During one of the home learning sessions, has your child ever ‘got stuck’? If so, our new feature of home learning should help…
From tomorrow, there are now two ways that your child can Zoom in to school.
Our afternoon review Zooms remain. For most classes, they start at 2.00pm. The afternoon reviews are an opportunity for your child to review and reflect on their learning with their teacher and other children in their class. They’re also a chance for some social time – seeing friends from their class. One parent told us this week ‘the daily zooms are great…they are generally used for a wellbeing check and a review of work done that morning. This often motivates [my children] to get their work done which is helpful and supports any learning… We expect the girls to attend as we feel it is an important part of their day and allows them to remain connected’.
New from tomorrow are morning help Zooms. These are for individual pupils to contact a Sphere Federation teacher with a specific question or problem to do with their home learning.
They’re a bit like turning up at the doctors without an appointment…
- drop in at any time between 9.30 and 11.30 in the morning
- the teacher will be able to help with a learning problem that’s specific to the day’s learning (sorry – this isn’t the platform to talk about wider home learning issues like motivating your child or time management – email your child’s teacher for help with this)
- in case someone else is waiting, the drop-ins are limited to about five minutes maximum
- this is for individual pupils, not groups
- generally speaking, the older the child, the less we’d expect a parent / carer to be need to be involved (but a parent should be present, as per policy)
- your child will have to wait a while in the Zoom waiting room, just in case the teacher is with another child or is busy teaching the children in school
- if the waiting list seems too long, then we’re sorry and you may need to leave the Zoom and try again later (or email your child’s teacher instead)
- your child should visit the right phase for their year group – this means that they might be Zooming a teacher from one of the other Sphere Federation schools, but it’s about helping with a specific problem rather than staying in touch with your child’s own teacher
Read about the new morning help Zooms in our updated Home Learning guide.