• YES, we teach the same curriculum remotely as we do in school wherever possible and appropriate. However, we have needed to make some adaptations in some subjects. For example, PE will be appropriate to the space and resources available at home

All our remote learning is available on the school website www.herne-infant.kent.sch.uk

Each Year Group has its own page with a weekly overview, sections for each subject area and suggested resources and supporting websites

We have directed parents to use a Playstation, Xbox or Amazon Firestick if they do not have access to a computer, tablet or phone.

• If pupils require hard copies of home learning they can collect a weekly pack from the school office.  
• Communication with teachers is encouraged and each class has their own individual email address. Identified families also receive telephone calls from the Welfare Team and SENCO

• recorded teaching (e.g. Oak National Academy lessons, video/audio recordings made by teachers)
• printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets)
• E-books pupils can access at home
• commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences
• For each year group you will find an overview for the week, which will include English, maths, reading and spelling as well as lessons for our wider curriculum, and a suggested timetable to follow but please organise your day so that it suits your own individual situation.

• We would expect that parents will guide and facilitate their child through the remote learning resources. Although we have provided learning across the broader curriculum we would encourage parents to prioritise Reading, Writing, Phonics and Maths.
• Young children need to feel a connection to their teachers and their normal routine therefore we have organised a daily routine which introduces the focus of the learning for the parent to continue with the resources provided.
• Young children require a range of approaches to facilitate their learning including practical activities, language reinforcement and a sense of purpose eg it is not appropriate to expect a child to sit at a desk for 3 hours with an exercise book.
• We encourage our parents to provide “Brain breaks”, physical activity and mindfulness to ensure good wellbeing and readiness to learn.

• There is a class Zoom session once a week for dialogue and discussion to be shared.
• Class emails are available and staff will have dedicated time to check and respond to these. There is an expectation that these emails will be responded to daily.
• If we had concerns about lack of involvement we would contact the parents to arrange a meeting to review barriers to engagement and offer support.

• Feedback can take many forms and may not always mean extensive written comments for individual children.
• Our approach at Herne is to feed back in a variety of ways such as
• Listen to parent feedback
• SLT to monitor contact and communications to ensure every child receives an appropriate provision
• Work can be shared via email and may be displayed in school or on the website and Facebook

• Our SENCO will continue to work closely with children with SEND
• Weekly checks via phone call or email
• Liaison with Specialist Teaching Service to ensure remote support is available
• Those children with an EHCP are accessing learning in school

Individual pupils self-isolating will be taught a planned and well-sequenced curriculum with meaningful and ambitious work each day in a number of different subjects.

This will be similar to the above and will be monitored by SLT.