Stanmore Post - Remote Learning Update - 5 January 2021
Dear Parents
Today has been a very quiet day in school and we have missed seeing all of the children.
You will have been contacted by us if you have requested a key worker space, or your child meets the criteria of vulnerable as outlined in the Government Guidance. If you are sending your child to school, please continue to follow the enhanced measures set out at the beginning of the week including:
Wearing face masks on the site
Collecting children without older siblings from Early Years/ KS1 at 3pm
Limiting adults on the site and arriving/leaving promptly
Remote Learning
Parents have been emailed two separate documents. One is a reminder of how you can access Google Classroom. The other is an example weekly timetable.
For the rest of this week our remote learning will be limited to Maths, English and a creative project. The creative project will be something straightforward for you to share at home with your child and there will be a different task for each year group with some examples. This limited timetable will allow us the time to make sure that all children and staff are confident in the process. From Monday 11th January, the timetable will be more varied to include a wider range of topics and activities.
Every child from Year 1- 6 who is not in school should log on to Google Meet for the early morning registration session from tomorrow and by Friday at the latest. If you have forgotten the password, or you are not sure how to do this, please contact the admin office. Registration is part of our safeguarding procedures as outlined in the statutory guidance. We have staggered the registration time so that siblings can join separately using one device where this may be necessary. Further information on how to do this for children in Catkins class will be posted on Tapestry by Miss Day.
If your child is unwell then you must phone 01962852941 or email the admin office.
We have to report attendance daily. As you can imagine, it takes a considerable amount of time to check in with families who do not make contact.
There is an expectation in this Lockdown, that every child completes work in line with the planned school curriculum. We can still arrange for printed worksheets to be prepared for collection or delivery where necessary, but this is in addition to participation in the online register and live sessions. If you would like paper copies, let the office know and we can arrange this for you. Completed worksheets can be returned to school with your child when the school re-opens. Parents are of course welcome to support home learning with all of the creative activity seen during the previous lockdown. This should be in addition to the set work rather than instead of.
Please support us in doing our best to provide a curriculum that is closely matched to our planned school curriculum. The next few days are the practice run. We have put in preparation ready to go live and we are looking forward to getting started. As always, please contact us if you have any difficulties, we are here to support you. Use google classroom or the admin office email to do this.
You will notice that there is more than one maths session. Core is the basis of the learning required for the majority of children. Some children may wish to access the support if needed or extension session for further challenge, as they would normally. Children can access more than one session if they would like to. This is just a guide, give it a go and find the best fit. If you have more than one child sharing a device, they will have to log on at different times - don't worry too much about this. The teacher can help with any questions.
Children will be awarded one house point for attending the morning register and one for each piece of completed work. Extra house points will be available for children who choose to go the extra mile. We are planning a weekly celebration assembly each Friday at 2pm using Google Meet. This will give us an opportunity to maintain our value of belonging. We are looking forward to the new opportunities that remote learning will bring to our curriculum.
Best wishes,
Sharon Taylor