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Learning@Home Plan During School Closures

Built upon the foundation which was already in place Clear need to support staff with use of 365 apps whilst ensuring learning activities were delivered from 1st day of closure Primary 7 - Primary 5 all using Onenote Primary 4 – Primary 1 using school website Developed over time increased use of Teams Taking on feedback we increased our use of supportive videos from staff to support learning and wellbeing

Challenges

Challenges: lockdown prevented staff accessing systems to create P1-P3 365 accounts. Families experiencing digital challenges including: poor wifi, pressures on need for devices especially in families with more than 1 child Keeping connected with families who needed support Delivery of food parcels to families in need Setting up and staffing of hub schools ASN pupils who were cut off from valuable resources Lots of requests for live video meet ups / zoom calls which were not permitted under CEC guidelines

Survey Results

• 145 responses
• Enabled us to identify learners

who needed school device (challenge for us to access these devices due to lockdown) – priority given to our families in greatest need

• Desire for increased contact –

use of videos especially for classes not on 365

• Creation of P4 365 accounts
• Support for Learning – started

live support groups for P5 and P6, numeracy support P4

• Results showed a need to increase communication on how to share work
• Needed to increase two way communication
• Developed use of Forms
• Use of admin account
• Twitter
• Teams
• Onenote

Our Journey at Blackhall

Increased use

• f technology.

Digital Strategy set. Increase of iPads P7s with 365 accounts. P7 use of Onenote all session. P6 and P5 given 365 accounts. P6 and P5 children introduced to Onenote. All staff trained in Onenote. Staff Digital Pedagogy skills further developed. Use of Screencast to record learning clips. Use of Teams with P4-7. Reflect on how to deliver feedback. Use of live meets for wellbeing chats and individual learners with teacher. Use of live meets for learning support P6, P5 & P4. P4 on Teams. Whole staff videos. Online assemblies. P1-P3 teacher videos to support learning activities. Use of Forms for assessment and pre- assessment. PSAs added onto Teams to help support learning. Next steps - August All Pupils on Teams. Set up Teams in year stages with class channels to support Learning@Home. Purchase additional learn anywhere resources with a focus on numeracy and literacy. Help guides to staff and parents.

August Renewal Plan

Questions to ask?

How are you feeling? How are you coping? What do you need to help you feel safe? How do we rebuild a sense

• f community?

Parents & carers, community partners What have been you biggest challenges ? Staff, parents & carers, community partners Learners Learners, staff, parents & carers, community partners

What did our Parents say?

• What do you think our priorities should be in rebuilding our

school community when school reopens?

• Helping children reintegrate into a sense of structure and

routine after nearly five months without school and probably of not seeing many/any people outside their immediate family.

• Safety
• Maximising as much pupil interaction (between teacher

pupils and between pupils themselves) as possible. Reflecting on their experiences of lockdown and consolidation of leanring as every family will have had different challenges and difficulties to address while also home schooling to their best of their ability. This in addition to making the school feel as welcoming as possible.

What have been the biggest challenges for you as an adult / family?

• Balancing 2 working parents with home learning of 2 children.
• Lack of human interaction out with the household.
• Balance work life, family life and homeschooling. Sometimes

feeling of failure to mantain a good balance

• Home schooling. But I much prefer it than jeopardising my childs

health.

• Too many online meetings for the parents. Not enough time to

dedicate to children's learning. No space.

What have been the biggest challenges for your child / children?

• Not seeing their friends, trying to deal with school

work at home with Mum

• Missing physical social contact and playing with
• friends. Missing favourite out of school activities.

Missing teachers

• Getting outside/being physically active.

What has particularly worked well to support your child's learning during school closures?

• The school have provided excellent resources to help with school
• work. The school have been good in providing videos showing the

kids (and parents) how to do the work. We've really appreciated the teachers that have been able to prepare videos. We understand how challenging this can be but it has made a big difference.

• communication with the teacher
• 1)The supply of structured activities from school. 2) The use of

Microsoft Teams to build a sense of community 3) The flexibility to arrange the day as we like.

• Microsoft 365 and Teams has been brilliant. It’s great the kids have

direct access to their work, learning materials and support from their teacher…. It takes so much pressure off the parents and you feel reassured your child is being taught in the correct way.

However…

• Home learning has been challenging

for working parents, families with ASN children, families with younger children.

• Communication hasn’t been as easy

for our classes who do not have access to Teams

Staff Views

Parent Views

Pupil Views

Possible Blended Learning Organisation

• Siblings to attend school on the same day
• Possible model of children attending on the same day

every week – we are awaiting further advice on this

• Keyworker children attending school hub during school

hours - we are awaiting further information on this

• Staggered starts and finishes – we are awaiting further

information on this

• Details and final arrangements will be shared on 24th

June

What will school look like in August

• Health and safety at the centre
• Medical room for any suspected COVID-19 cases – this will

be the office in the gym hall

• PPE equipment available for staff to use
• Staggered drop off and pick up – restriction on parents in

the playground only P1 and P2 parents

• Emphasis on hand washing – on entry to the building
• Health and safety procedures in place when administering

first aid

• 2m social distancing at desks and on the carpet
• Children will access toilet one at a time
• No public access to the school toilets
• Classrooms chosen to support size of class

What will school look like in August

• First few weeks will focus on re-establishing relationships,

routines and our sense of community

• Increased use of outdoor spaces
• No bell policy
• Plastic book bag of resource for each child
• Tray for each child on desk beside them
• Play based learning in P1 but with reduced resources – no

sand, water, playdough

• Toys / games possibly only for single user, will be cleaned

between rotational groups within the class

• Focus on health and wellbeing, literacy and numeracy
• Groups will normally be 1 adult to 9 – 11 children
• We will minimise the mixing of different groups or

“bubbles” of children wherever possible.

• It may be safer for adults to move around classrooms than

children.

Possible Approach ch to Teach ching, Learning and As Asses essmen ment t – de details around und thi this are unde under r discu cussion

In school : teaching of curriculum content, assessment and feedback of learning from in-school and at-home. Digital support for Office 365 Teams. At-home : follow up /consolidation of in school learning. Careful consideration to parent / carer circumstances and available resources. Build on success of summer term. Use of Office 365 Teams. Focus on Literacy, Numeracy and Health and wellbeing– contextualised approach as appropriate. Fridays – opportunity for collegiate planning and monitoring / tracking

• f progress.

Common Questions

• Will my children be in school at the same time? Yes we are planning for siblings to attend school on the same day.
• Can I request the days my child can attend school? We will be following the council guidelines on making up our groups using the following criteria:

children of keyworkers, siblings, vulnerable pupils. While we would like to accommodate individual requests, we simply will not have the capacity to do so.

• Will the children be in for half days? The children will be in for full days.
• How will groups be decided? Groups will be decided upon (where possible) through identifying the children of keyworkers, siblings and our ASN
• children. These will predominantly make up Group A and Group B. This is a highly complex piece of work and we will not be able to accommodate

individual changes.

• How will the hub school operate? We are waiting for information on this from Edinburgh Council. Only the children of key workers with no one

working at home will be eligible.

• What about childcare? Will there be the usual breakfast club and after school club provision? We are waiting for information to come out from

Edinburgh Council regarding childcare provision.

• Can my child meet with their new teacher? School is only open to members of school staff at the moment. Surveys were issued to all pupils to give

them the opportunity to ask their new teacher questions. Teachers are making video for their new classes. These will be ready to share in the last week of term.

• Will my child have the same teacher next year? As in every year, we have some teachers leaving us, returning from maternity leave and some new

teachers joining us. It hasn’t been possible for classes to keep the same teacher. Teachers are working with each other to hand over information on every child.

• What will learning @home look like? We are actively working on these plans. Teachers will not be able to have the same level of contact as they have

during school closures. We plan to have all classes (P1-P7) on Microsoft Teams so there is a uniform approach to where we put learning@home materials

Common Questions

• What about the new P1s? – We are preparing a presentation for new P1 parents with information on the school. We have made

contact with all the nurseries. The children have been taking part in the transition project. We are facilitating a virtual meeting with the new P1 teachers and adding information on to our website as soon as Edinburgh Council finalise details around P1 starts.

• What about play-based learning? – For our younger children who are unable to maintain a 2m distance, consideration may be

given to how to create zones within the classroom to maintain small groups of pupils and reduce interactions between them.

• Transitions for ASN pupils? – We are preparing “passports” for our ASN pupils to ensure that everything is in place for them when

they return in August. We will invite these pupils into visit the classroom on one of the August inservice days.

• Parent Consultations - It was not possible for us to set up remote parent consultations. Up until the 3rd June, we were only able to

hold meetings on 365 Teams with people who had an existing account. Edinburgh Council do not permit us to use any other video conferencing platform. We have had no daily access to the school building until 8th June.

• School Lunches – This is still being decided by Edinburgh Council. It may be that packed lunches will be provided for P1-P3 children

and children eligible for free school meals. These may be eaten in the classroom. More information on this will follow.

• When will we find out about teachers and classrooms – Classrooms will be decided based upon the size of the class in order to

accommodate social distancing. We will be sharing this with you in the last week of term.

• Will my child have to wear school uniform? – School uniform will not be mandatory

Challenges

• Staffing
• Health and wellbeing
• Health and safety
• Transitions
• Learning and Teaching (blended learning)
• Equity
• Continues to be a fast-moving situation

• Awaiting more information from CEC

to underpin our decisions at Blackhall

• Support from Parent Council in

communicating key messages