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Plans.

As with all change, taking time to really understand and take on board what your intentions are will make all of the difference. 

Closures and remote learning mean identifying what this really means to your setting and the needs of the students. What is important - outcomes, how many hours a day they are engaged for, ‘child-sitting’ activities? 

Teachers’ thoughts and feelings on this really is crucial - and needs to be built in so you can differentiate and personalise information for each student. Once you have a handle on this you can be confident that you will maintain continuity, anchor the learning, and maintain the focus of impactful learning.

When planning, we advise keep it simple - do a few things really well. 


Make things easy to understand, clarify expectations, and consistently provide support to teams and teachers.. Also let them know where they can ‘check in’ and how often, just as you would in real life. Some schools are offering a buddy system or ‘virtual staffroom hours’ for people to remotely check into. 
Now
Based on China and Canada, we suggest you look at 2 hours (maximum) for primary aged children a day and about 3 hours (maximum) for secondary. 

Consider what class sizes you can maintain. 

How many staff do you need - and how can you look at flexible working now to share the load with other co-working or vulnerable parents (pregnant, people with disabilities, or elderly) in your teams?
How can you best engage with your community - including your most vulnerable (PP, SEND and FSM) students?

Consider what timetables parents will use at home - as they potentially juggle work, multiple dependents (at home and out), devices/bandwidth, and their own dispositions to learning / education. 

This needs to be a balance of engaging and maintaining learning outcomes. 

Next
Add into this consistency of approach. What are your minimums? How can you guarantee / ‘enforce’ this? What will engage the majority? How can you best support home learning from your site / remotely with your team? 

Later
Look at how you can move  beyond the pressures of the first few weeks to a potential longer term solution (of 12 - 16 weeks). Who will lead on different aspects of your curriculum, safeguarding, ICT use, year groups and needs? Plan to have these discussions as soon as you can - and be flexible.  

Exemplar plans.

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  • Parklands Primary School, Leeds, UK. Closure plan - Chris Dyson, Headteacher
  • #InspiredToLearn - School Closure Learning Plan (Infographic) - from Gary Spracklen (@Nelkcarps)
  • USA Exemplar USA: School Closure Planning Document
  • All available free resources and subscriptions listed in this document - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NUKLZN7hGSu1Hzm70kfzBKs-lsSELaEMggS60Bi2O2I/htmlview?usp=sharing&usp=embed_facebook&sle=true&pru=AAABcPmk9JI*YPqXEC2OlI7dmFQdNVRNdA
  • Retrieval practice from De Ferrers Academy by Greg Hughes
  • ​Example of a home-learning timetable:





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  • Example of preparing parents for home-learning (Secondary) (via Rachel Smith): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MoJ9wwhIcPOGD8curW-jtMytFWFxQd4_/view
  • Expert support from Jodie Lopez on planning for Online Learning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4kpx_Tr_Lo&feature=youtu.be
  • Dual Coding with technology - by Greg Hughes
  • Schools with iPads - wanting to use digitised verbal feedback from @abdulchohan ThinkSimple Ltd
  • Poster: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1P0CkL8hTZJbNNS- d0SuEv8bfsY7Q17M9 
  • School example of four-tier system for digital remote provision: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FvkKdr1x__hFHZ36eZtqK0V123PLok1c 
  • Great list for creating edtech-based online resources​
  • A lot of edtech companies are offering special promotions, discounts or free access to their products and services during the coronavirus crisis. Edtech Impact has a handy listing of these, with contributions covering over 120 products and their suitability for home or remote learning. Look for the box shown below on the Edtech Impact product listings if you want to try new things out. ​​
  • Home Learning Rules pupils:  short, visual film & PDF with simple/effective rules for pupils to follow online: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iTQgYwYpAAk9j6EWHS9NoeIbB19YX8ED and https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jiooytDmavhYJD7zLLwh8r6ICZx8Wv6D ​

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