What work will my son/daughter be set? Your son/daughter will be set work according to their timetable. Students should complete the tasks on the set day. All subjects, with the exception of core PE, will set the following via Microsoft Teams:
Task guidance using the ‘home learning sheet’ that details what your son/daughter should do; A voice over PowerPoint so students can hear the teacher explain and model; and Off screen tasks that they will complete in their printed booklet or their exercise book.
Core PE will set a voice over PowerPoint and a link to a one hour work out that your son/daughter should complete.
All voice over PowerPoints are quality assured by heads of department to ensure your son/daughter continues to have access to high quality teaching. Having a recorded explanation and modelling allows students to pause and rewind as necessary to aid their understanding. Students continue to have access to the voice over PowerPoints after they have completed the tasks so that they can return to them a later date should they need to. The voice over PowerPoints also ease pressure on access to computers in the household as students can complete them at a time of their choosing.
Students in Years 12 and 13 will receive an invite from their teachers to a live online lesson. The lessons follow their timetable, mirror lessons in school and students will receive the same teaching time as they would do normally. Live online lessons are recorded so should your son/daughter not be able to access them live, they can listen back at another time. Students can also use the recordings to listen back to the teacher explanation and modelling to support their understanding and aid with the completion of tasks.
What homework will my son/daughter receive? Students in Years 7 to 10: In order to manage student workload, students will be expected to complete their daily reading and maths homework. Maths homework will be set via Hegarty Maths. Students will not be set subject homework tasks. Daily reading is set via MS Teams as part of the English work along with the weekly schedule as a reminder of where students should read to that week.
Students in Years 11, 12 and 13: Students will be set homework according to the normal homework policy. Please see our policies page for further information.
How will I know if my son/daughter has completed the work? Teachers will be checking your son/daughter's work on a daily basis. Data from this checking is collected centrally and will be used to inform your weekly tutor phone call. Your son/daughter's tutor will let you know whether your son/daughter is completing their tasks and uploading the work, only viewing the tasks but not uploading the work or not accessing the work at all. Text messages will also go out to keep you updated.
How will my son/daughter receive feedback? This may consist of a photograph of their written tasks or an electronic document. It is essential that your son/daughter uploads their work so that their teacher can provide feedback to your son/daughter and ensure that subsequent lessons are amended to meet the needs of the students. Your son/daughter will receive regular feedback via Microsoft Teams from their subject teachers in the following ways:
Personalised feedback using the personal feedback box at the side of their uploaded work; Whole class feedback via the post section of their class team; and Whole class feedback via electronic document such as Word or PowerPoint. This will be attached to the class resources as a task to ensure your son/daughter goes back and improves their work.
Year 11 students will have access to a number of drop in sessions per week via Microsoft Teams. These will be provided for each of the examination subjects that your son/daughter sits at the school. For English, mathematics and science students will be able to access one tutorial per week. For all other examination subjects, students will be able to access one tutorial per fortnight. Sessions will provide students with the opportunity to speak to a subject specialist teacher and get support as needed such as explaining a concept or model the working out of a problem. Teachers will also take note of student questions so that they can provide extra support materials where necessary as well as adapt future lessons.
Year 12 and 13 students will receive ongoing feedback from their teachers during their online lessons and via email. Students will also have scheduled 1:1 feedback sessions via Microsoft Teams with teachers.
Guidance for students
Working from home is not ideal and can sometimes feel very frustrating. There are a number of things that you need to do that will help make home learning easier.
Before you start work
Before you start your home learning, make sure you have done the following:
· Eaten your breakfast. Your brain is like an engine. If you don’t feed it, it won’t work properly.
· Found where you are going to work. It is important that you work in a space that does not contain any distractions. The better your focus, the easier work will be.
· Checked your schedule and collected all your equipment and resources that you need.
· Poured yourself a glass of water. Water increases your concentration levels and helps you think more clearly.
· Put your phone in another room. Students who work in rooms with their phones achieve less than those who don’t.
Microsoft Teams
All your tasks for every day will be on Microsoft Teams. You will be able to see your tasks for the day by logging into Microsoft Teams using your school email and clicking on the activity or assignment tab on the left hand side. The link to Microsoft Teams can be found under the ‘school logins’ at the top of the website. Remember you should complete all work according to your timetable and on the day it is set. You should not be leaving work to build up. All resources needs to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams so that teachers can see what you have done and provide you with feedback.
To find out how to access Microsoft Teams watch the video below:
To find out how to access your assignments or upload your work, watch the video here:
Ruth Allen is the senior leader responsible for Remote Education for King Charles I School. She is contactable on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at King Charles I School on 01562 512880.
Student Home Learning Guidance
Working from home is not ideal and can sometimes feel very frustrating. There are a number of things that you need to do that will help make home learning easier.
Before you start work
Before you start your home learning, make sure you have done the following:
Eaten your breakfast. Your brain is like an engine. If you don’t feed it, it won’t work properly.
Found where you are going to work. It is important that you work in a space that does not contain any distractions. The better your focus, the easier work will be.
Checked your schedule and collected all your equipment and resources that you need.
Poured yourself a glass of water. Water increases your concentration levels and helps you think more clearly.
Put your phone in another room. Students who work in rooms with their phones achieve less than those who don’t.
Check out your tasks
All your tasks for that day will be on the Microsoft Teams. You will be able to see your tasks for that day by logging into Microsoft Teams using your school email and clicking on the activity or assignment tab on the left hand side. The link to Microsoft Teams can be found under the ‘school logins’ at the top of the website. Remember you should complete all work according to your timetable and on the day it is set. You should not be leaving work to build up. All resources will be uploaded to Microsoft Teams so that you have everything you need in the one place.
Starting work
Once you have clicked on your subject, you should:
Read through your home learning task sheet (see an example below)
Write the date on the left hand side of your page and underline.
Write the title in the centre of your page and underline.
Write out the task number in the margin and tick them off as you complete them.
Remember to double check if any of the tasks need to be sent to your teacher for checking.
Home learning task sheet example
All work should be completed on the day it is set.
Date: 5th September 2020
Title: Pets
Remember, at the start of every lesson in your exercise book you must:
Write the date on the left hand side of your page and underline.
Write the title in the centre of your page and underline; and
Write out the task number in the margin and tick them off when complete.
Tasks
Watch the PowerPoint in slide show mode so you can listen to the lesson.
This should take 20 minutes.
Use the pets.ppt
All exercises in the PowerPoint should be completed in your French book.
It is very normal to find the work you are doing at home difficult. Even if you are not in school, we can still help you. If you are stuck, you can get answers using all or any of the following:
Use the chat function in MS Teams to log your question. Others in your group may be able to help you as well as the teacher. A guide to MS Teams can be found on the website page on the ‘students’ page of the website under the ‘remote learning technology’ tab.
Email your teacher using the department@ email address. A list of the email addresses can be found below:
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Resources and Online Programmes
Resources and Online Programmes
MS Teams If your son/daughter is working at home they will be able to access their work via Microsoft Teams. Please note we will no longer be using the ‘working at home’ folder on the student share. Your son/daughter will be able to access their tasks via the activity or assignment function. Your son/daughter should follow their school timetable in their planner and where possible complete all work set that day. Any extra resources such as worksheets or PowerPoints will be saved and accessed alongside the task guidance.
Student user area access To access a student’s user area, students should click on the link at the top of the school website called ‘FOLDR’ under the school logins pull down menu. Students will need to use their own personal username and password. If students have forgotten their password then they should email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Knowledge organisers Your son/daughter should have their knowledge organiser folder, however all knowledge organisers are available on our website and do not need to be printed and can be viewed on a screen. They can be accessed by clicking on this link.
Need some help navigating Microsoft Teams? Check out Mr Mander’s video showing you how to find your assignments, upload your work and ask questions in the Teams class chat. Click here to watch the video.
Below is a table listing the resources and online programmes that teachers will use to set work.
Subject
Resources used
Online programme used
Upload work to
Art
PowerPoint
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Business studies
Word
Quizizz
YouTube
Specified work to be emailed to teacher
Computing
PowerPoint Textbook (Year 10)
Quizizz
Microsoft Teams assignment created each week for the work to be submitted to.
Design & Technology
PowerPoint
For Years 7 & 8: Quizizz Design Work
For Years 9 & 10: Seneca Learning
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Drama
PowerPoint
Quizizz
YouTube
Bitesize
Specified work book pages to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Dance
PowerPoint
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
English
Work booklet
Reading book
Educake
Specified work book pages to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Food
PowerPoint
Quizizz
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
French
Work booklet
PowerPoint
Quizlet
BBC Bitesize
YouTube
National Academy
Specified work book pages to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Geography
PowerPoint
Quizizz
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
German
Work booklet
PowerPoint
Quizlet
Specified work book pages to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Health and Social Care
PowerPoint
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
History
Booklet
PowerPoint
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
ICT (iMedia)
Quizizz
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Maths
Work booklet
Hegarty maths
Automatically updates on website once task is completed
Music
YouTube
Quizizz
Year 9 & 10 only: submission of audio files to Microsoft Teams assignments
PE/Sports studies
PowerPoint
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Science
Work booklet
PowerPoint
Quizizz
BBC Bitesize
NA
RE
Years 7 & 8: Oak National lessonsQuizizz
Years 9 & 10: Word document with task in
Year 7 & 8: Upload screenshot of completed quiz to Microsoft Teams assignment.
Years 9 & 10: Upload work to Microsoft Teams assignment.
Textiles
PowerPoint
Word
Quizizz
BBC Bitesize
Specified work to be uploaded to Microsoft Teams assignment
Remote Learning Technology
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams is used with all students in all year groups. Microsoft Teams operates by using a student’s school email address and password. It provides students with a safe and monitored communication tool. All interactions between students and teachers are logged and cannot be erased by individuals. Microsoft Teams will be used for the following:
Class chat
Assignments
Online lessons via video calls (sixth form only)
The ‘class chat’ function is used by students to create an online community where students can ask questions about the work set or topics they are struggling with and other students within that class or the teacher can provide answers and feedback.
The assignment function is used to set home learning tasks and for students to upload their work. The teacher is able to monitor which students have and haven’t returned their work as well as view the work that has been returned. Teachers can also view the submitted work and provide feedback to the class and individuals.
The video calls function will be used to host the Year 12 and 13 online lessons.