Richmond Hill Primary AcademyRemote Learning
Richmond Hill Remote Education Provision: Information for parents
Our remote learning package is still live and will continue to be used as and when necessary.
Richmond Hill Primary Academy will provide remote education if:
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Pupils are unable to attend school in person due to unplanned closures, for example, due to adverse weather
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The school is required to close or restrict pupil attendance because there are higher than normal levels of staff absence, for example due to strike action
- In exceptional cases, a child might also be unable to attend for medical reasons but well enough to learn from home, for example recovering from a short-term infectious illness or preparing for or recovering from an operation.
We will also use online learning opportunities regularly to set homework and ongoing learning throughout the year.
We use the school website for our remote learning provision through the virtual learning environment (VLE) built into it. Pupils can access this by clicking on the Pupil Login button in the top left hand corner. Click below to see how it works.
If your child does not have access to the internet or technology at home then please get in contact with us as there are several ways we can support to make sure that they get access to all the learning that they are entitled to.
How does the School Spider VLE work?
School Spider's pupil area means they can pick up homework, complete it and load it back up for marking, engage in online class discussions and blog with pupils in their class and their teacher. This is under the supervision of teaching staff who will approve comments (it also has an automatic checker which pick up on words or phrases that may cause concern and alerts us).
What sort of work will be set?
The amount of work set will be, on average, three hours per day across all activities for Key Stage 1 and four hours for Key Stage 2. This will be a mixture of watching recorded lessons, completing work (both on the computer and away from it as four hours staring at a screen can get too much) and live check ins and feedback. We say average as sometimes things can take a little longer or sometimes quicker but it should even out over the week. Please just do your best and judge it around your child's mental state. If they are becoming demotivated then encourage them to continue (as we want them to have resilience) but you may have to stop, do something else and then come back to it later.
The work will be uploaded by the class teacher and will continue the learning that either was due to be taught in class or reflects the work being taught in class.
This will be a mixture of teacher produced resources and activities as well as commercially available online resources such as Oak National Academy, BBC BItesize and Timestable Rockstars. Whichever activity or resource best fits the learning will be chosen rather than just using one source.
The activities set will be downloadable in formats that will be accessible to all (for example text may be put direct onto the activity page on school spider or converted to PDF rather than in a word document which not every device will be able to read).
There will also be a range of activities to 'go off and do' to ensure that children are not having to sit in front of the screen all the time.
We do not expect children to have to print anything off to be marked. They can type straight into school spider, take a photo or save a document and upload it. They will then get feedback on their work from their teacher and the class can have discussions so that they can talk about what went well and what would be even better if...
The teacher can also address misconceptions and difficulties that the pupils may have and plan the next steps of learning.
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. We take the following approaches to support those pupils to access remote education:
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The academy works with all pupils to ensure there are no barriers preventing them from accessing remote learning. This includes;
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How will you check whether my child is engaging with their work and how will I be informed if there are concerns?
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Attendance of remote learning will be taken at appropriate intervals during the day. At times of absence due to any technological issues or barriers;
Where there has been absence not due to technological barriers;
At all stages we will work together with parents, carers and pupils to support their engagement and attendance. We will offer support and advice to parents and carers whenever it is required.
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Additional support for pupils with additional needs
Support for SEND pupils - All provisions for remote learning will be subject to the year group’s age, ability, and/or any SEND. To support teachers, pupils with SEND and EHCPs will also be supported by the SEND team and pastoral staff to ensure that any remote learning that takes place meets their needs and individual targets. In exceptional circumstances, the school may reduce its curriculum offer to enable pupils to cope with the workload – the Principal and SENCO will assess this need, keeping pupils’ best interests in mind, and will not take the decision lightly.