Remote education provision: Information for parents – September 2024
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education where pupils are required to remain at home.
High quality teaching and learning are at the heart of Holyoakes Home-learning experience that will enable all our pupils to continue to make progress through the curriculum so that, on return to school, subject curriculums can resume as smoothly as possible. Home-learning at Holyoakes will, therefore, be a blended approach. Work provided to our pupils could be a combination of on-line work, set through access to the pupils own online school resource log ins or paper resources, made available for collection or if necessary, delivered home.
The remote curriculum: What is taught to pupils at home
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. We will communicate with you to establish the resources and details required to enable home learning. This will include identifying the online resources you will need and the resources we are able to provide you with.
What should my child expect from immediate remote education?
Teachers will be made aware of the need to provide home-learning resources for your child and a pack of resources / worksheets will be collated and made available to you, for collection from the school office. This pack will contain resources that support your child to continue with the planned curriculums carried out in school so that on the day that they return they will transition back to lessons easily.
If you need these resources posted to you, please contact the office, and make us aware (01527) 62928, and we will arrange to do this promptly.
Following the first few days of home education, will my child be taught broadly the same curriculum as they would if they were in school?
- We will deliver curriculum resources that link to what we do in school.
- Some resources may need to have alternatives or adaptations in some subjects. For example, a food practical lesson might include theoretical resources on a similar topic or theme might be provided to support curriculum coverage, rather than the practical so that it is straightforward for parents / carers to implement or supervise learning activities.
- It is not always possible to provide and identical home-learning package, to that which we teach in school due the specialist or technical nature of the terms or processes.
- Any differences to the school curriculum will be made to support the pupil to engage with the best learning experience. The pupil needs and ability will be the driving force behind decisions made.
- Any work completed can be returned to school on completion.
