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Abersychan School
Guide to Home Learning
(including Home Learning Timetables)

In this guide, you will find information about Home Learning at Abersychan School, class timetables and what you can expect if a class or year group has to self isolate for a period of time.

This guide will give information on what happens if a year group must self-isolate and also when pupils have to self-isolate?

It also explains your home-learning timetable
•      What is it?
•      When will it start?
•      How will it work?
What do we mean by self-isolation?
A pupil will have to self-isolate for one 3 reasons (duration in red):
Scenario 1 – Pupil self-isolating from school awaiting COVID test result
Scenario 2 – A child is self-isolating due to positive test result (14 day period)
Scenario 3 – A teaching group or a year group are self-isolating due to positive test result (14 day period)

What happens if a pupil is isolating?
Provision of work will be determined by the nature of the pupil’s isolation:

Scenario 1: Learners have access to the work that has been set and are able to complete it. Appropriate teaching material is being uploaded to Google Classroom by teachers. Suitable feedback is given to pupils. The Head of Year will make contact with pupils to check wellbeing and ensure engagement in learning.

Scenario 2: Pupils will be advised to follow their normal timetable and work on isolation tasks that have been set within each subject’s Google Classroom.
The format of this work will include digital resources, workbook activities or reading tasks. Pupils should also have an opportunity to ‘chat’ to their subject teacher during the period of self isolation. The Head of Year will make contact with pupils to check wellbeing and ensure engagement in learning.

Scenario 3: Pupils isolating as part of a full teaching group / year group isolation will switch to their home learning timetable. This timetable mirrors the normal timetable that a pupil follows in terms of times of lessons etc.

Home learning timetable: What is it?

Your home learning timetable will match your normal timetable and lessons will take place at the same time as if you were in school.

There will be 3 types of lesson format:

Live lesson: A lesson held in Google Meet that will be led by the teacher. The lesson should be interactive allowing you to ask questions and for pupils to ask you teacher questions.

Webinar: A video / presentation / lecture where the teacher will explain a new topic. There should be opportunities for you to take notes and possibly answer written questions.

Self-study: During a self-study lesson, pupils will work on your own on any tasks set by their teacher. Details of this work will be communicated through Google Classroom and the teacher will be available online to support learning.

Home learning timetable

Things to consider as a teacher

Live lesson: You will need to explain your live lesson protocols to your class and show them how to navigate your Google Classroom.

Webinar: Your webinar could be delivered live with chat functions enabled or pre-recorded (using Loom) and broadcast at the scheduled time. Webinars may be more general, explore wider learning opportunities and be centrally produced within a department. However, they may also be specific to a teaching group and topic.

Self-study: Self-study sessions will be times when pupils will be working on tasks and activities that have been set by you. You should be available to support learners, but not necessarily delivering or teaching the session.