At St John’s we make regular use of Google Classroom. Due to this, in the event of a closure, we will be able to offer live lessons on the same day. Home learning paper packs will also be made available for longer closures. These packs will consolidate prior learning.

We aim to teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and where it is appropriate. We will ensure that the children are offered a broad and balanced range of subjects. It is expected that every child who is well will engage in remote learning. They will also  submit their work and keep in contact with their teacher. 

Our Current Remote Learning offer

In preparation of school closures for any reason, St John’s Infant and Nursery school will follow a plan which ensures that learning and progress can continue for all children if not present at school.    

 Communication will be via a mixture of: 

1. Google Classroom posts that enable two-way communication 

2. Google Meets that enable live video 

3. Pre-recorded instructional videos if appropriate 

4. Google Classroom assignments 

5. Tapestry (for children in Reception and Nursery) 

  

Nursery	Reception	Key Stage 1 – Year 1 and Year 2
AM lesson – live   Language development	AM Lesson – live   English lesson with follow up task	AM Lesson – live   English with follow up task
PM lesson  - live  Maths focus	PM lesson  - live   Maths with follow up task	PM lesson  - live   Maths with follow up task
	Daily prerecorded phonics lesson	A foundation subject with follow up tasks will be set each day.   Daily prerecorded phonics lesson

• Children may at times be directed to online websites to support teaching.

• Our live lessons have the same set time each day and it is expected that all children will participate.

• During live lessons, questions and oral interactive activities will be used as part of the teacher’s ongoing assessment.

• Work submitted will be marked with some questions to help move learning on.

• Small group sessions may take place over an extended closure which allows for more personalised learning.

 Appropriate differentiated work for children with special educational needs will be supplied by the class teacher with support from the SENCO as needed. Where needed we also provide interventions for children with special educational needs where they have interventions set by external professionals e.g. speech and language.   

We recognise that many parents/carers will also be working from home so we do not expect parents to sit alongside their child continually but to encourage independence wherever possible.  

We recognise that many parents/carers will also be working from home and therefore our recorded lessons can be accessed at any time to enable families to manage their commitments.  We understand that our children are young but we do not expect parents to sit alongside their child continually but to encourage independence wherever possible.

We have a small number of ipads available to loan to pupils. Pupils with limited or no access will be prioritised. Printed work packs will be supplied to support the child until access is made available.