Remote Learning

The Becket School Remote teaching approach will use a combination of the following approaches to teach students remotely

• live teaching, online lessons- through Google Meet
• recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)
• printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets) will be sent home when needed by departments
• textbooks and reading books issued to students when needed, particularly English Literature Classes and A level classes.
• commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences : eg BBC Bitesize

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

Students are expected to:

1. Engage in the online learning programme by:
2. Attending live lessons wherever possible
3. View the recording of the lesson if access to the live online lesson was not possible
4. Completing set work by the deadlines

Parents can support their child by:

1. Setting routines to support your child’s education such as getting up on time to have breakfast and be ready for any online lessons.
2. Helping your child by creating a weekly timetable to structure their day. Start with the fixed items, for instance the live lessons and then fill in the gaps around this.
3. Making sure that they have adequate breaks and ask them to come up with ideas and suggestions of what they could do in these times.
4. Ensuring they are suitable dressed and prepared for online live lessons.
5. Providing a suitable work space where they can concentrate and have room to work alongside the device transmitting the lesson.
6. Helping your child organise their own books and resources, such as calculators for Maths and other subjects where needed, so they can be prepared in time for the online lesson.
7. Encouraging your child to present their work neatly so it can be uploaded to Google Classroom and read easily by teachers.
8. Encouraging your child to communicate with the class teacher when they are having difficulties and need support.
9. Supporting your child to complete any independent work by helping, when needed, with the reading of instructions slowly to them to support them with their understanding of the task.
10. Encouraging daily exercise and activity. The PE department have released activities and challenges that can be completed.
11. Encouraging your child to have time away from screens, see the list of independent activities for ideas that doesn’t involve phones, tablets or PCs
12. Encourage your child to leave all phones and devices downstairs when going to bed and try to keep a suitable bedtime routine during the school week.

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 student work is as follows:

• Verbal feedback will be given during the lesson alongside questioning using the chat function to check understanding.
• Staff will monitor assignments submitted.
• Comments can be found on the work submitted or via private message when relevant.
• Google Forms are used by many departments that give instant feedback on the questions answered correctly and information regarding anything to improve.
• Students will receive feedback in various forms over the topic covered.
• Comments on the quality of the content of the work are made and marks given where relevant.
• Staff will award Golden Tickets and positive points for high levels of engagement in the live lessons and the quality of written work submitted as assignments.

Where individual students 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 students both at home and in school.