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The Department for Education sets out expectations for Remote education; they are detailed here. 
Tuesday 5th January – Mr Everett – has written the following letter National-Lockdown-Letter-Jan-2021 5.1.21
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home.
For details of what to expect where individual pupils are self-isolating, please see the final section of this page.
A pupil’s first day or two of being educated remotely might look different from our standard approach, while we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.
If students are being sent home to isolate they are expected to access lessons set in line with the curriculum being taught at school. It is expected that students will complete work as per the timetable set out below for their Key Stage.
As educators we appreciate the struggles of students trying to access a normal 5 hour day of lessons from home. After consideration we have devised a new blended curriculum for those students who have to access education from home. With this in mind we have reduced the hours of work each day but the expected standard of work is the same. Students are expected to check-in with their tutors each day between 9 – 9:20am to make sure they have access to the work being set and to let them know of any issues they may have.
Students are expected to complete the lessons set each day and submit work to their class teacher to show the notes and tasks completed each day. Staff will mark and comment where necessary so the students know how they are getting on and the lessons set will be in line with the work being done by the rest of the year group at school. Students also have the knowledge booklets for each subject and these will also be available electronically if needed. The knowledge booklets provide an overview of the content of topics being taught and are to be used as reading material alongside lessons being taught. These booklets will be available on the Website under the Parents/Students tab.
For a ‘live lesson’ KS3 students are expected to sign into the lesson via the google class ‘Meet Link’ as listed (see right) on the subject Google Classroom home page. Students will be registered by their teacher for ALL lessons online.
KS4 students will be sent an invitation via their Google Classroom subject pages for their lessons, as some classes might be taught together.
Tutor check-in each morning 9:00-9:20am through the link in the Form class on Google Classroom.
KS3 Timetable Updated 24th January 2021
KS4 Timetable Updated 24.01.21
Year 10 and Year 11 will now access live lessons through their normal timetable.
Tutor check-in each morning 9:00-9:20am through the link in the Form class on Google Classroom.
Post 16 students, that is Years 12 and 13, are expected to log into their existing timetable to access live lessons. Lesson links will be provided by their subject teachers either through email or Google Classroom. It is important that Post 16 students check their emails regularly and contact the Sixth Form Team directly or email virtuallearninghelp@cwcscoventry.co.uk for support if needed.
All students have access to Google Classroom, where work will always be set. There may be links to other online platforms through which work is set such as GCSEPod, HegartyMaths or Seneca Learning. Any issues with logging in please contact: virtuallearninghelp@cwcscoventry.co.uk and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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:
If students struggle to access online work platforms. Please contact virtuallearninghelp@cwcscoventry.co.uk and we will either send out workbooks for students to complete and return to class teachers on returning to school. In some circumstances we may be able to offer devices to support working remotely and accessing online content.
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
Students will be set working remotely via the subject classes in Google Classroom and all work completed at home should be submitted to the teacher for that subject so they can monitor work/notes being done.
Homework will continue to be set, backing up knowledge learnt in lessons. Lessons might also use other online platforms such as; HegartyMaths, GCSEPod, Seneca Learning or Oak Academy.
Students are expected to undertake 4 hours of work each day and submit notes and work completed to the subject teacher through Google Classroom after the lessons.
Some lessons will be live and these will take place during the day when those lessons usually take place so students need to note timings of lessons and know their timetables or the Remote learning timetable. Form tutors will post the class timetables for ALL students in Years 7-9 on their Form Google Classroom pages for them to be aware of lessons each day and timings, this is also published on the school website.
Students engagement will be monitored by subject teachers and any concerns will be passed onto the form tutor and Heads of Year who will contact parents as they need to.
Feedback can take many forms and may not always mean extensive written comments for individual children. For example, whole-class feedback or quizzes marked automatically via digital platforms are also valid and effective methods, amongst many others. Our approach to feeding back on pupil work is as follows:
We recognise that some pupils, for example some pupils 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 pupils in the following ways:
Any student with particular needs who is taken out of lessons for support work will have work set by the staff who provide them assistance through the Trinity classes in each Year group. If needed work will be sent home for these students and if they could try to complete worksheets set or access any online resources and if possible submit work through either back to the support staff or to the subject teachers through Google Classroom.
Where individual pupils need to self-isolate but the majority of their peer group remains in school, how remote education is provided will likely differ from the approach for whole groups. This is due to the challenges of teaching pupils both at home and in school. For many cases a hybrid lesson will occur where the teacher will allow access to key parts of the lesson through Google Classroom.
Students will be expected to sign in to live lessons through the week for certain subjects (see timetable earlier in the document) and submit work completed at home. They will still be expected to complete 4 hours of work per day and submit work by the end of the week that has been completed. It would be a good habit to get into to submit work completed after each lesson done. Any questions in relation to subjects and work being set please contact your usual teachers through Google Classroom.
