Learning from Home

Although we are hopeful that whole school online learning is now a thing of the past, these last few years have taught us to expect the unexpected! There are still certain circumstances in which some individual children or classes may have to access learning from home.

Children will continue to have access to Google Classroom – our online learning platform – that they will use in school and, in some classes, as part of their weekly homework. It is a fantastic tool that we can utilise to support the teaching of the curriculum in all year groups, as well as to provide learning for children who may still need to isolate. Children are able to login and interact with their teachers, as well as complete and hand in work on a daily or weekly basis. Children in Reception and Nursery are also continuing to share their learning through their Tapestry accounts.

It is important to remember that school will continue to have high expectations of all standards of work and behaviour, whether in school or online. Please read through our Remote Learning Policy and Pupil Code of Conduct, which outline our expectations of pupils during periods of remote learning.

Remote Learning Policy

Below we will be providing guidance for parents and carers to explain how to access and login to Google Classroom and how to complete and hand in work to a teacher. We will be updating this guidance regularly to support a range of devices. 

The Google platform will work on all Windows, Android and Apple devices, including tablets, phones and even XBoxes!

You will also find below a list of websites that you might find useful for supporting your child in their learning while we are still in the process of setting up Google Classroom.

School Logins

• Purple Mash (Year 1 to Year 6)
• Times Table Rockstars (Year 2 to Year 6)
• Reading Plus (Year 6)

Free Resources

• Top marks (All year groups)
• The Oaks National Academy (All year groups)
• BBC Bitesize (Year 1 to Year 6)
• Number fun (All year groups)
• Oxford Owl (Year 1 to Year 6)

Subscription

• Phonics Play (Reception, Year 1 and Year 2)
• White Rose (some free resources)
• Classroom Secrets (some free resources)
• Twinkl (some free resources)

Google Classroom Guidance (Computers and Laptops)

Google Classroom Guidance (Phones and Tablets)

Teachers will provide live sessions for children learning at home.

To access these, they will post a Google Meet link to the ‘stream’ page of your child’s Google Classroom with a date and a time. All your child needs to do is click the link and join the meet. They do not need a camera or a microphone to do this and they may be asked to switch video and audio off for some of the sessions.