Advice for parents and carers working at home with their child
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If you need to contact a Teacher or Faculty Leader during a school closure, please use the email addresses below. Please allow 48 hours for a response. The Secondary and 6th Form Class Pages will give you a brief overview of what topic your child is currently studying.
| Maths | maths@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| English | english@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Science | science@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| The Arts & ICT | arts@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Humanities (History, Geography, R.E) | humanities@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Life Skills | lifeskills@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Personal Development | personaldevelopment@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Wellbeing (Pastoral / Mentors) | wellbeing@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Remote Learning | remotelearningsupport@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 3D1 | class3d1@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 3D2 | class3d2@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 3Q1 | class3q1@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 3Q2 | class3q2@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 3Q3 | class3q3@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 4D1 | class4d1@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 7V | class7v@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 7E | class7e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 7N | class7n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 8V | class8v@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 8E | class8e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 8N | class8n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 9E | class9e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 9N | class9n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 9V | class9v@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 10E | class10e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 10N | class10n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 10V | class10v@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 11E | class11e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 11N | class11n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 11V | class11v@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.1N | class61n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.2N | class62n@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.2E | class62e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.3E | class63e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.4E | class64e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.5E | class65e@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.6Q | class66q@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.6D | class66d@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.7D | class67d@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.8D | class68d@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
| Class 6.9D | class69d@queensbury.eiat.org.uk |
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Remote Learning Arrangements
In the unlikely event that a student has to access education remotely from home, please see below the arrangements.
The Remote Curriculum: What Is Taught to Students At Home
A student’s first day or two of being educated remotely might look different from our standard approach, whilst we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.
What should my child expect from remote education?
Students will use the below sites to aid their learning in the first instance when they are sent home. There is a range of activities and resources on these sites, please feel free to contact the child’s form tutor for further guidance if required.
- https://www.purplemash.com/sch/queensbury,
- https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/
- https://classroom.thenational.academy/
- https://members.gcsepod.com/login
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
- https://vle.mathswatch.co.uk/vle
Accessing Remote Education
If my child does not have digital or online access at home, how will you support them to access remote education?
For students who do not have internet access; the school will provide either electronic equipment or paper copies of the students’ learning activities. Paper copies of the student’s learning activities will be posted. If they are having problems accessing online remote learning, please can we ask that parents get in touch with their child’s form tutor either by calling (0121 373 5731) or emailing (enquiry@queensbury.eiat.org.uk) the school as soon as possible.
Engagement and Feedback
What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
Assuming they are well enough to work, students are expected to:
- Complete all work set for them and submitting work which is requested for feedback promptly.
- Check Purple Mash regularly and read and respond to communication from the school.
- Ensure that their IT equipment is fully charged and accessible at the start of each day. Where students experience problems with IT systems they should proactively inform their form tutor to seek advice and support.
What are your expectations regarding the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
Parents/Carers can support the School:
- By ensuring that their child attempts the home learning set.
- By providing a suitable place for their child to carry out their home learning – try to avoid all obvious distractions, TV, radio, phone calls, text messages, social media apps etc.
- By encouraging and praising their child when they have attempted/completed the home learning.
- By becoming actively involved and supporting their child with their home learning activities.
- By making it clear that they value the home learning activities and that they support the school by explaining how it can help their child’s learning.
How will you assess my child’s work and progress?
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:
On Purple Mash student’s work will be marked and written feedback given. In the event of an end of topic test the staff member will either email out the test or post it, for the student/s to complete and send back to school for marking/written feedback.
Additional support for pupils with particular needs
How will you work with me to help my child who needs additional support from adults at home to access remote education?
We recognise that some pupils, for example some pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), may not be able to access remote education without support from adults at home. We acknowledge the difficulties this may place on families, and we will work with parents and carers to support those pupils by offering online workshops for parents and carers to upskill their knowledge to access online learning and supporting their child. We also offer targeted one to one intervention Zoom sessions lead by members of staff for our most vulnerable students to support them with their learning and wellbeing. Parents and carers can also request one to one support through our home learning team, please call or email the school to request this support. We also have a family support worker and mentor team who are available to give advice over the phone/online and in some cases complete home visits.
Remote Education for Self-Isolating Students
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.
If my child is not in school because they are self-isolating, how will their remote education differ from the approaches described above?
Students will need to log into Purple Mash and complete activities that are set for them. If they are unable to access this or would prefer paper activities, please can you contact their form tutor as soon as possible and request a work pack to be sent home in the post.