Expectations
Remote Learning Expectations at Nettleworth
The guidance we have received regarding remote learning clearly states that Primary schools must ‘provide an average of three hours a day’ of learning. Parents/carers are not expected to replicate the full hours of a school day at home. Remember that school also have playtimes and lunchtimes, so at home the children will need down-time to play and to take regular breaks from learning.
To support you we provide each week on our school a weekly learning planner and welcome video will be available for the children to watch of the child’s class teacher/TA or both, this video will be available on the child’s class named remote learning page only during a national lockdown.
Once the parent/carer has logged onto the relevant class remote learning page, work will be set by the class teacher on a remote learning weekly planner, this planner will directly mirror the learning taking place in school. The remote learning weekly planner will always be available on the child’s class page by the Friday evening of the previous week where possible.
The leaf tabs the parents/carers will see are used to access the weekly remote learning planner and any resources, links, videos and activities linked to the planner that week by clicking on the relevant subject tabs.
The children should complete the work on the weekly planner and submit it via Evidence Me or the child’s year group email and will be marked and commented on by the child’s class teacher or TA.
There is an expectation that families will complete a blended learning agreement this will include parents sending school comments, photographs and/or videos on parent share through the evidence me app and accepting phone calls from school, which will either be from the school number of an unknown number (teacher’s own phone with withheld number). Teachers will not be expected to contact parents over the school holiday, before 9.00am and after 4pm, during weekends unless it is a matter of urgency and is agreed with the Head Teacher.
Expectations for remote education (including remote teaching and independent work) at Nettleworth and how long it will take pupils each day:
The Nursery Expectations:
In Foundation 1 there is a daily phonics, maths and ‘funky fingers’ activity for the children to access. There is also a series of daily tasks to choose from. We expect to receive at least one observation through Evidence Me each week. If the parents/carers are unable to send observations through ‘Evidence Me’ we ask that they use the relevant email mentioned below.
The Foundation 2 Expectations:
In Foundation Stage 2 there is a daily phonics, maths/literacy and topic activity for the children to access and complete. There is also a series of daily tasks to choose from such as reading, spelling, keywords and name writing etc. We expect to receive at least 1 maths, 1 literacy and 1 topic observation of your child’s learning through Evidence Me each week, this may be a photo, video or comment. If the parent/carer are unable to send observations through ‘Evidence Me’ we ask that they use the relevant email mentioned below. The children can also access Numbots, the link for this App can be found below.
The Key Stage 1 (Year 1 and Year 2) Expectations:
In KS1 there an expectation that your child will access and complete a daily phonics / spelling task, and an English, Maths and topic activity. If the parent/carer are unable to send observations through ‘Evidence Me’ we ask that they use the relevant email mentioned below. In addition to this, we ask the parent/carer to read regularly with the children and to practise spellings with them. The children can also access TT Rockstars and Numbots and the links for these Apps can be found on the weekly remote learning plan or see below.
At Nettleworth the staff ask that the parents/carers do the very best with home-learning and know that the best is good enough!