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Remote Learning

Welcome to our Remote Learning homepage. During this difficult year schools and education have faced severe disruption. To ensure that your child's education continues throughout periods of self-isolation/Covid-related school closures, they will be able to access their work through Remote Learning; this is done through Google Classroom. Notifications can be sent via Go4Schools to inform pupils and parents that work has been uploaded. For more information on Remote Learning, please view our Remote Learning Policy.

Google Classroom

Virtual Lessons and online work will take place on Google Classroom. Students can access this through their school accounts (RM Unify) online or using the free Google Classroom app on their device. 

Here you can find:
  • User Guides
  • Video Tutorials
  • Help with Google Classroom access issues
  • How Parents/Carers can get access to Google Classroom

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To access timetables and notifications on Go4Schools, please visit our Go4Schools login page by clicking below.

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Remote Learning: 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 if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home. 
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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?
A summary of the work will be set on Go4Schools in the same way that homework is set.  More detailed tasks and activities will be set from day two onwards using Google Classroom.
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?
​If a whole year group is sent home to self isolate, or if the school is closed, teachers continue to teach the curriculum remotely as we would have done if we were in school. 
We do have to make some adaptions in some subjects for example experiments in Science and we are unable to teach specialist practical subjects such as DT, Art, Music, PE in the same way that we would have done in school.  
The order of some topics may be re-organised so that those more appropriate to remote learning are taught, leaving other topics to be taught at a later date, face-to-face.
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:
Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
​6 lessons a day.
Our usual lessons are 50 minutes long. In remote learning will follow our usual in-school timetable:
6 x 50 minute lessons = 300 minutes a day or 5 hours a day.
We will offer a mix of direct teaching and independent work within each lesson to give students opportunities for screen breaks.
It is really important that during your breaks and regular screen breaks that you move away from the screen and stay active so that you are not sitting in a chair and looking at a screen all day.
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
We use Google Classroom to support online remote education. Homework and additional tasks are set on Go4Schools.
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:
  • Students that do not have technology at home can contact their Progress Leader, the school does have notebooks and tablets that can be loaned out to students on a short-term basis while they are isolating.
  • If there is no internet connection at home, the school does have dongles and access to SIM cards that can be loaned to students.  Please contact your Progress Leader for further information.
  • With appropriate notice the school can provide any printed materials needed.
  • Paper copies of work can be submitted to teachers either via the school office or on return to school if students do not have online access.  
How will my child be taught remotely?
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
  • live teaching (online lessons)
  • recorded teaching (White Rose Maths videos, video/audio recordings made by teachers, Oak Academy resources)
  • printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets)
  • textbooks and reading books pupils have at home
  • commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences such as MathsWatch, Tassomai and Seneca
What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
  • King Edward VI High School expects that all students engage with lessons each day and students should follow their usual timetables.  However, these are unusual times and if a student is struggling to access work at home they or their parents should contact their form tutor so that we can offer appropriate support. 
  • To support your child working at home we suggest the following:
  1. Find an appropriate place work such as at a desk or on a table
  2. Keep to the usual school times and school timetable
  3. Provide pen and paper
  4. Talk to your child about the work that was set and the work that was done each day. 
How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?
​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:
  • Students should receive feedback on their work a minimum of once a week (as per DfE expectations) or equivalent for subjects with substantially fewer lessons in KS3 (e.g. Art, RE, Music have one double lesson a fortnight)
  • Work should be submitted via Google Classroom but work may also be set (and marked) via websites such as MathsWatch, Tassomai and Collins Connect
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:
  • Learning Mentors will be in contact with parents weekly to provide support and to aid access to remote education.
  • Where necessary, 1:1 support will be organised via Google Classroom to support with remote learning.
  • If requested, paper copies of work and resources will be sent home to students.
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? 
​If an individual student is self-isolating a pack of work is sent home.  This work is skill and revision based.
KS4 and KS5 teachers are encouraged to email their students with their lesson plans and resources so that students can keep up with the work being taught in class.