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Year 1 Collecting Resources 8th Jan

We have had requests for possible resources to help with the children’s learning at home from parents/carers.

If you would like to, there will be an opportunity for you to collect …

  • an exercise book for maths
  • an exercise book for English
  • a whiteboard and pen
  • a sound mat,
  • a number line
  • a part-whole model/tens frame

 Please only take one of each for your child.

These will be available outside your child’s classroom between 3.30-4pm tomorrow (Friday 8th January). Please use the KS1 gate for coming into and leaving school, using the one-way system as usual. Please ensure you wear your masks and adhere to social distancing as usual.

Thank you for all your support

Year 1 Team

Lockdown 3.0, day 1 – 5th Jan – 4 key points

Dear all,

Home learning can be AHHHH!

  • Does it feel like March again? Learning at home can be really stressful. Multiple children, working from home, tech issues, screen fatigue, not sure of what the teaching is, not letting children down etc – it can all add to a very difficult situation. What’s the solution? Just do your best; keep things manageable; and if you don’t get everything done, it’s ok!
  • Do what you can, not what you can’t.
  • It’s hard to get the balance as family circumstances are very different, and we can’t cater exactly for everyone. We try our best, and also take on board suggestions.

Tech Issues?

What’s coming?

  • The turn around is tight, but we’re working on more teaching input and check-in sessions for home learning. A mix of live and video lessons and check-ins. We are also shuffling staffing capacity to help support home learning.
  • Year groups post the work on Google Classrooms. We aim to put it on the night before.
  • Please bear with us as we cater for both those in school and those at home. Our aim is to try to help those at home experience as much as possible what those at school are experiencing, but this has many logistical challenges.
  • Learning activities will still be on Google Classrooms, even if you can’t join in/watch the videos/lessons.
  • We simply can’t avoid clashes in the schedule of ‘live videos’ or Meets. Families with multiple children will unfortunately have to make choices about what is done if there are clashes, and when multiple devices/adult support is not available. We are trying to vary times to help with this.

SCL After School Club

  • Book online here
  • Sadly Hatch Warren After School Club isn’t able to run, and SCL do have some capacity.

Thank you for your support and for bearing with us!

Charles Applegate, Head Teacher

Home Learning in Year 1 from 6th Jan

Thank you for your support and patience as we set up home learning for the children. All the work for the children will be on Google Classrooms in their own classroom. We will put the work on Google Classroom the night before to allow you time to be organised. We appreciate how busy everyone is, so hopefully this will help. Please do email year1@stmarksce.org.uk if you have any questions. There will be a variety of class meets which would be great if your child can attend, but we understand if work commitments do not allow this. The Google meet links will appear just before each session in the stream. We will be taking a register in the first session each day. 

 

This will be the plan in Year 1 for live learning with your child’s class teacher from tomorrow. As you can see the timetable builds up as we become used to live teaching! 

 

Wednesday 6th Jan

9.05am: Google meet in your class for welcome and Maths input.

    

Thursday 7th Jan

9.05am: Google meet in your class for welcome and Maths input.

  

1pm: Google meet in your class for phonics session and topic input.

Friday 8th Jan

9.05am: Google meet in your class for welcome and Maths input.

10.45am: Google meet in your class for English input.

1pm: Google meet in your class for phonics session and topic input.

Monday 11th Jan onwards

9.05am: Google meet in your class for welcome and Maths input.

10.45am: Google meet in your class for English input.

1pm: Google meet in your class for phonics session and topic input.

 

Each session will involve the following:

9.05am: Register, welcome and a Maths session (10-15mins), teaching key skills for that day’s Maths learning.

10.45am: English lesson (10-15mins) teaching the key skills for today’s learning.

1pm: Phonics session (10-15mins) followed by an explanation of the topic learning.

Please could your child make sure they have paper and pencil for each live teaching session. Any other resources they may need, we will post on the Google Classroom page with the lesson.

Please do your very best to ensure the work is completed as this is the children’s education currently and we need to continue working as well as we were in school. All completed work or photos should be submitted back to Google Classroom so the teachers can see. If you need any resources (e.g. paper, pencils etc.), a computer or guidance please do ask and we will do our best to accommodate. We understand that working from home, multiple children, sharing of resources, accessing remote learning etc. is not always easy so please just try your best.

 

Kind regards, 

Year 1 Team

Partial Closure as from Tues 5th January – Important

newsDear all,

Thank you for bearing with us as we receive the news at the same time as you. To be brief:

  • ONLY key (critical) worker children and vulnerable children who have submitted our recent form can be in from tomorrow. All other children must stay at home.
  • Key worker children include those on this list.  Note that key worker children can stay at home though, and this is preferable if it is feasible. Reduced numbers = less mixing = safer for all. We would prefer for key worker children to be in full time (as opposed to a few days a week), but it is your decision.
  • Children classed as vulnerable are those with a confirmed EHCP, those with an active social worker, or post-looked after children. These children do not have to come in, but are entitled to.
  • We are having to be strict with these categories – thank you for your understanding here.

For those children who will be in school:

  • Please treat school like it was in December. This includes the staggered collection and arrival times and usual safety precautions (masks for adults etc). School uniform should still be worn, and PE kit on normal PE days. Dress up warm!
  • Breakfast club will still be on, as will those who booked SCL.
  • Lunches will be as normal. However, to ease things, it would be great if as many as possible brought in packed lunches. We will be providing lunches for those entitled to Free School Meals.

For those children who will be learning from home:

  • Work will be set online asap, on Google Classrooms (Year R will use Tapestry tomorrow, and Google Classroom soon!).
  • There will be a google meet for each class tomorrow at some point. Year R to use Zoom (they will be from 1pm, and links will follow tomorrow). Links will be posted in the stream on google Classroom. Timings are as follows: Year 1 – 9.30am; 2R – 10:45am; 2B – 11am; 2BT – 11:15am; Year 3 – 1.15pm; Year 4 – 1.30pm; Year 5 – 1.45pm; 6C – 11.45am; 6B – 12.00pm; 6S – 12.15pm
  • Tomorrow will not include live lessons, but we will be introducing this very shortly to support home learning. Bear with us as we turn this around quickly for you.
  • For those entitled to Free School Meals, we will be in touch about this. It may be vouchers or otherwise.
  • Please do email the office if you need a laptop at home or support with internet access (we have data sim cards available).
  • We will be in touch with further information, including gathering of resources etc.

Please direct any questions to adminoffice@st-markscofe.hants.sch.uk

Best wishes to you all. We are in this together.

The St Mark’s Team

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