Remote education provision: information for parents
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education where national or local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.
For details of what to expect where individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of this page.
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, while we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.
What should my child expect from immediate remote education in the first day or two of pupils being sent home?
Your child should all be able to access our school’s learning platform (every child has been sent their login last term if in YR and last year if in Y1 or 2. Your child will be able to access learning experiences and activities for English, Maths and Phonics in the first couple of days. The work your child completes should be uploaded to the learning platform so the class teachers are able to give feedback and mark your child’s work.
Following the first few days of remote education, will my child be taught broadly the same curriculum as they would if they were in school?
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We teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we have needed to make some adaptations in some subjects. For example, your child in school may have been involved in live drafting of a Literacy piece of work alongside the teacher live, however, the teacher may model the expectations within their powerpoints to give more guidance.
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For younger children in EYFS (YR) your child may have more open ended tasks rather than content which they will need to sit through for extended periods of time as they would in school and therefore activities may be of a more practical nature. Parents are able to upload the activities and learning to the Tapestry platform as you normally do to share with the teachers your child’s experiences.
Remote teaching and study time each day
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:
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EYFS (YR) |
The expectation is that your child engages with the learning platform working up to the Key Stage 1 expectations of up to three hours a day. They should attempt the suggested learning each week as well as daily phonics and reading activity. |
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Key Stage 1 (Y1 and Y2) |
The expectation is that your child engages in learning for an average of three hours a day including a balance of subjects including some reading and phonics each day. If possible your child is expected to attend a daily zoom session led by the class teacher. |
Accessing remote education
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
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We teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we have needed to make some adaptations in some subjects. For example, your child in school may have been involved in live drafting of a Literacy piece of work alongside the teacher live, however, the teacher may model the expectations within their powerpoints to give more guidance.
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For younger children in EYFS (YR) your child may have more open ended tasks rather than content which they will need to sit through for extended periods of time as they would in school and therefore activities may be of a more practical nature. Parents are able to upload the activities and learning to the Tapestry platform as you normally do to share with the teachers your child’s experiences.
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:
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Please email the school office if your child has no access to a suitable device (either laptop, ipad, gaming console) office@haddenhaminfant.bucks.sch.uk and we will endeavour to find a suitable device from donations from the community for you to borrow at this time.
How will my child be taught remotely?
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
As part of this list, schools may wish to indicate the extent to which they are used, and subjects and key stages these approaches are used in, if there are differences.
Our school will teach the children through a variety of methods
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live teaching (online sessions)
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recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)
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printed paper resources produced by teachers (e.g. worksheets)
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commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences
Engagement and feedback
What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
Our school will teach the children through a variety of methods
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live teaching (online sessions)
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recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)
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printed paper resources produced by teachers (e.g. worksheets)
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commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences
How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?
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The teachers will check the platform throughout each day and will respond to the messages and any work that has been uploaded on the platform in your child’s space.
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Children and families who do not engage in our remote offer will have a welfare telephone conversation to ascertain any issues surrounding difficulties engaging.
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:
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Teachers will give specific learning points in responding to your child’s submitted work
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Teachers will give whole class feedback via the zoom live sessions if appropriate to move the learning on from the previous week.
Additional support for pupils with particular needs
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:
In this section, please set out briefly:
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Children with SEND may have supportive individual activities which support their next steps in learning or the targets within their EHCP
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The younger children who may be at the beginning of their reading journey may have video type lessons or voice overs to accompany tasks in order to support their understanding.
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.
If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from the approaches described above?
Children who are self-isolating when school remains open to the majority of their cohort or the school population will be sent work directly by email or via the online learning platform to access. This provision will be activated when a parent contacts the school to alert us to their situation and the teacher will prepare the work for the child within two days of being told.
