Remote Learning Provision

In the instance that children need to engage in remote learning, due to self-isolation, bubble closure or whole school closure, the academy will work hard to ensure that no child is left without work to do in the immediacy. Pupils will be able to log into and access google Classrooms, Microsoft Teams, or if in Early Years – Tapestry, and access their lessons and work resources. Pupils will have access to teachers for support and guidance at set times within the normal school day hours. Please see section 2 in accessing remote education below for questions about access at home.

The minimum amount of time remote education should be in practice for Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) is 3 hours per day. This may be less for younger children. For Key Stage 2 children (Year 3, 4, 5 and 6) this is increased to 4 hours per day. This includes both live lessons or pre-recorded videos or set tasks, the work pupils are set after these as well as other sessions such as times-tables practice and reading.

Y5 and 6 pupils will be able to log into and access Microsoft Teams, Pupils in Y1-4 will log in to google classroom and Microsoft Teams, Early Years will use Tapestry to access their lessons and work resources. Please email info@oasisbankleaze.org if you are having any difficulty with this and we will support you.

Where pupils do not have access to internet at home, we will be in contact to discuss the support available for either a place in the academy, support we can offer to provide internet access at home or paper-based resources.

We will do our very best to support any children without access to a device or internet at home with the support to rectify this. We are doing this through providing laptops/ ipads for those without access as well as dongles for internet provision. If we are unable to rectify this then a child without internet or device access is able to attend our on-site provision, in line with the government guidance.

For some students with particular needs, paper based work is set in line with the online class provision, which is accessed by prior arrangement with the class teacher and picked up and returned from the school office in a Covid secure way.

We will use a variety of approaches to teach pupils remotely, best suited to circumstances, topic and age. We will be ensuring that year 6 have daily live lessons and check ins through Microsoft Teams, Years 1 to 5 have a combination of live check-in sessions with their teacher, pre-recorded lessons and Early Years will have lessons delivered through apps such as Tapestry, Teams, or online learning journals. All pupils who receive 1:1 reading support when they attend school will have 1:1 reading sessions booked in weekly via Microsoft Teams. Please email info@oasisbankleaze.org if you are having problems accessing these and we will support you.

We will also have daily assemblies each morning and story time each afternoon to mark the beginning and end of the school day. This follows the same schedule and timetable we have in school so should provide children with a sense of comfort and routine. These can be access via our Facebook Page or via Microsoft Teams. We really encourage active participation in this by liking or commenting on the content being shared. It’s a great way to bring the Academy together from all our different locations each day.

All of the work will be uploaded in a similar format across the Academy for ease of use. Your child’s class teacher will upload a weekly planner which will give an overview of the topics and objectives that will be covered and you can expect to be provided for the week. We hope this will help you plan the week ahead and streamline any work that is similar within your family set up. An example planner can be found here.  The work will follow a particular theme each week. This will be the same theme across the whole school. We will release an exciting video every Friday afternoon on Facebook and Twitter and our school website announcing the following week’s learning. Take a look at our video announcing week 4 learning.

Please see our Oasis Bank Leaze Home Learning Offer for more details. OABL Home learning offer

We expect every student to engage in lessons as they would in the classroom, and similarly our staff will be checking student understanding in the same manner as well. This could take the form of online quizzes, marking/assessment of assignments or work returned by email or other apps, or in-class engagement.

Student behaviour practices are expected to be in line with those within the academy, and additional rules will be in place for things such as microphone and camera use, raising hands, or class conversation through MS Teams. Academy behaviour expectations.

Using your camera on Teams during lessons

We know that strong parental engagement is important to make this successful, and therefore endeavour to communicate regularly with you around how the remote learning is going. We will be there to offer support on how to access the information remotely around resources, lessons and your child’s attendance, behaviour and engagement. We will be calling all students for a telephone catch up once a week or more if needed.

We ask that you support your child by creating a quiet place for them to attend lessons at home, and do not record any lessons for your own use due to GDPR and data protection.

We will be checking in with children during lessons and online-check-in sessions to ensure we have a good overview of their understanding and engagement. Online quizzing and assessment tools also help us to see how many children are actively engaging in lessons, and as always we will be monitoring attendance.

If there are any concerns we will ensure we are in contact with you as parents and carers by telephone.

We will be assessing your child’s progress through work submitted daily via Google Classroom/ Microsoft Teams/ Tapestry, engagement through questions in lessons, using online quizzing/marking tools and other work returned by email/other agreed communication. This will help us identify needs of the individual or needs of the class quickly and effectively.

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:

·         Work paper packs if required by the family

·         1:1 sessions with SENCO working on Pupil Pathway Plan Targets

·         1:1 catch ups with their designated adult

·         Work differentiated and tailored to pupil pathway plan targets

·         If these strategies are not working we will invite you child in to school to continue their learning

The provision for self-isolating pupils may differ in approach, but not in curriculum content. Year 6 will have access to either live lessons via Microsoft Teams, in-school live recordings or work packs (digital or printed). Years 1-5 will have slides or pre-recorded lessons uploaded regularly via the school website/ google classrooms, as well as access to the Oak National Academy site. EYFS will be sent work packs covering key skills and via Tapestry.

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