Remote Education Provision: Information for Parents
The following information outlines Roseberry’s plan for Remote Learning and aims to provide clarity and transparency to parents and carers about what to expect from remote education where national or local restrictions require entire classes of pupils to remain at home. For information of what to expect when individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of this page.
The Remote Curriculum – What is taught to pupils at home?
At Roseberry, we will teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. We will make some adaptations to the curriculum in order for sessions to be accessed and successful at home, for example, we may use different materials in an art or cooking lesson due to those that would normally be used at school.
Remote Teaching and Study Time
How long can I expect work set by school to take my child each day?
Government guidance (updated on 7th January, 2021) states that for Key Stage 1 pupils, three hours of remote education must be provided and Key stage 2 pupils should be provided with four hours remote education a day. The DfE said provision will include ‘both recorded or live direct teaching time, and time for pupils to complete tasks and assignments independently.’
At Roseberry, work will be set and outlined by a weekly timetable and will mirror a typical school day from 9am until 3pm. Activities will include a daily zoom lesson, Seesaw tasks and paper-based activities. There will be daily maths, English and wider curriculum work.
How will my child be taught remotely?
At Roseberry, a combination of approaches will be used to teach pupils remotely, including:
- A daily live teaching (online) zoom session delivered by the class teacher
- Recorded teaching (from educational sites or video/audio recordings made by teachers or teaching assistants)
- Work packs (CGP books, worksheets, etc)
- Textbooks and reading books, for example Power Maths
- Use of websites to support the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips e.g. Joe Wicks, BBC, The Oak Academy
Will there be face-to-face contact?
There will be a daily zoom lesson where children will be taught specifically by their own teacher or the teacher in their year group. At Roseberry, we have expectations for behaviour during these sessions and this information can be found in our Home Learning Policy and Home Learning Strategy. Both of these documents can be accessed by the links at the bottom of this page.
The Zoom sessions will be as follows:
| Day/Time | Monday | Wednesday | Friday |
| 9.00 – 9.45 | Year 6 | Year 6 | Year 6 |
| 9.45 – 10.30 | Year 5 | Year 5 | Year 5 |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Year 4 | Year 4 | Year 4 |
| 11.15 – 12.00 | Year 3 | Year 3 | Year 3 |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Year 2 | Year 2 | Year 2 |
| 13.45 – 14.30 | Year 1 | Year 1 | Year 1 |
| 14.30 – 15.00 | Year R | Year R | Year R |
| Day/Time | Tuesday | Thursday |
| 9.00 – 9.45 | Year 2 | Year 2 |
| 9.45 – 10.30 | Year 1 | Year 1 |
| 10.30 – 11.oo | Year R | Year R |
| 11.00 – 11.45 | Year 6 | Year 6 |
| 11.45 – 12.30 | Year 5 | Year 5 |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Year 4 | Year 4 |
| 14.45 – 14.30 | Year 5 | Year 5 |
What does a typical timetable look like?
Below is an example of a weekly timetable for Year 6 where the class or whole school closed.
| Time | Activity | Web Link/ comment |
| 9:00 – 9:45am | Maths / Arithmetic
Complete daily maths tasks in the stated CGP books.
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Monday: Face-to-Face Session (email to be sent with log in details)
Tuesday: KS2 Maths SAT Buster Arithmetic book – pages 1, 2 & 3 Written addition. Wednesday: Face-to-Face Session (email to be sent with log in details) Thursday: KS2 Maths SAT Buster Arithmetic book – pages 4 – 7 Written subtraction. Friday: Face-to-Face Session (email to be sent with log in details) |
| 9:45 – 10:15am | Reading Plus / Phonics | Log on to reading plus and read and answer the questions to two different stories every day.
https://student.readingplus.com/seereader/api/sec/login Site Code: rproseb3 User name and password can be found in your child’s reading diary. |
| 10:15 – 10:30am | Daily Exercise | Core Fitness: complete 3x sets of the following: 10x star jumps 10x squats 10x burpees1 minute plank |
| 11:00 – 12:00am | Reading Comprehension
Complete the daily reading tasks in the CGP book. |
Monday: CGP reading work book: pages 2 – 11. Why do elephants look like elephants?
Tuesday: Face-to-Face Session (email to be sent with log in details) Wednesday: KS2 English Comprehension book – pages 4 – 5 Holes Thursday: Face-to-Face Session (email to be sent with log in details) Friday: CGP reading work book: pages 12 – 21 Paw-sitively Brilliant |
| 1:00 – 2:00pm | Writing / Grammar
Complete writing tasks in the provided yellow work book. Complete daily maths tasks in the stated CGP books. |
Monday: Writing (competed in writing book) – plan and start a short story where the hero does not win and the villain does.
Tuesday: Continuation Writing – complete and edit a short story where the hero does not win and the villain does. Wednesday: Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling work book pages 4 & 5 Nouns: Subjects and Objects Thursday: Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling work book pages 6, 7 & 8 Word class & word function Friday: Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling work book pages 74 & 75 Roots and prefixes. |
| 2:00 – 2:15pm | Break | |
| 2:15 – 3:00pm | Creative Learning | Monday – Friday
Work on one of your creative activities from your home learning sheet – you can choose whichever you like. Have fun! These activities may take you longer than one session to complete. Take your time and enjoy completing the research and activity. |
Accessing Remote Education
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
Your child should know their personalised log-in details to access Seesaw; their q-code login details are stuck in their reading diaries. If they are not sure of this, please contact school via the year group email so that these can be sent to you.
You will receive an email with a link to all zoom face-to-face sessions. These will be sent in preparation for the session, usually the night before the lesson takes place.
If my child does not have digital or online access at home, how will you support them to access remote education?
We recognise that some pupils may not have suitable online access at home and therefore, pupils are able to borrow a device from school (iPad). We will set up a loan agreement and can support with internet connection via a wireless hotspot dongle and sim card.
If you need access to any printed materials or support with submitting work online, contact the year group email appropriate to your child and speak with your child’s teacher so that support can be given.
Engagement and Feedback
What do we expect from pupils learning remotely?
We expect pupils to work as hard at home as they would if they were in school. We expect them to complete the work that their teacher sets them and to submit their Seesaw tasks at a reasonable time each day, e.g. before 6pm. We expect children to put a high level of effort and pride into their work like they would in school.
What happens if they do not do this?
Teachers or Teaching Assistants will make contact with parents of children who are not engaging in remote learning to help them to continue their learning at home. If contact is not made with parents/carers and/or pupils continue to not engage with their learning, a member of the senior leadership team or PSA will intervene. Where engagement is of concern, attendance procedures may be involved.
How do pupils share their work with the teacher?
Work completed on Seesaw is automatically made accessible to the teacher. Any CGP activities and other paper-based activities should be placed in their home learning folder and, when the isolation period ends, the child will be asked to bring this back to school.
Will the teacher feedback on the work?
Feedback from teachers can take many forms and will not always mean written comments for individual children. Like in school, teachers will decide which pieces of work to mark and give feedback on. Whole class feedback, automatic feedback or another form of acknowledgement may be given via Seesaw or email depending on how the work has been shared with the class or teacher.
How can the children ask their teacher questions?
Children can ask their teacher questions during the zoom lesson and they can also send them messages via Seesaw.
How can parents or carers communicate with the teacher?
You can contact the teacher via the year group email which are found in the ‘contact us’ section at the bottom of this page.
If you have any other concerns or questions, you are also welcome to contact the school office on 01642 360520 or email: Roseberry@sbcschools.org.uk
Please note, emails will be responded to when the teacher is available to and only between the hours of 8am and 3pm.
Additional Support for Pupils with Particular Needs
How will you support my child, who needs additional support from adults, at home to access remote education?
At Roseberry, we recognise that some pupils, for example some pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), may not be able to access remote learning in the same way as their peers without additional support from adults at home. We acknowledge the difficulties this may place on families and we will work with parents and carers to support these pupils in the following ways:
- Providing separate zoom sessions, where necessary, to give 1-1 or very small group teaching
- Ensuring that activities are tailored to the needs of the children and are accessible without teacher support
- Providing on-going support to both pupils and their parents via the year group email address
Remote Education For Self-Isolating Pupils (not whole class or school closures)
Where individual pupils need to self-isolate while the majority of their peer group remain in school, remote learning will be offered in a different way due to the challenges of teaching pupils both at home and in school.
If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from the approaches describe above?
Content and sessions will still mirror work taught daily over the period of a week and this will be outlined in a weekly timetable showing subject, timings and activity type. See below for an example timetable.
Your child will be invited to join a minimum of three face-to-face teaching sessions across the week (this will be highlighted on the timetable)
In Years 4, 5 and 6, p to pupils will be expected to complete 30 minutes of Reading Plus, per day, unless other arrangements are already in place to support specific needs
What does an example timetable look like?
In keeping in with mirroring the school day, a typical timetable will include links to teaching PowerPoints as well as a live face-to-face session every day. See below for an example.
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Break | 10:00 – 10:45 | Break | 11:00 – 11:45 | 11:45 – 12:15 | Lunch | 1:00 – 1:30 | Break | 1:45 – 2:45 | 2:45-3 | ||
| Monday | Word Power
Work through PP Thomas Edison Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Grammar – Nouns
Attend Face-to-Face Session Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Maths
Work through Session 1 PP Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
SPAG.COM
Test E Q1 – Q10 |
Reading Plus | Topic
Work through PP Rosa Parks Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Free Reading – record in your reading diary | |||||
| Tuesday | Grammar – Pronouns
Work through PP Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Writing- Research and Planning
Work through PP Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Maths
Attend Face-to-Face Session Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Arithmetic
Test 3 Q1 – Q10 |
Science
Work through Wire PP Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
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| Wednesday | Writing- Warm Write
Write the first two paragraphs of your biography in your home learning book then edit in pencil |
Reading Comp
Attend Face-to-Face Session
Reading Plus Skills Focus |
Writing- Warm Write
Write the next two paragraphs of your biography in your home learning book then edit in pencil |
Arithmetic
Test 3 Q11 – Q21 |
PE – Core Fitness: 10x star jumps, burpees, squatsPlank for 1 min then repeat |
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| Thursday | Maths
Work through Session 3 PP
Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
Writing- Warm Write
Attend Face-to-Face Session then continue to write (and finish drafting) your biography |
Reading Comp
Read text: Dare to Dance and respond to Q1 – Q10 in your home learning book |
Arithmetic
Test 3 Q22 – Q32 |
RE
Attend Face-to-Face Session
Respond to tasks in Home Learning book |
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| Friday | Reading Comp
Read text: Dare to Dance and respond to Q11 to end of PP in your home learning book |
Mathletics
Complete activity assigned to you |
Watch Newsround | Maths
CGP Book Page 12 |
Golden Time
Enjoy some free time |
Email two pieces of work that you are proud of to the year group emails giving reasons why you have chosen these. | ||||||
Contact Us
You can make direct contact with your child’s teacher via the year group emails (see below) if you need to borrow an electronic device or would like support with accessing the work.
RJNursery@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJReception@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear1@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear2@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear3@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear4@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear5@roseberryprimary.org.uk
RJYear6@roseberryprimary.org.uk
Click here if to download a copy of our Remote Learning Strategy
Click here to download a copy of our Remote Learning Policy