SNAPE WOOD UPDATE – WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2021
HOME LEARNING
Dear Snape Wood Primary,
Good morning everyone, today we will be sending out a series of letters (via email and repeated on the school website); each letter will be about a specific aspect of how Snape Wood will be operating due to the national lockdown.
Please read all of the following information very carefully, we are hoping to cover everything parents will need to know, but if there is anything you think we have missed, please don’t hesitate to give school a call and ask.
HOME LEARNING
- All parents were contacted on 4.1.21 so that we could assess the availability of devices at home in order for us to make a decision about remote learning.
- If you let the teacher know you were able and willing to support your child with home learning and had enough devices in the house, then the expectations is that home learning takes place EVERYDAY.
THIS IS NOT A GUIDE AND IS STATUTORY - attendance at these sessions will be monitored and if your child does not attend they may be asked to come into school to access learning. (Please see below the section - government expectations)
‘Unlike the previous lockdown in March, where we gave home learning packs, we now will be streaming live lessons via Zoom/Dojo. This is so we can keep a record of those who are accessing learning from home and those who are not.’
- We will assess this on a daily/weekly basis and you will receive weekly phone calls from your class teacher where you can give feedback. If there are any issues or need any support, please let the class teacher know and we will do our best to support you in this as best we can.
- If you are unable to access remote learning, please let the teacher know via dojo or email school on admin@snapewood.nottingham.sch.uk
- Remote learning is new to us all and so we understand that this may be difficult for those who are working from home and have other commitments but your child’s learning is important.
DAILY HOME LEARNING EXPECTATIONS
- All parents must be signed up to Dojo, where communication about learning will take place.
- Teachers will set out on Dojo a daily/weekly timetable on Dojo so you are aware when live lessons are taking place and when independent tasks are being set.
- Teachers will deliver a English, maths, phonics/shared reading session live (between 9-12pm-see dojo for timetable) and set independent work for the afternoon (1-3pm)
- Parents/children must submit the independent work set on class dojo by the end of day at 3pm.
- Teachers will keep a record of those children who are completing work and those who are not.
- Feedback on learning will happen during the live learning sessions in the morning.
- If you need support to access dojo or Zoom please contact the class teacher or ring the school office where we are happy to support you.
- Teachers are available from 8.30am if you need support to set up zoom live lessons or have any queries-please use dojo for this. Please be aware that teachers are under no obligation to respond to messages outside of this time so if it is an urgent query please contact the school office.
- On Friday’s each pupil will receive 4 set tasks from their year group teachers:
- Times Tables Rock Stars (30 minute session)
- Wider curriculum task (1hour task)
- KS1/EYFS-phonics activity (30minutes) KS2-reading activity 30minutes)
- Home reading with parent (20minutes)
- On the school website, there are additional links to online learning videos where children’s learning can be supplemented.
- Each pupil will need to upload their independent work on Friday to Dojo and teachers will keep a record of this.
- Each pupil/parent will receive (once a week) wellbeing/follow up phone calls from a member of staff working from home (this will be from a withheld number).
Government expectations:
- Schools are required to (on a daily basis) track and monitor the number of pupils completing and uploading work.
- If pupils are not uploading work, school are required to make additional phone calls (this will be from a member of Senior Leadership Team) and where needed home visits will be made.
- If you as a family need support with home learning, PLEASE contact school via admin@snapewood.nottingham.sch.uk or the office 01159159146 and speak to a member of SLT (Mrs Choudhury, Miss Williams and Mrs Howarth)
This is a difficult time for us all. If you need support in anyway, please contact school. Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Choudhury
Head Teacher
SNAPEWOOD PRIMARY UPDATE – WEDNESDAY 6TH JANUARY 2021
KEYWORKER SCHOOL
Dear Snape Wood Primary,
Good afternoon everyone, today we will be sending out a series of letters (via email and repeated on the website); each letter will be about a specific aspect of how Snape Wood will be operating due to the national lockdown.
KEYWORKER SCHOOL HOURS
KEYWORKER SCHOOL
Please find below important information about ‘Keyworker School’ from Wednesday 6th January 2021.
- Keyworker School will be open for the normal school hours Monday – Friday 8.45-3.15.
- Normal staggered start and finish times apply to your child’s year group. Please drop off your child at their allocated gate.
- Packed lunches must be in a plastic disposable bag. Normal l lunchtime meals will be available if you wish; the catering team will be following the current menu. These will need to be paid for via bank transfer (BACS) unless you are entitled to free school meals. You can choose to send your child with a packed lunch if you prefer.
- Key worker pupils are expected to wear normal school uniform each day. They may bring additional hoodies or jumper to keep warm due to open window for ventilation.
- They MUST bring a named water bottle and their reading book and diary with them each morning.
- If you are accessing key worker school, then we require you to send your child every day. It is not an option in this lockdown to choose specific days to send your child. Due to the DFE requirements for learning and the monitoring and tracking of completed work, we need you to commit to a full-time key worker place OR inform us you will not need the place, but you will then still need to ensure that your child completes the daily remote learning at home.
- If your child attends key worker school, full time, then you will not have to complete any home learning sent via Dojo as this exact work will be completed in school each day.
- This allows us to keep the same number of consistent children in school each day - which is safer for all!
- IF YOU NO LONGER REQUIRE A KEY WORKER PLACE DUE TO THE FULL TIME COMMITMENT THEN PLEASE LET SCHOOL KNOW BY THURSDAY 7.1.21 3PM.
- If you have sent up-to-date evidence into school to validate your key worker status then your place is secured. If you are yet to send in evidence for this lockdown then please do so by 3pm 7.1.21 to secure your place.
As the government’s advice is to ‘Stay at home’, in order to keep all members of our communities, including teachers and children safe; please only send your child to keyworker school, if there is not an adult who can safely care for your child at home.
This is a difficult time for us all. If you need support in anyway, please contact school. Thank you for your continued support.
Mrs Choudhury
Head Teacher