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St Peter's RC Primary School Home Learning Provision - ST.PETER'S R.C. PRIMARY SCHOOL
ST.PETER’S R.C. PRIMARY SCHOOL

St Peter’s RC Primary School Home Learning Provision
Mission Statement

St. Peter’s Catholic School Mission is that pupils, parents staff, governors and parish build together a learning community which develops love,
concern for each other and forgiveness, by living out the Gospel.

  This means our school will be a place:

 To foster knowledge and understanding of the Gospel values and growing in God’s love.

 To ensure we care for and respect others, develop an understanding of the world and contribute to society as responsible citizens.
 To promote independence and excellence.
 To encourage us to use our gifts and talents for self-fulfilment and the good of all.
 To appreciate that we are all uniquely created and loved by God.
 To put our trust in God through prayer.
1. Identify            2. Develop and plan              3. Implement                  4. Embed                     5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there    Identified gaps but a plan In the process of             Practices and systems        Practices and systems
are major gaps.              is being developed to      implementing systems          are in place with minor      are fully embedded, and
                             address them.              and practices to address      gaps.                        there are examples of
                                                        this.                                                      best practice.

                                                                                                    Score        Potential actions and
                                                Strengths                        Gaps              (1 to 5)   resources if score is 1 or 2

                                       Remote Policy written and       Important to continually               Continual and robust
                                       understood by all teaching      review in light of          4          monitoring of quality of work
Remote education plan There is         staff.                          teachers’ experiences –                set, engagement of pupils,
a plan in place for remote             High expectations of learning   particularly during ‘live              feedback and corrections.
education and a senior leader          are shared by all staff.        class’ assemblies.                     All staff to receive more training
with overarching responsibility for    Balance of new learning and                                            to further develop the Online
the quality and delivery of remote     consolidation of skills is                                             learning and “live class”
education, including that provision    appropriate.                                                           assemblies.
meets expectations for remote          Sequences of lessons are in
education. The plan is                 line with the school’s
underpinned by high expectations       curriculum map.
to provide the quality delivery of a
planned curriculum for all
(including vulnerable children and
children with SEND), which is
aligned as close as possible to
the in-school curriculum.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan              3. Implement                    4. Embed                5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of               Practices and            Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems            systems are in           are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address        place with minor         there are examples of
                                                       this.                           gaps.                    best practice.

Communication Governors,             Governors fully involved           Keep parents/carers          4
staff, parents and carers are        in policy setting,                 involved in safeguarding
aware     of    the   school’s       monitoring through HT              aspects of online learning
approach and arrangements            reports.                           (documents posted on              Continual and robust monitoring
for remote education.                                                   the website and copies            of communication to improve
                                     Parents receive regular emails                                       communication between
                                     and letters. All info on website   posted to all families).
                                                                                                          parents/carers and school.
                                     and parent support video
                                     published to access the Purple
                                     Mash online learning platform.
                                     Staff are kept within year         Managing workload when
                                     group bubbles – this ensures       balancing demands of         4    SLT continue to monitor and
Monitoring and Evaluating.           that work and children are         remote learning and               further develop the online
The school has systems in place      ‘known’ to all staff.              increasing number of              learning.
                                     Staff meet every 7 days to         children at school for
to monitor the impact of remote
                                     reflect on online provision and    face-to-face learning.
education. This includes:
• understanding the impact on        to receive more training – SLT     (KW at present, need to
   staff workload and how to         every 3 days.                      be aware that this will
   mitigate against it if staffing                                      increase as lockdown
   changes                                                              restrictions ease).
                                     Sickness and non-
• having access to appropriate       engagement of pupils is
   management information            managed by teacher, office
   (such as staff and pupil          and overseen by SLT.
   sickness and absence data) to     Safeguarding concerns logged
   help the school respond to        and referred if necessary.
   changing contexts.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan          3. Implement                 4. Embed                   5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of        Practices and               Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems     systems are in place        are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address with minor gaps.            there are examples of
                                                       this.                                                best practice.

                                   Good practice guidance is      Supporting families by     4         Continuous communication
                                   disseminated from school and   understanding demands                between the school and the
                                   directly by class teachers.    of multiple children in              parents to support the children
                                   Management of work is          house using limited                  and parents with practical
                                   overseen by SLT with paper     number of devices.                   advice and support for
Home environment                   based available to families.   Teachers to monitor                  accessing the online learning.
The school is aware of the                                        times that work is being             As a school, we are aware that
                                   Good learning behaviour
learning environment at home and                                  completed and                        one or two electronic devices
                                   modelled and overseen by
works with parents/carers and                                     submitted.                           are shared amongst family
                                   class teachers.
families to understand and ensure                                                                      members.
that pupils will be able to access Management of children’s
education at home.                 daily work, expectations set
                                   out on website and overseen
                                   by SLT

The school supports pupils on
how to self-regulate during remote
education, including:
   •   understanding their
       strengths and weaknesses
       to improve their learning
   •   how to learn from home
1. Identify            2. Develop and plan            3. Implement                     4. Embed               5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of              Practices and            Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems           systems are in           are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address       place with minor         there are examples of
                                                       this.                          gaps.                    best practice.

                                     23 Laptops are being loaned       Update laptops to           4      Continuous monitoring and
Laptops, tablets and internet        out to vulnerable families.       support all families with          dialogue between school and
access                                                                 online learning.                   parents/carers to support with
                                     2 Chrome books are being
Where digital approaches are                                                                              electronic devices where
                                     loaned out to vulnerable
used, leaders are aware of any                                                                            possible, internet access if
                                     families.                         Stay on top of need.
limitations to access to the                                                                              needed and hard copies of
internet, and suitable devices for   Paper copies of work are
                                     provided as agreed (This may                                         work posted on request.
pupils which might impact on
remote education provision.          be the most suitable route with
Leaders have made suitable           family arrangements)
alternative arrangements to
minimise the impact of these
limitations, either by providing
pupils with devices and/or hard
copies of work posted to all the
children for the first three weeks
of lockdown in January and will
continue to do this on request.
Vulnerable and key worker
children are expected to come
into school.
1. Identify                   2. Develop and plan             3. Implement                  4. Embed                5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of             Practices and           Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems          systems are in          are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address      place with minor        there are examples of
                                                       this.                         gaps.                   best practice.

                                     2/2 SEND children (we are         Important to be acutely   4      Continuous support to
                                    applying for an EHC Plan) are      aware of SEND children           parents/carers with resources
Supporting children with            in school daily and a child with   (particularly those NOT          to access the curriculum and to
additional needs                    an EHC Plan will start             on EHCP and therefore            support children with individual
Children and young people with      provision in school after half     at home without the              programmes e.g.SALT and
high needs, including               term.                              support they would have          STEPS.
disadvantaged pupils, SEND and                                         had in school).
vulnerable pupils, have the right   Specialist provision is in place
structures and provision in place   for them to access
to help remote education. This      SENCO making weekly phone
includes guidance for parents       calls.
and carers on how to effectively
support remote education and
ensuring pupils have access to
the right hardware and software
to support their needs.
1. Identify                                           3. Implement                    4. Embed                 5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of             Practices and systems     Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems          are in place with minor   are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address      gaps.                     there are examples of
                                                       this.                                                   best practice.

                                     Teachers check daily for         Improve the formal            4
                                     engagement.                      recording of children who
                                     Direct contact to parents to     are not engaging so that           Teaching assistants received
                                     support online learning.         further support can be             training to support Pastoral care
                                                                      provided and                       via the Purple Mash platform
                                    SLT monitor concerns and
                                                                      safeguarding swiftly               after February half term.
                                    follow up calls are made to the
Monitoring engagement               parents.                          identified.
The school has systems for
checking daily whether pupils are                                     Guidelines mentioned to
engaging with their work, and                                         all staff during meeting to
informs parents and carers                                            support them with
immediately where engagement is                                       safeguarding procedures
a concern.                                                            during lockdown.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan             3. Implement                   4. Embed              5. Sustain
Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of        Practices and               Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems     systems are in place        are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address with minor gaps.            there are examples of
                                                       this.                                                best practice.
                                    Work is set in line with DfE     Monitor and move             4
                                    minimum requirements.            towards as much new                Collective worship and “live”
                                    Daily: Maths, Reading and        learning as appropriate.           assemblies to commence week
Minimum provision
                                    English, Phonics                 Keeping a watch on                 22nd February 2021 via Zoom
School sets work that is of
                                    Weekly: RE, Science,             school’s full return and a         to support each cohort.
equivalent length to the core
teaching pupils would receive in History, Geography, Art,            revised ‘catch up
school in an appropriate range of DT, Computing, French,             programme’.
subjects, and as a minimum:         PSHE, PE and Music.
• Key stage 1: 3 hours a day, on All the subjects taught
   average, across the school       throughout the week.
   cohort, with less for younger
   children                        Learning is set inline with the
• Key stage 2: 4 hours a day       school’s curriculum.
                                   Consolidation of Autumn term
                                   objectives as well as new
The school has a clear broad and learning for Spring term in all
balanced curriculum that supports subjects.
pupils both in class and remotely.
2. Develop and plan              3. Implement                    4. Embed              5. Sustain
        1. Identify

Not yet in place or there    Identified gaps but a plan In the process of               Practices and          Practices and systems
are major gaps.              is being developed to      implementing systems            systems are in         are fully embedded, and
                             address them.              and practices to address        place with minor       there are examples of
                                                        this.                           gaps.                  best practice.

                                        Remote curriculum is aligned     Ensure equality of           4    Collective worship and “live”
                                       to the school’s curriculum.       curriculum offer is set           assemblies to commence week
                                       Recorded lessons every day or     across school –                   22nd February 2021 via zoom
Curriculum delivery                    audio powerpoints in Maths,       expectations of work              to support each cohort.
The school has a system in place       English and other subjects.       volume, recorded                  To further develop “live”
to support remote education,           Teachers use videos along         interactions and timing to        reading sessions for each
using curriculum-aligned,              with Oak National Academy,        respond to pupils’ work.          cohort.
resources.                             published videos by BBC,
Where remote education is taking       White Rose and You tube.
place, it should include recorded      Purple Mash and Miss Dorothy
or live teaching powerpoints from      (Dot minutes) used for setting
the school or other educational        and responding to pupils’ work.
providers.                             Communication through class
The school uses a digital platform     blogs and fortnightly phone
to support effective                   calls.
communication and accessibility        Teachers and SLT available
for all pupils, including those with   via school office for
SEND.                                  troubleshooting.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan           3. Implement                   4. Embed               5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of           Practices and           Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems        systems are in          are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address    place with minor        there are examples of
                                                       this.                       gaps.                   best practice.

                                  Teachers track completion         Ensure consistency         4      Teacher assessment will
                                  and level of work quality.        across school.                    continue on the coverage of
                                  Individual’s work is looked at,                                     work for Spring term 1 week
Assessment and feedback           corrected by teachers, asked      Awareness of validity of          commencing 22nd February
The school has a plan in place to to be re-submitted if             summative assessment              2021.
gauge how well all pupils are     necessary to ensure quality of    prior to return.
progressing through the           learning is not lost.
curriculum using questions and    Feedback and next steps are
other suitable tasks.             built into blogs and messages
                                  for individual children. This
The school provides feedback, at informs Formative
least weekly, using the marking   Assessment for next steps.
tools, blogs or voice recordings
where appropriate.
1. Identify            2. Develop and plan           3. Implement                   4. Embed                 5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of          Practices and              Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems       systems are in             are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address   place with minor           there are examples of
                                                       this.                      gaps.                      best practice.

                                   Staff capability has been built Computing Teacher and       4       Teaching assistants received
                                   on since lockdown 2020. The SLT are on hand to help                 training to support Pastoral care
                                   Computing Teacher has led       support where needed.               via the Purple Mash platform
Staff capability                   staff with workshops and                                            after February half term.
Staff have access to the digital   bespoke support.
resources and tools. Where         Support videos for parents
possible, the training provided is and guidance were published                                         Collective worship and “live”
sustained to ensure staff continue on the school website and                                           assemblies to commence week
to support effective teaching      information on how to use                                           22nd February 2021 via Zoom to
practice remotely.                 other devices e.g. Play Station                                     support each cohort.
                                   to access Purple Mash was                                           To further develop “live” reading
                                   also shared.                                                        sessions for each cohort.

                                   Computing lead + SLT            Continue to meet            4        Continuous virtual meetings,
                                   supporting individual’s        formally and informally               support documents e-mailed
                                   capacity                       throughout lockdown.                  and individual calls to support
Strategic partnerships
The school is sharing best                                                                              staff collectively and
practice and making best use                                                                            individually.
of capacity across schools.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan              3. Implement             4. Embed                  5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of        Practices and              Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems     systems are in place       are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address with minor gaps.           there are examples of
                                                       this.                                               best practice.

                                      Expectations are on website.                         4           Continuous support documents
                                                                                                       published on the school
Realistic expectations of             Pupils are clear and followed                                    website and communication to
pupils, parents and carers            up if not engaging                                               all parents/carers during
                                      appropriately.                                                   fortnightly phone calls.
Parents and carers have clear
guidance on how to support pupils
at home, and how this is aligned
to the remote education
information required to be
published on the school’s website.

Pupils understand the
expectations on how many hours
they should be learning and how
to participate in remote education.
2. Develop and plan                3. Implement               4. Embed         5. Sustain

        1. Identify
Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of        Practices and          Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems     systems are in place   are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address with minor gaps.       there are examples of
                                                       this.                                           best practice.

                                      Remote Learning Policy          Always review and          4
                                      outlines safeguarding           respond to fast changing
Ensuring safety                       expectations and safety.        circumstances.
There are clear safeguarding
protocols in place to ensure pupils   Staff training and guidance
are safe during remote education.     reviewed weekly
It is essential to have and           (Safeguarding weekly email,
communicate clear reporting           fortnightly staff meeting).
routes so that children, teachers,
parents and carers can raise any      Guidance to support parents
safeguarding concerns                 and carers with online safety
in relation to remote education.      published on the school
                                      website week commencing 8th
Online safety                         February and 1 hard copy per
 If the school chooses to provide     family posted.
remote education using live
streaming and pre-recorded
videos, teachers understand how
to keep children safe whilst they
are online.
1. Identify           2. Develop and plan           3. Implement                4. Embed             5. Sustain

Not yet in place or there   Identified gaps but a plan In the process of        Practices and          Practices and systems
are major gaps.             is being developed to      implementing systems     systems are in place   are fully embedded, and
                            address them.              and practices to address with minor gaps.       there are examples of
                                                       this.                                           best practice.

                                   Open door policy                Always be aware.        4
Well-being                         Regular interactions with
Leaders, teachers and pupils are children means that unusual /
aware of how to spot potential     out of character behaviour
well-being or mental health issues
and how to respond. There are      passed on by teachers to SLT.
regular catch ups with pupils,
Miss Dorothy (Dot minutes),        Formal approached by parents
Purple Mash blog and fortnightly or children passed to Inclusion
phone calls.                       Team.

Well-being of the St Peter’s RC
Primary School community
continues to be a priority.
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