We are now at the end of week 5 of Remote Learning. Well done for everyone’s efforts to stay engaged with your school work. We are so proud of the wonderful Remote Learning taking place that we wanted to share some of it with you from the past week.

We hope you all enjoy a well earned few days holiday next week, see you all again on Thursday 18th February.

To support anyone with visual difficulties, you may find the following guides and app ideas useful to help you when accessing school work during Remote Learning.

iPad/iPhone devices:

Android devices:

We are aware that many of our families do not have access to a printer. Our teaching staff try hard to not be heavily reliant on worksheets in the daily tasks they set, but sometimes a worksheet perfectly sums up the aim of the lesson.

If you don’t have access to a printer, fear not!

There are some options:

• You can create your own version of the worksheet on paper or in a jotter (please remember we have staff available to assist you at the school between 10am and 12pm Tuesdays and Thursdays if you wish to collect resources to support Remote Learning).
• Alternatively, if you have access to an iPad or iPhone device, you can use ‘mark-up’ to annotate the worksheet and then save as a photo to then submit to the class teacher. The video below shows you how to do this.

As we continue to offer Live interactions as part of Remote Learning between our pupils and their teachers from P3-7 via Microsoft Teams, we will be introducing this now for P1-2/3 pupils through VScene.

P1-2/3 children will find instructions about how to access VScene on their class blogs. Please note that a PIN number to enable secure access to VScene will be sent by text message to these families.

We previously sent out parent and pupil guidance around online learning. Please find it attached again below for your reference.

PARENT-AND-PUPIL-GUIDANCE-Microsoft-Teams

Please note the main points to be aware of:

• Make sure you have a quiet space to work as background noise can interfere with the live stream if your microphone is not switched off.
• To protect your privacy, you have the option of having your camera on or off. Alternatively, you can use the background options to blur your current background or choose a different one. Mrs McNulty likes the beach one as it makes her feel like she is on holiday! 
• Behave in the lesson as you would do in school. Your time on the Live sessions is limited so make sure you paying attention so as not to miss any vital information which will help you with the work that follows.
• Keep an eye on your class blog/Teams page for times of any Live sessions taking place so as not to miss out. Set an alarm to remind you to be online at that time.
• We appreciate that parents/carers may be required to assist your child get logged on and set up, particularly with the younger children, however, once they are set up, it should only be the child who appears on the screen, not the adult. This is a platform for them to communicate with their teacher, and although we appreciate they may need some support, this must be done off camera.  If you as a parent wish to discuss something with the class teacher, please use the class teacher’s email or contact the SLT to discuss.

Thank you for your continued support as we navigate this new territory  together!

We are so proud of the wonderful Remote Learning taking place that we wanted to share some of it with you from the past week. Keep the evidence of your learning coming in by email or on your class Teams page.