COVID 19 arrangements
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Home learning if a bubble or school is closed/ goes into lockdown:
If a bubble closes or school enters a lockdown, it is important that pupils continue their learning at home. Therefore, class teachers will share pupils’ work which they can complete whilst they are at home via EYFS360 (Nursery and Reception) and Google Classroom (Years 1, 2, 3 and 4).
Nursery and Reception:
On EYFS360 there will be:
- Play based activities to try at home with an adult. These may be linked to phonics, early number recognition etc.
Parent/carers will need to log on to EYFS360 to view these activities. Photos and comments of the pupils completing the activities can be shared on Tapestry for the class teacher to view.
Pupils in Years 1, 2, 3 and 4
On Google Classroom there will be:
- A daily maths activity (E.g. White Rose video lesson, Numbots or TimesTable Rockstars challenge)
- A daily English activity (Phonics, reading, spellings)
- A weekly science activity linked to the half term topic
- Ideas for topic related activities e.g. a topic grid for children to choose activities from.
Pupils, with the help of the adults at home, will need to log on to their year group Google Classroom to access their learning. Once they have completed any of the activities, click ‘mark as done’ as this will let the class teacher know that it has been completed. Teachers will then look at any work/comments which are shared and uploaded onto Google Classroom with them and write a reply in the comment box.
Usernames and Passwords for logging on to EYFS360 and Google Classroom have been sent home and pupils in Years 1-4 should already be accessing their weekly homework activities on these. If you have any difficulty logging on to Tapestry or Google Classroom/School 360, please contact the school office via email and we can arrange support for this.
Earlier in the year the government asked for information about children who did not have access to technology. Unfortunately they have only released the equipment to specific groups (pupils in care and certain year groups in secondary schools). However, as soon as we have an official closure, school can re-apply for technology for these pupils (see appendix 1).
Appendix 1
From Department for Education: Education and childcare during coronavirus Guidance
Get laptops and tablets for children who cannot attend school due to coronavirus (COVID-19) 4TH September 2020
‘In the event of disruption to face to face education at schools due to coronavirus (COVID-19), DfE can provide support to help disadvantaged children and young people who are otherwise unable to access remote education.
Examples of this include disadvantaged children:
- with no digital devices in their household
- whose only available device is a smartphone
- with a single device in their household that’s being shared with more than one other family member
- who do not have a fixed broadband connection at home
Schools, maintained schools, academy trusts and hospital schools, as well as further education providers who have enrolled 14 to 16 year olds, are included within this offer. They will receive an allocation of devices to be used to support disadvantaged pupils in the following groups if they do not have access to a digital device through other means:
- pupils in years 3 to 11
- clinically extremely vulnerable children across all year groups who are shielding on official advice
- children in all year groups unable to access remote education whilst attending school on a hospital site
Orders can be placed when:
- face to face education within a school is disrupted following official advice
- a school supports a clinically extremely vulnerable child who is shielding following official advice
- a school is supporting disadvantaged children who live in an area subject to local restrictions which means they’re unable to attend.’