Remote Education
Our commitment is to ensure that in the event it is required Remote Learning at Ormiston Venture Academy offers personalised, challenging and aspirational curriculum opportunities for all.
Remote education provision: information for parents This information is intended to provide clarity and clear guidance to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education at Venture where national or local restrictions require entire cohorts (or groups) to remain at home.
Remote education in the event of a school closure
Remote teaching and study time each day
Accessing remote education
Engagement and feedback
What are your expectations for my child’s engagement and the support that we as parents and carers should provide at home?
Expectations for pupils’ engagement with remote education:
- Students should use their Venture account to access lessons
- Fully participate in lessons, completing all the work set, including all written tasks.
- Students should take pride in the presentation of their work.
- Use their Venture Vitals.
- Students should take on board feedback and reflect on their learning by identifying strengths and areas of development.
- Turn off their camera and microphone and only turn on their microphone when the teacher invites them to do so.
- Use the ‘raise your hand’ feature or chat function if they would like to ask a question or contribute to the lesson.
- At the end of lesson, leave when requested
Expectations of parents and carers:
- Guide students to follow their remote learning timetable for accessing learning.
- If a student is unable to access a live lesson, ensure your child completes the lesson retrospectively. They can access it through their online timetable.
- Encourage students to take pride in the presentation of their work and follow the expectations they are used to in the academy. This includes the use of blue or black pen, where available self-reflections in pink pen, date written in full, underlined titles, best hand writing, graphs in pencil.
- Encourage students to complete all independent work to the best of their ability.
- Where a student is engaging with pre-recorded lessons ensure they follow the teacher’s guidance on time limits, instructions and pause as appropriate.
- Ensure students are using their Venture Vitals to support them with core knowledge and to read.
- Encourage students to take on board feedback through lessons
- Encourage students to reflect on their learning by identifying strengths and next steps.
- Ensure students are completing the tasks during Personalised Learning times – reading, cultural capital activities and Wednesday period 5 lessons.
Additional support for pupils with particular needs
How will you work with me to help my child who needs additional support from adults at home to access remote education?
We recognise that some pupils, for example some pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), may not be able to access remote education without support from adults at home. We acknowledge the difficulties this may place on families, and we will work with parents and carers to support those pupils in the following ways:
- The content of lessons for the vast majority of subjects continues to follow the curriculum students have been doing in the academy to ensure continuity.
- Students will be given clear verbal explanations and instructions during all lessons
- Lessons will be chunked.
- Appropriate scaffolding will be place for all students
- Students will have self-reflection modelling to them so they can identify areas of strength and development
- There will be a focus on remembering core knowledge that is in the Venture Vitals
- Students will engage with structures they are familiar with from their learning in school as part of remote learning.
- Students will have the opportunity to ask questions during live lessons