Students' Work - Working From Home

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: 5^th 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

1. 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.
• Remember to pause the video when instructed to

2. Complete the Quizlet activity

• Use this link: quizlet.com
• Try to achieve a pass rate of 80%

Where can I get support?

• MS Teams chat room for my class
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• Click on your class ‘chat’ in MS Teams
• https://kingcharlesschool.co.uk/index.php/remote-learning-technology

Finding help when you are stuck

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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It is unreasonable to expect students to work for 5 hours every day and so we would recommend students spending 30 minutes on each task and taking regular breaks. Regular breaks and making the most of exercise time is important to enabling your son/daughter to concentrate fully on their tasks. There are lots of free exercise apps and YouTube videos that your son/daughter can follow and complete on a daily basis.

Communication with Staff

Communication with Staff

Regular contact with teachers is important for students. Your son/daughter’s head of year will be sending a weekly email to students to keep them updated with weekly challenges and activities that they can complete as well as making sure that they are well. Your son/daughter can always contact their head of year and teachers via their school email. If you have queries about the work you can contact the subject teachers via the subject emails in the table below:

Our teaching staff are also ‘working from home’ and are also trying to balance work with looking after their children and other family members. Unfortunately, this means the teaching staff do not have the capacity to mark or provide feedback on the tasks that the students complete.

Subject	Email address
Art	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Business Studies	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Computing iMedia	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
English	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Food Textiles	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Geography	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
History	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Maths	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
French German	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PE Sports Studies Gealth and Social Care Dance	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Science	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Technology or product design	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Further Advice

Further Advice

My son/daughter is struggling to complete the work

We fully understand that students are going to find the tasks more challenging than they would if they were at school.  We also appreciate that some students may be unwilling and finding these uncertain times very unsettling.  Ensuring that your son/daughter’s is coping and that they are healthy both in body and mind is paramount.  If completing the weekly tasks is causing issues, then please focus on ensuring that your son/daughter reads every day and that they complete their daily Hegarty maths tasks. 

Useful websites

Seneca

BBC Bitesize

MyMaths

Hegarty Maths

TimesTable Rockstars

Quizlet

Resources and Online Programmes

Resources and Online Programmes

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.

Need some help with your online programmes? Check out the student support guide here.

Check out our website page here for more support with technology.

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