Today’s message focuses on home learning. Even if your child is still coming into school, it’s important that you know about this in case your child has to self-isolate.
Our seven daily lessons will begin tomorrow. Please bear with us if there are one or two glitches.
Our daily live Zoom sessions will begin on Monday afternoon (at 2pm for most classes, but some teachers may have to vary this). These sessions are with teachers to review and reflect on the day’s learning – they’re optional, so your child can attend on some days and not others. Again, please bear with us if there are glitches in the first few days.
To support all this, we’ve prepared a Home Learning Guide. In the guide, you’ll find the following:
- Page 1: an introduction
- Page 2: the seven daily lessons and who’ll deliver them
- Page 3: some tips and guidance to help you support your child
- Page 4: email addresses
- Pages 5-8: sample blank timetables to help you and your child get a good routine going (some of the timetables feature just five sessions if that feels appropriate – perhaps better for younger children, for example)
- Page 9: a short policy on emailing between home and school
- Page 10: a short policy on Zoom calls between home and school, in readiness for the live sessions each afternoon
- Page 11: brief guidance about some aspects of using Zoom
- Page 12 onwards: our technology acceptable use policies for pupils, parents/carers and staff
We know the very vast majority of children returned from the last lockdown period happy and healthy learners with not too many gaps – that’s testament to the great home learning you provided your child last time round.