Home Learning
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents / carers about what to expect from remote education when national or local restrictions require individuals, year group bubbles or the whole school to remain at home. This information does not apply to the children of critical workers or vulnerable children when they attend at these times.
We aim for 100% of pupils in our schools to be engaged in their learning regardless of whether they are learning at home, in school part time or attending full time. We employ a range of strategies or ‘ingredients’ to enable children to engage in their learning and to continue their education.
The remote curriculum
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 or blended teaching and learning.
Blended learning is the provision for all children to be able to continue their education if they or school staff are unable to come into school as a result of isolation. Our offer supports families to be able to isolate when necessary whilst enabling children to continue their learning.
The same curriculum that is being taught in school will be provided for children at home, wherever possible and appropriate, and many activities will be the same. However, it may be necessary for some activities to be adapted to suit the home environment but the learning will still be planned to meet the same objectives.
Where children have additional needs, we aim to meet their needs with additional resources and an adapted curriculum. This will be bespoke to the children’s individual needs and may not be provided online for these children. Likewise, some children will have additional learning or resources provided online if this meets their individual needs.
In the event of Scenario One, children will be provided learning via our website. Home learning packs of books and physical resources specific to the age and needs of the child to support learning may be delivered to their home.
In the event of Scenario Three, where a bubble or school is closed, daily learning is provided via our online platforms. This will include an element of live teaching and learning from YR to Y6 and if applicable our Resource Base classes. Bespoke learning packs of resources, books etc. will be available for collection from school to support the learning being provided online.
In all scenarios learning will be provided within 24 hours of us notifying families of a closure, or families notifying us of the need to isolate.
Up to four hours a day of learning and activities will be made available, see the table below. This includes remote teaching and learning and independent activities. The majority of learning will be provided and submitted through the website.
If children are finding that their learning is taking more or less time than this, then we will work with families to support them in structuring their day and adapting learning where necessary.
| Early Years | Less than the 3 hours expected in Key Stage 1 |
| Key Stage 1 | Approximately 3 hours of learning activities per day |
| Key Stage 2 | Approximately 4 hours of learning activities per day |
Accessing remote learning
The vast majority of blended learning across our school is provided through our website.
In upper Key Stage 2, Google Docs is also being used where appropriate to share and collaborate in learning. This tool also supports children who are accessing provision at school and at home to continue their learning in a blended approach.
We recognise that some pupils may not have online access at home. This may be that they do not have reliable internet, a suitable device or access to a device when other family members are working at home. From school surveys and knowledge from previous remote learning situations, we have a good knowledge of the digital access available at home. Where there may be a lack of appropriate devices at home, we support families by loaning devices where possible.
We use a combination of approaches to teach pupils remotely and to enable blended learning. These are the ingredients which work together to enable successful engagement in remote and blended learning.
We use a range of recorded teaching. This is typically audio or video recordings which are made by our own teachers or teaching assistants. These may explain a task, introduce new concepts or provide feedback to individuals or to the bubble group. We may also use other pre recordings where these are appropriate. Among others, these may include White Rose Maths, Times table Rockstars and Numberblocks.
Resource packs are provided by teachers and teaching assistants to support the activities being set via our online platforms. These packs are bespoke to the individual children but examples of what they may include are: exercise books, stationery, class reading book, other reading books, typical class resources such as word mats, online logins, topic maps, curriculum knowledge organisers.
We may also use some aspects of commercially available websites where appropriate to support the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences. These include interactive resources such as Times Table Rock Stars and Numbots.
Where children need support to access the set curriculum, this will be reviewed on an individual basis and the resources and curriculum provided may be adapted to meet their needs.
Home Learning Content
The information below is provided for families in the event of a need to learn remotely due to school closure or any other reason. You will see a selection of home learning activities that will include English and Maths.
- EYFS activities for sunny days download_for_offline
- Year 1 Home Learning download_for_offline
- Year 2 Home Learning download_for_offline
- Year 3 Home Learning download_for_offline
- Year 4 Home Learning download_for_offline
- Year 6 Home Learning download_for_offline
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For a little extra fun for KS2, why not to get a personal record on Time Tables Rockstars!
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