Remote Learning

1. What is taught to students at home?

The academy delivers the full curriculum to children, in line with what teaching would be in place should we be at the academy in person. Our curriculum offer remains broad, balanced, and mirrors the KS3 and KS4 National Curriculum.

Whilst we will cover the subjects, there are some adjustments that need to be made to the existing curriculum for more practical subjects (such as PE, Art, Design Tech and Music). We thank you for your support and patience with this.

2. What should my child expect from immediate remote education?

Children need to engage in remote learning, due to self-isolation, bubble closure or whole school closure. The academy works hard to ensure that no child is left without work to do in the immediacy. Students need to log into Microsoft Teams, and access their lessons and work resources. They also need to be able to log into their academy email forname.surname@oasislordshill.org with their usual password. Students then have access to teachers for support and guidance. Where students do not have access to a device or internet at home and are unable to attend the academy, the academy will try to supply a device and/or router, although this cannot be guaranteed.

1. How long can I expect work set by the academy to take my child?

The minimum amount of time remote education should be in practice for Key Stages 3 and 4 is 5 hours per day. Students are expected to follow their normal timetable and times of lessons.

1. How will my child access the online remote education?

Students will be able to log into Microsoft Teams, and access their lessons and work resources. Advice on how to use Microsoft Teams is available here. Students will have access to teachers for support and guidance. Where students do not have access to a device or internet at home and are unable to attend the academy, the academy will try to supply a device and/or router, although this cannot be guaranteed.

2. If my child does not have access to online learning at home, how will you support us?

Where students do not have access to internet at home, we will be in contact to discuss the support available for either a place in the academy, support we can offer to provide internet access at home or a device where needed.

We will do our very best to support any children without access to a device or internet at home with the support to be able to access their learning.

 3. How will my child be taught remotely?

The academy teaching staff will run their timetable of lessons as planned with students logging into MS Teams for live lessons. Teachers will invite students to their lessons via Microsoft Teams. We acknowledge however that there may be some situations where a full timetable of lessons may not be possible – particularly in the instance of significant staff sickness. In these situations the academy will work closely with the National Education Team to agree an approach that blends the most effective methods of teaching and benefits our students best. This may include using lessons from websites such as Oak National to support.

1. What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide?

We expect every student to engage in lessons as they would in the classroom, and similarly our staff will be checking student understanding in the same manner as well. This could take the form of online quizzes, putting answers in the chat function, marking/assessment of assignments or work returned by email or other apps, or in-class engagement.

Student behaviour practices are expected to be in line with those within the academy, and additional rules will be in place for things such as microphone and camera use, raising hands, or class conversation through MS Teams. Attendance is expected in every lesson.

We know that strong parental engagement is important to make this successful, and therefore endeavour to communicate regularly with you around how the remote learning is going. We will be there to offer support on how to access the information remotely around resources, lessons and your child’s attendance, behaviour and engagement.

We ask that you support your child by creating a quiet place for them to attend lessons at home, and do not record any lessons for your own use due to GDPR and data protection.

2. How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?

We will be checking in with children during lessons and online-check-in sessions to ensure we have a good overview of their understanding and engagement. Online quizzing and assessment tools also help us to see how many children are actively engaging in lessons, and as always we will be monitoring attendance.

If there are any concerns we will ensure we are in contact with you as parents and carers by telephone or email.

3. How will you assess my child’s work and progress?

We will be assessing your child’s progress through work submitted daily via Microsoft Teams, engagement through questions in lessons, using online quizzing/marking tools and other work returned by email/other agreed communication. This will help us identify needs of the individual or needs of the class quickly and effectively.

1. How will you work with me to help my child who needs additional support at home to access remote education?

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: allocated SEND-team member to support families and students, specific students invited to work from the Academy where this is in their best interests.

1. If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from that of the rest of their class?

Students will have access to live lessons as if happening in school, through a Microsoft Team meeting following their normal timetable.