Remote Learning Contingency plan January 2021 - Unity Community Primary

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Unity Community Primary

                                                Remote Learning Contingency plan
                                                                    January 2021
   Regular reviews and parental/pupil feedback will ensure plan is regularly updated
   Training of staff and implementation of MS Teams will impact plan and changes will be made in accordance

       DFE expectation                                 What we will do at Unity if there is a bubble isolated or school closure.
                                                       EYFS                                       KS1                                         KS2
  Monitoring of bubble shut downs.      Nursery 12 – 26 January                   Y1JN 5-9 October Y2AM 2-4 November         Y5 2-6 November
                                                                                  Y2JK 2 weeks
How will parents/ pupils know how to    Parents are familiar with Class Dojo as   All parents are familiar with Class Dojo   Year 3 - Parents already know how to
         use the on-line tool           it was the system used during             from previous lockdown. Majority of all    access online learning through class
              Class Dojo                lockdown. Only one parent (GA - RO) is    new families are already signed up and     dojo.
                                        not signed up to Dojo. Engagement         using it.
Messages on the Class Dojo can be       levels are high but not 100%.                                                        Year4/5/6 – all children now can access
translated into any language to         KB to begin reminding parents that this   There are a few children still not         remote learning through Teams. All
support second language.                is the system that will be used if the    registered (Shaheer, Amber, Catalina,      children and staff have received
                                        bubble is sent home.                      Raymond, Dwayne, Fatima). Teaching         training and are proficient in using this
                                                                                  staff to chase up these families ASAP to   system.
                                                                                  get them registered/help with getting
                                                                                  it onto a device.
   How many lessons will be pre-        KB will message parents.                  AM will message parents.                   Ensure that 1 days of lessons are pre-
 prepared if bubbles shut? Who will     One day of learning to be sent home in    One day of learning to be sent home in     prepared, ready to go out to children.
send the letter explaining the system   a pre-prepared paper learning pack.       a pre-prepared paper learning pack.        This gives a few days for staff to set up
                                        MN and OOT to pre-record some             Links to Oak academy sent home in          teams and to start uploading work
                                        activities (reading stories etc) in       pack.                                      onto it.
                                        preparation for a bubble closure. These
will be saved in staff                      Lessons will commence next school           It also gives extra time for staff
                                         shared/EYFS/remote learning videos.         day.                                        members to give extra support
                                                                                                                                 families/parents if needed.

   What is the expectation of the        Daycare: Two activities per day. One        Each day, children will access:             Each week, children will access:
amount of lessons the children will be   story and one singing activity. No              1 literacy activity                        5x Maths, Literacy/grammar,
    sent a week to complete?             expectation of children to complete             1 phonics activity                            GR (if possible)
                                         tasks.                                          1 maths activity                           2X Wider curriculum lessons a
                                         Nursery: Daily story plus one other             2 wellbeing activities per week               week (history, science)
                                         activity linked to an area of learning.            e.g. art, mindfulness,                   2x Wellbeing activities
                                         Reception: 1 weekly writing task/ 4                meditation                               Teacher reading a class book.
                                         UTW activities/ 3 phonic activities/3           2 x topic activities per week              Daily physical activity
                                         maths activities/ 1 weekly PD activity/1        Daily physical activity
                                         EAD activity.
                                         The above is non-negotiable. If staff
                                         are happy to add more then more will
                                         be included.
How will you feedback and how often      Staff will encourage families to share      Feedback through messenger or               Feedback to children/parents at least
  will you feedback to pupils and        photos/work on the children’s               portfolio activities – provided daily.      once a day (either general feedback of
              parents?                   portfolios. Feedback will be given on                                                   the day or more specific feedback
                                         each piece of work uploaded to the          Phone calls to children who have not        about a certain task.
                                         children’s online portfolio.                engaged / still not registered at time of   Year 3 – feedback through Dojo
                                                                                     closure.                                    Years 4/5/6 – feedback through
                                                                                                                                 Microsoft teams
                                                                                                                                 Phone calls for children who have not
                                                                                                                                 signed up yet.
How will you expect pupils to hand in    Pupils will access Class Dojo and will be   Feedback through messenger or               Children can upload work through Dojo
  work/share activities so you can       asked to upload photos of their             portfolio activities.                       and Microsoft Teams
 monitor what is being completed?        learning. Each child will also receive a    Parents/children can send photos,
                                         weekly phone call from a member of          videos or text.
                                         staff.
How many video lessons will you send     Most activities may include a short         Two ‘live’ sessions per day – phonics       Videos of teachers reading a book (2-3
             a week?                     video where appropriate on Class Dojo.      and wellbeing activity.                     times a week)
                                         All children across EYFS will have                                                      1/2 live lesson a day to introduce a
                                         access to at least two videos per day.                                                  lesson
Literacy, Maths and Handwriting all      1 live lessons a day to check in on
                                                                                  have video introductions by teaching     wellbeing
                                                                                  staff.
   What do we do if pupils aren’t       Staff to monitor which parents are not    CT/FSW to monitor children who are       CT/FSW to monitor children who are
    accessing the online work?          ‘viewing’ the activities. KB to be        not engaging in learning and follow up   not engaging in learning and follow up
                                        responsible for encouraging parents to    with parents.                            with parents.
                                        access Class Dojo.
How many children in your team need     To be discussed following technology      We are now aware of children who         We are now aware of children who
packs sending and who is responsible    survey.                                   don’t have access to IT and have         don’t have access to IT and have
 for sending the e-mail to nominated    KB to coordinate. Potentially lend        enough devices to give out if multiple   enough devices to give out if multiple
              deliverer?                tablets to younger children so they can   bubbles close.                           bubbles close.
                                        access Class dojo                         We have given families who do not        We have given families who do not
                                                                                  have any technology at home DfE          have any technology at home DfE
                                                                                  laptops to keep for the duration that    laptops to keep for the duration that
                                                                                  their children is at Unity               their children is at Unity

 Are there any individual pupils who    Yes. All pupils will receive a weekly             Y2AM – Yousef, Arman, Hina,     Y3
   need a check in from TA or class     phonecall. KB to keep a log of                     Ibrahim, Imran, Lian                    Ashour – SEN
teacher due to SEND or vulnerability?   vulnerable children and coordinate              Y2JK – Syeda, Ibrahim, Zanatia,           Karman, - SEN
         Who is doing this?             additional phone calls where                       Sarah, Kai,                             Ayan – SEN
                                        necessary.                                      Y1 AO – Hamza, Owais, Omar,               Micah – safeguarding
                                                                                           Shaheer                                 Shayan - safeguarding
                                                                                        Y1 HC – Jamal, Japnoor,                   Mohamed A – Vulnerable
                                                                                           Savannah, Riley, Esa            Y4
                                                                                  Class TA to call families in need of             Aliyan SEN
                                                                                  regular check-ins.                               Logan
                                                                                                                                   Awin - SEN (no access to internet)
                                                                                  All pupils will receive a weekly
                                                                                                                                   Abdul -
                                                                                  phonecall.
                                                                                                                                   Fiza - large family no access to
                                                                                                                                    laptop/resources
                                                                                                                                   Gurnoor -
                                                                                                                                   Ahmed - Large family and SEN
                                                                                                                           Y5
                                                                                                                                   Khabeel – Vulunerable/SEN
                                                                                                                                   Nayef – Vulunerable/safeguarding
                                                                                                                                   Tulissha -
                                                                                                                                    Vulunerable/safeguarding
   Kaiden -
                                                                                                                                          Vulunerable/safeguarding
                                                                                                                                         Declan -
                                                                                                                                          Vulunerable/safeguarding
                                                                                                                                         Shakeel – SEN
                                                                                                                                 Y6
                                                                                                                                         Adja – SEN
                                                                                                                                         Yanis – SEN/Vulernable
                                                                                                                                         Savanna – LAC
                                                                                                                                         Danial – SEN/Safeguarding
                                                                                                                                         Omair – Vulernable
                                                                                                                                         Hiba – Vulernable
                                                                                                                                         Barin – Vulernable

                                                                                                                                    All pupils will receive a weekly
                                                                                                                                    phonecall from teacher.
                                                                                                                                    Class TA to call families in need of
                                                                                                                                    regular check-ins.
                                                                  What we will do if individuals are self- isolating but the rest of the school is open
If the child can’t access class dojo who   Staff to prepare larger packs and save      FSW/SLT/TAs will deliver any printed         FSW/SLT/TAs will deliver any printed
       will deliver/print the work.        on staff shared/EYFS/Covid learning         work packs, and deliver laptops to loan work packs, and deliver laptops to loan
                                           packs. Packs will be printed at the         to children who are having to SI.            to children who are having to SI.
                                           office for parents to collect. If parent or Deliver reading books as needed.
                                           nominated family member unable to
                                           travel then a member of staff will drop
                                           off.
  How will the work that pupils in         KB to be responsible for providing          Depending on the child and ability level Look into blended learning. Now
school be delivered to isolated pupils     activities for any individuals on Dojo      in addition to available support at          children are confident on Teams/Dojo,
   able to access Class Dojo so it is      that are linked to learning in class.       home.                                        children could join lessons in class
    equivalent to school learning?                                                                                                  through live sessions on Teams.
                                                                                       Individual case by case basis.
 When can this work be downloaded          KB to ensure individuals isolating can      Work will be sent individually rather        Work will be sent individually rather
           on class dojo?                  access work from day one (or the            than posting on class dojo as this may       than posting on class dojo as this may
                                           following day if sent home part way         be confusing for other parents who are be confusing for other parents who are
                                           through a day).                             not self-isolating. Could be sent            not self-isolating. Could be sent
through CD messenger or by email   through CD messenger or by email
through Arbor.                     through Arbor.
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