
• Other curriculum subjects will be taught using a mixture of pre-recorded videos or links to videos found online, such as the Oak National Academy lessons.

Work will be set on Purple Mash for some of these activities.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/brownhill-ls9

In Year 2 and KS2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6)

• Learning for all subjects will be uploaded daily onto Google Classroom.
• Pre-recorded teaching videos will be on daily (a minimum of two)
• Other curriculum subjects will be taught through a mixture of pre-recorded videos or links to videos found online, such as the Oak National Academy lessons.
• Reading will be done initially through the books sent home with children, and then moving to eBooks, staff will advise which band books children should be reading.

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/

4. Engagement and feedback

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

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

3. 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:

5. Additional support for pupils with particular needs

1. 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:

6. 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.

2. If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from the approaches described above?