Godley Remote Learning Strategy

Godley Primary Remote Learning Strategy Aims of the strategy:  Provide high quality online and offline learning opportunities for all pupils.  To sustain the continuity of the curriculum for all.  Keep the minds of children active and happy.  Ensure consistency in the academy’s approach to remote learning.  Set out expectations for all members of the school community with regards to remote learning.  Ensure our practice follows ELT e-safety regulations and DFE safeguarding guidelines.  Ensure regular contact with all children and families.

Remote Learning Intent At Godley Primary remote learning follows our school curriculum which is consciously designed to promote a desire, enthusiasm and engagement towards learning.

Curriculum content is broad, rich and challenging. It is based around high quality key texts and enquiry questions, exploiting children’s interests where possible and adapted to the needs of all learners. An emphasis is placed upon developing transferable knowledge and skills and opportunities are created for application.

Our curriculum offer away from school provides high quality teaching inputs and engaging resources to stimulate and challenge all pupils. Activities incorporate the Godley Learning Behaviours and values where appropriate e.g. independence, perseverance and responsibility. Teaching inputs and tasks are designed to be accessed flexibly to suit the different needs and family circumstances.

Regular and specific feedback is used to motivate learners, address misconceptions and promote progress.

Our online platforms enable parents and children to have regular contact with adults at school to maintain positive relationships and ensure the best possible outcomes for all children.

Our Home Learning and communication platforms are Class Dojo and Microsoft Teams Class Dojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use every day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom home through photos, videos, and messages.

Microsoft Teams is a persistent chat-based collaboration platform complete with document sharing, online meetings, and many more extremely useful features for business communications.

Communication Positive relationships

Set learning tasks give feedback

Plan and deliver live learning sessions

Record and upload teaching input videos

Motivate, inform and inspire using Class Story

Roles and Responsibilities SLT

Coordinate the remote learning approach across the school (HM – oversee R – Y3, VS – oversee Y4-Y6) Ensure consistency across all year groups - set up opportunities for staff to share good practice Monitor, review and refine home learning offer and curriculum delivery through communication through regular staff meetings and phase meetings.

Check against e-safety and safeguarding guidelines Provide whole school communication and assemblies Check accessibility for all families - provide devices where families meet the criteria Provide staff with appropriate training required for remote learning – e.g. Teams and Dojo Publish information about remote education on school website.

Teachers

Teachers to be available between 8:30am and 4:00pm Check families are connected and able to use Class Dojo and Teams where necessary. If families have not connected or there has been no contact for 2 – 3 days teachers should make a phone call to check on the welfare of the child and report to DSL. Set engaging and challenging tasks for all pupils in line with the curriculum – details below Provide regular feedback on work submitted Communicate with families and respond to parent/carer messages Monitor engagement of pupils and support where possible Conduct formative assessments of pupils and respond to individual need.

Liaise with other colleagues where appropriate to ensure that cohorts have a consistent offer Consider different approaches for the delivery of learning to meet the needs of pupils and families Follow e-safety regulations and DFE Safeguarding guidelines Provide 4 hours of learning time per day.

Where live lessons are provided only one adult present and sessions should be recorded for safeguarding reasons.

Staff are not expected to respond to communications received beyond their working hours.

Where pupils are failing to complete work, teachers should call the parents/carers to discuss the matter to try to overcome the problems For virtual meetings and recordings. Staff should follow the school dress code.

Make sure there is nothing inappropriate in the background. A wallpaper may be used if you feel it should be more appropriate (professional judgement)

Roles and responsibilities Teaching Assistants

When assisting with remote learning teaching assistants must be available within their normal hours of work.

For virtual meetings and recordings. Staff should follow the school dress code.

Make sure there is nothing inappropriate in the background. A wallpaper may be used if you feel it should be more appropriate (professional judgement).

Liaise with class teacher to support remote learning effectively.

IILP Set suitable tasks for children with specific needs across school and feedback on these.

Set regular PE tasks across school and check in with assigned pupils.

Set whole school well being sessions.

Subject leaders

Monitor remote learning for specific subject – ensuring all work that is set follow the curriculum overview and is consistent – staff will be released to do this.

Alert teachers to high quality resources they can use to teach their subject remotely.

DSL

Follow the safeguarding guidance within the ELT Safeguarding Policy.

IT - Intelatech

Help staff with any technical issues, help to fix issues with systems used to set work.

Help the school to advise parents and pupils to get online and access systems for home learning.

Parent/carer and pupils

Connect to Class Dojo – pupil account and parent account.

Connect to Teams and log into live sessions.

Engage with learning tasks and teacher messages on Class Story and messaging forum.

Adults support children with learning tasks where required.

Communicate with adults at school appropriately via the messaging forum.

Children should respond to feedback given.

Follow e-safety regulations and school agreement .

Alert teachers is they are not able to complete work.

Expectations (4 hours learning per day) General expectations

Offer a broad and balanced curriculum.

Teach a planned and well sequenced curriculum so that knowledge and skills are built incrementally.

Use a curriculum sequence that allows access to high quality online and offline resources and teaching videos.

Provide frequent and clear explanations of new content, delivered themselves or through high quality curriculum resources or video.

Actively respond to the formative assessments and misconceptions adjusting sessions accordingly.

Provide adapted learning resources for children with additional learning needs.

Provide regular feedback to individuals on Dojo or as a group through a live session on Teams

EYFS Expectations

Daily:

Weekly: Key Stage 1 Expectations

Daily:

Weekly: Key Stage 2 Expectations

Daily: Weekly:

Class story daily greeting and welcome video setting out timetable of the day and starter task.

Portfolio tasks for maths, English and theme.

Live phonics sessions in groups.

Video input for maths and English (recorded live class session may be used).

Additional theme subjects e.g. PD, Science (UW) PSE, shared reading - story time.

Class story daily greeting and timetable for the day with starter task.

Live sessions for English grammar/phonics in groups.

Video input for maths and English (recorded live class session may be used).

Portfolio tasks for maths, phonics, English reading/writing, foundation subject Science, additional theme subjects e.g. PE, PSHE, music, computing, share a story, spelling test.

Class story daily greeting and timetable for the day with starter task.

Live sessions for English and maths (Year 3 – English only/video input for maths).

Portfolio tasks for maths, SPaG, English reading/writing, foundation subject Science, additional theme subjects e.g. PE, PSHE, music, computing, share a story, spelling test.

High quality resources:

GDPR Accessing personal data When accessing personal data, all staff members will: • Record any safeguarding concerns about children on CPOMS after sharing with DSL. This is accessed via a secure password. Ensure you log out after use. Do not allow access to the site to any third party.

• Access parent contact details via SIMS using a secure password. Do not share any details with third parties and ensure SIMS is in logged off.

• Use school laptops and iPads when accessing any personal information on pupils.

Sharing personal data • Staff should be careful when sharing usernames and other personal data for access to online resources.

• Staff members may need to collect and/or share personal data such as emails or phone numbers as part of the remote learning system. Such collection of personal data applies to our functions as a school and doesn’t require explicit permissions.

• While this may be necessary, staff are reminded to collect and/or share as little personal data as possible online.

Keeping devices secure All staff members will take appropriate steps to ensure their devices remain secure. This includes: • Keeping the device password-protected – strong passwords are at least 8 characters, with a combination of upper and lower-case letters, numbers and special characters (e.g. asterisk or currency symbol) .

• Ensuring the hard drive is encrypted – this means if the device is lost or stolen, no one can access the files stored on the hard drive by attaching it to a new device.

• Making sure the device locks if left inactive for a period of time.

• Not sharing the device among family or friends.

• Installing antivirus and anti-spyware software.

• Keeping operating systems up to date – always install the latest updates. *Intelatech are responsible for setting up our devices securely.

Safeguarding Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) is statutory safeguarding guidance that we continue to have regard to as required by legislation.

Important safeguarding principles remain the same for remote learning: • the best interests of children must always continue to come first • if anyone in a school or college has a safeguarding concern about any child they should continue to act and act immediately • a DSL or deputy should be available • it is essential that unsuitable people are not allowed to enter the children’s workforce and/or gain access to children • children should continue to be protected when they are online

Staff follow guidance from NSPCC, UK Safer Internet Centre, Thinkuknow, Childnet to keep themselves and pupils safe online.

Staff emphasise the importance of a safe online environment and encourage parents and carers to set age-appropriate parental controls on digital devices and use internet filters to block malicious websites.

• Staff have regular communicating with parents, carers and pupils via ClassDojo and Microsoft Teams.

• Where education is now having to take place remotely, it’s important for schools, teachers and pupils to maintain professional practice as much as possible. When communicating online with parents and pupils, schools should: • Communicate within school hours as much as possible (or hours agreed with the school to suit the needs of staff).

• Communicate through the school channels approved by the senior leadership team.

• Use school email accounts (not personal ones).

• Use school devices over personal devices wherever possible.

• Advise teachers not to share personal information.

• Teachers should try to find a quiet or private room or area to talk to pupils, parents or carers.

• When broadcasting a lesson or making a recording, consider what will be in the background.

• All live sessions should be recorded.

Provision of remote learning when staff are absent

If a member of staff is ill and unable to provide remote learning for their class the following provision is in place: Year 4,5 - VS released to set work Year 1,3 – HM released to set work Year 2,6 – VS/HM released to set work YR – HL released to set work

Links to other policies **ELT REMOTE LEARNING POLICY

• Behaviour policy – with addendum for COVID -19 • Safeguarding - Child protection policy - with addendum for COVID-19 • Information Governance Policy and Private notice for parents and staff policy • Keeping children safe in Education • Online safety policy