Students will follow their full curriculum as per their school timetable and the majority of their  lessons will be a blend of live teaching using Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom. On  occasions when a teacher is unable to deliver a live lesson then work will be set through Google Classroom.

The school will immediately revert to our Remote Learning contingency plan  with lessons being delivered through Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom.

We teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school. 

There may be some adaptations to subjects with practical elements because  of the need for specialist spaces or equipment. Therefore, some practical activities may be replaced with videoed demonstrations or with more theoretical activities.

We expect that remote education (including remote teaching and independent  work) will take students the same amount of time that they would be in lessons  in the school day. They should therefore expect to spend a minimum of 5 hours on learning activities. It is important that students do take breaks as they would  in school.

Your child will access the core part of their online remote education using Google  Classroom which is accessible through the school’s Virtual Learning Environment  (VLE) and they will be notified that work has been set via their school email. They will  be set work for all subjects based on their school timetable. They should check this at  least once a day. This will be complemented by live lessons which will be delivered  via Microsoft Teams.

We believe that due to work done on the Chromebook loan scheme, the majority of students now  have access to an appropriate device and connection. 

However, we recognise that some students may still not have suitable digital or online access at  home or that hardware may malfunction 

We take the following approaches to support those students to access remote education. 

• The school has and will loan chromebooks to students who do not have  access to suitable digital devices or online access. This includes when a home  device may malfunction. Parents/carers should contact the child’s Head of  Year to request access to a device. A Chromebook loan agreement will need  to be signed. 
• The school also has a stock of 4G dongles to support internet access if this is  a barrier to a student accessing resources. Again, your child’s Head of Year  will be able to support. 
• If none of the above is possible, given the students’ individual circumstances,  paper copies of work will be provided on a weekly basis. This will be delivered  by school staff who will also collect completed work to be sent to their teachers for marking.

We use a combination of the following approaches to teach students remotely: 

The foundation for the school’s remote teaching is Google Classroom and all learning  activities for lessons will be posted on this in advance of the timetabled lessons. This  will be complemented by a range of other teaching media: 

• live teaching (online lessons) – in a complete school closure or where the  school is closed to a whole cohort/bubble, a majority of lessons will be delivered via MS Teams using Google Classroom as the resource hub. This  will be as per the students’ timetables. This recognises the fact that if there is a  national or local area lockdown then staff members may also have to juggle  their own childcare and homeschooling demands with teaching, as well as  helping to run the provision for critical workers’ children and vulnerable students. 
• where a small number of students are self-isolating but their classes are  continuing as usual in school, lessons will be live streamed from classrooms  using MS Teams as per the students’ timetable. 
• recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio  recordings made by teachers) 
• printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets) where  access to online resources is limited or where it is in the best interests of the  individual students and their learning needs. 
• commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or  areas, including video clips or sequences e.g. My Maths, Maths Watch,  Seneca Learning, GCSE Pod). 

• We expect all students to access Google Classroom and to complete the work  that is set, attending all live streamed teaching that is offered using MS Teams. 
• Given the remote nature of teaching and learning, we expect all parents and  carers to ensure that their child is up and ready for learning each day and is  able to access the resources and teaching provided by the school. 

• Teachers will be monitoring students’ engagement with their work on a daily  basis via attendance at live lessons and their submission of work via Google  Classroom. 
• Parents and carers will be informed of any concerns promptly via email from  subject teachers, form tutors and Heads of Year.

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 student work is as follows: 

• Verbal feedback given live during streamed lessons on MS Teams. 
• Written feedback or voice notes on work that is submitted on Google Classroom. 
• NB some pieces of work will be developmental and, in line with the school’s Marking  and Feedback Policy, these pieces of work may not receive detailed written feedback. 
• Teachers will continue to set formal assessments of students’ learning according to  each Department’s assessment schedule. 
• Academic Reviews and Parent/Carer/Teacher Consultation evenings will take place  as planned

We recognise that some students, for example some students 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 students in the following ways: 

• Learning Support Assistants will be allocated to support students with EHCPs  remotely using the tools in Google Classroom. This may include small group  sessions and them joining the lesson in MS Teams. 
• For live streamed lessons for students who are self-isolating, LSAs will join the  lesson and support remotely. 
• Learning Support Assistants will help to provide differentiated resources for  students according to their learning needs including paper resources where  appropriate.