Our aims of remote working:

  • To ensure equal and ongoing access to all of the curriculum areas
  • To ensure students remain connected to school
  • To ensure students are set appropriate work to maintain steady progress
  • To care for and support families whilst at home

January 2021

4th January: planned inset day, this will go ahead, teachers will undertake training on safeguarding, teaching and learning and pastoral care

5th-8th January 

    • Year 11 Mocks will start on 5th January (earlier than planned).  All year 11 will be expected in school for their exams, if they do not have any exams they do not need to be in school. More detailed information on mocks will be shared in the next few days with parents
    • Years 7 to 10 will undertake a Heartlands at Home remote learning program which is outlined HERE it involves online live lessons, DPR set assignments and pastoral sessions 
    • Students we consider vulnerable and Critical worker students will be offered a place at our in school support school  
    • Purple bubble will remain open for all students, all week 

Week beginning 11th January all students will return to school: once we have more guidance we will outline who, when and what this will look like.  Year 11 will continue with their mocks this week. A help sheet is here Heartlands at Home January 2021 Parents version

Heartlands at Home Remote learning   

  • Work will be set on the DRP daily by 9.30am 
  • Work will be in line with the recovery and planned curriculum 
  • Work will be simple in its instructions, challenging, proportionate in expected completion time to lessons scheduled 
  • Loom and instructional films will be used to support students 
  • Zoom live online lessons will be offered by some teachers P2-5, at points throughout the week these will be given to students via an online timetable emailed to them on Monday 
  • Each week they will be offered at least 2 tutoring sessions live online with their tutors
  • Students with additional needs and EAL students will also be offered online live support sessions and regular contact from key staff

Working at home 

  • Step one 

Check your work on the DPR, if you don’t have access to the DPR email student.ITHelp@heartlands.haringey.sch.uk you can also speak to them or your head of year if you do not have access to a device to check or complete learning 

  • Step two 

Check your emails and the timetable of live lessons sent to you by Ms Williams on your email! 

  • Step three

Stick your normal timetable where you can and work your way through the work, it will be set by 9.30am each day and you can attend live lessons and tutor sessions where you can 

Weekly:

Do some exercise at least twice a week! Go for a walk, cycle or jog! 

Staying safe 

If you don’t feel happy you can use kooth.com to speak to someone immediately or contact your form tutor via email 

 

Stay safe online, never join a Zoom meeting not hosted by a teacher, make sure your background is neutral and you are using emails for professional communication only with peers and staff. 

 

Closure for groups

If groups of students isolate or we close to whole groups

  • We will set work twice a week via the DPR for all subjects; resources and hand in will be via google classroom
  • Most work will include: written instruction, resources and loom instructions from the teacher
  • We will fully utilise existing support platforms such as Tassmoi, Maths Watch and MyOn reading support
  • We will mark work twice a week via the DPR
  • We will set times for online tutor time where students can speak face to face with a staff member at least once a week
  • We will contact all vulnerable students weekly to offer support
  • We will offer IT support where we can
  • In some cases where printed work would be more appropriate we will post this home such as for SEND students or subjects such as Art.

We will review in all cases our ability to offer online live teaching however this disadvantages our students with less access to high speed internet and online devices and in some more widespread school closures this can be difficult for staff to juggle their own children at home and that of a live timetable.

Isolating due to confirmed case or close contact

If students are isolating they will be asked to stay home. This is either because they or someone in the house has had COVID symptoms or they have been highlighted as a close contact. Anyone with Symptoms should be tested. For a quick guide on what to do please see HERE.

If your child is sick, as with if they are home sick from school.

What to do in isolation

 

Years 7,8 or 9

If you are in year 7, 8 or 9 you should complete work from this grid and email to your teacher when completed.  Each piece is designed to last at least 14 days so do not worry if you don’t completely finish it!

Task grid for self isolation – Autumn Term 2020
View and download (pdf)

Using this guidance:

How to study at home absence advice
View and download (pdf)

 

Years 10 and 11

  • We will set work twice a week via the DPR for all subjects; resources and hand in will be via google classroom
  • Most work will include: written instruction, resources from the teacher
  • We will fully utilise existing support platforms such as Tassmoi, Maths Watch and MyOn reading support
  • You tutor will aim to contact you at least once during your time at home
  • We will offer IT support where we can
  • In some cases where printed work would be more appropriate we will post this home such as for SEND students or subjects such as Art.

How you can prepare for the possibility of remote learning

You child will receive a task on the DPR from their teachers. This is designed to be work to take them through ALL of isolation. Please hand it in via the means outlined by the teacher; google classroom, quizes, email etc.  The teacher will make this clear on the instructions