Class 4 – Remote Learning Plan

Hi All,

I hope you are all doing well – despite the recent bad news.

I just thought I would take the opportunity today to email you all ahead of tomorrow – when remote activities will begin being set. I appreciate you will have already been emailed by school already with lots of information, so I will try and keep it as brief as possible! Also note that this information is specific to Class 4.

First thing is that the big difference between this lockdown and the previous lockdown in March is that there is a statutory expectation (by the government) that all children engage in the work set. We, as a school, have tried to make this as easy as possible for families – and completely appreciate that at certain circumstances, and at particular times, this may not always be fully possible.

With the age of the children in Class 4, this could be an opportunity to develop independence by encouraging your child to take responsibility for their work (as much as you feel they can). This may also help ease the burden of having to organise things yourselves.  I have set up a few things, which will hopefully make things easier for you at home to facilitate all of this.

• • Emails will be a vital tool for daily communication. I have sent this email to the email address for yourselves that has been provided to school. However, I have set up individual emails for all children (in Class 4). [Note: this will be a different to the email set up for the year 5s last time]. This email address is secure and cannot send or receive emails from outside our organisation (i.e. Brown Clee School). From experiencing last year’s lockdown, it would definitely be preferable if children themselves could use these emails (with support – if needed). If this is not possible (or is going to cause difficulties), then it would be fine for parents/children to communicate via a different email.
    • Accessing this email:
      • To login into this email address, you will need to visit https://www.office.com/
        

        Office 365 login Collaborate for free with online versions of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Save documents, spreadsheets, and presentations online, in OneDrive. www.office.com

        – where a “sign in” option is available.

      • After clicking on “sign in”, it will ask for an email address. Each child’s email address is their firstname.lastinitial@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk – for example, a “Kevin Smith” would be kevin.s@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk.
      • If a correct email address has be inputted, after pressing “next”, it will ask for a password – which will be Brownclee123
      • Your child will then be asked to change their password . Make sure they remember this as they will need it each time they need to log in.
      • Once they have logged on, the email features can be found in the “Outlook” tab on the left-hand side
    • The other benefit to these emails is that children can also access Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint and Excel all online).

• Last term, your child will have come home from school with information on how to set up Seesaw (a website/app) from home and their login information/QR code. Don’t worry if this has been misplaced (or not even seen). I can email any on individual basis, so just let me know!
  • Seesaw may be the easiest way for children to send in their work. They are all familiar with how it works, and it won’t be too different to how children submit class work when we were in last term – each activity for the day will be set (along with instructions) and they can just submit their work. It is also very easy for me to give feedback – which can then be sent straight back to their Seesaw account for them to check.
  • If Seesaw is presenting any problems from home, then emailing work in would be absolutely fine.