Please find information in the sections below on learning from home due to a bubble closure and when a pupil has to self-isolate.
In the Event of a Bubble Closure
Where a pupil is required to self-isolate in the event of bubble closure in school, but is otherwise well, they are expected to continue to access their learning remotely from home. Please see the information below and the expectations for each year group.
Year R and Year 1
From day one of a bubble closure, daily Sways will be made available on the website. Parents/carers will be sent a link to a.m. and p.m. class meetings ready to start on day 2. All pupils are expected to attend both meetings and complete the daily Sway. Some children will receive small group teaching sessions, links will be sent to parents of these pupils ready for them to start on day 3 of the bubble closure.
Class Meeting Times
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Year Group
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Morning
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Afternoon
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Year R
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9.00am
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12.00pm
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Year 1
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9.30am
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12.30pm
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Sways
Year 2 and Year 3
On day 1 of a bubble closure, a daily Sway will be made available on the website. On day 1 parents/carers will be expected to collect a Chromebook from school. On Day 2 live face to face lessons will start for all pupils- all pupils are expected to join all lessons every day. For Year 2 this will be three hours of online learning and four hours for Year 3. From day 2, some children will attend small group interventions. All lessons will be delivered by the class teacher, supported by the class teaching assistant through Microsoft Teams. All pupils will be given a Microsoft Office 365 login so they can access their class Team for lessons.
Day 1 Sway
Year 4 – Year 6
From day 1 of a bubble closure, a daily Sway will be made available on the website. From day 2 all pupils will be expected to attend live face to face lessons through Microsoft Teams using their Chromebook. All pupils will be expected to attend every lesson and complete all work using Assignments in their class Team. A minimum of three hours face to face teaching will happen each day, with a focus on reading, writing and maths, plus one hour of self-directed learning of the wider curriculum. From day 2 some children will be asked to attend small group interventions in the afternoon.
Day 1 Sway
In the Event of an Individual Pupil Needing to Self-Isolate
Where a pupil is required to self-isolate, but is otherwise well, they are expected to continue to access their learning remotely from home. Please see the information below and the expectations for each year group.
Year R – Year 1
Day 1: A paper pack of learning will be ready for collection or delivery if required. The pack will aim to ensure your child will keep up as much as possible with the school curriculum. It will include:
- Maths activities in line with the class curriculum coverage (Year 1 MNP textbook and workbook included)
- Phonics ditty book or colour book and pack of speed sounds to practice
- Writing task, with resources in line with class curriculum coverage
- Wider curriculum tasks, including Knowledge Organisers in line with class curriculum coverage
- Handwriting practice
- Number bonds practice
- Year R (and where needed in Year 1) physical development activities
Day 3/5/7: Class Teacher will make a call home to check in with you and your child to provide support and guidance as needed.
Year 2 – Year 3
Day 1: Collect a Chromebook and support resource pack from school. Resource pack to include:
- Copy of the class novel, the reading and extract booklet
- Writing scaffolds as appropriate, e.g. word banks, talking tin etc
- MNP textbook and workbook plus journal
- Wider Curriculum resources: Knowledge Organiser and booklet
Day 2: Pupil joins lessons live from home
Day 3/5/7: Class teacher will make a call home to check in with you and your child to provide support and guidance as needed.
Year 4 – Year 6
Day 1: Collect a support resource pack from school and join lessons live from home. Resource pack to include:
- Copy of the class novel, the reading and extract booklet
- Writing scaffolds as appropriate, e.g. word banks, talking tin etc
- MNP textbook and workbook plus journal
- Wider Curriculum resources: Knowledge Organiser and booklet
Day 3/5/7: Class teacher will make a call home to check in with you and your child to provide support and guidance as needed.
Chromebook Support
Once your child has received their Chromebook, please follow the steps below to get started.
We have created two logins for your child. A login to access the Chromebook and a login to access the online, remote learning. We have chosen to use Teams which is part of Microsoft Office to provide your child with home learning.
- Your child will need to turn on the Chromebook and enter the ‘login for Chromebook’ username and password to gain access. This will have been sent to you via email.
- Once your child has signed into the Chromebook, they will need to go to the internet browser (Google Chrome). In the search bar please enter www.office.com and select ‘Sign In’ button.
- Your child will need to enter the ‘login for Microsoft Office’ username and password to gain access to their office account. This will have been sent to you via email.
- Your child will then need to open Microsoft Teams which they can find along the left side of the screen. They will need to go to Teams and click on their class team where they will go to everyday at the time specified above. This will appear in the post section so children can click the ‘Join Meeting’ button.
- The teacher will show your child how to use Teams in the first meeting.
If you get stuck, please refer to the step-by-step Teams and Chromebook login help sheet at the button below.
Questions
As always, we will do as much as we can to provide support with accessing the home learning. If you have any questions regarding accessing Teams, your Chromebook, or timings please contact acprimary@swindon-academy.org.
If you have any questions about the learning only, please email the following address and one of the year group teachers will contact you:
Mrs Brown and the Inclusion Team are also contactable on emma.brown@swindon-academy.org. Please title your email 'for the attention of…' whichever member of our Inclusion Team you would like to contact.
Additional Information
Please click on the link below to see additional information about our primary home learning offer.
Primary Home Learning Offer