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St. Mary’s Catholic Primary
School
Home Learning
January 2021
Home learning January 2021
Contents
Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3
School and Home Expectations for Blended Learning ........................................................................... 4
Microsoft Teams Guide .......................................................................................................................... 5
Times Tables Rockstars .......................................................................................................................... 9
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Active Learn ………………………….............................................................................................................. 11
Espresso ………….................................................................................................................................... 13
Letter Join …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13
Phonics Play ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
Oxford Owl …………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
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Introduction
The start of the New Year has brought with it many challenges. As we prepare for whatever the
immediate future holds, we hope that you will continue to work with us to provide the very best for all
our children.
We have worked as a staff to further develop our procedures for online learning to ensure continuity
in provision as much as possible. We want to ensure that you child’s education from home continues
to provide the quality of education that you would expect from St Mary’s. Therefore, this
information booklet has been updated with information about accessing home learning live lessons,
work activities and additional sources online to support your child’s learning.
In line with Government Guidance St Mary’s moved to remote education today and our full online
learning schedule will be in operation from tomorrow. A daily plan for each class will be uploaded
onto TEAMS to guide you through the home learning schedule and materials alongside a timetable of
the live sessions for each class.
We have acted on the feedback from last years lockdown and every child will have 3 virtual short
input sessions each day with their teacher, two sessions on a morning and one on an afternoon.
There will be no live sessions on a Friday afternoon as the teachers will have their PPA time during
this time but teachers will direct pupils to learning that could be completed during this time. These
are at exact times each day and are staggered to aid families who have siblings. All sessions will be
recorded in line with our Safeguarding Policy, so families can access the recording at a different time
if needed. For the remainder of the school day your child will have online learning that they are able
to complete at home. Teachers will be asking pupils to return their completed work so that progress
can be monitored. This can be done in the form of email, photographs, posts in Teams and during live
teaching time.
As always, if you have any questions about online learning please get in touch with your child’s class
teacher via email.
Thank you for your continuing support
Helen Tomlinson
Acting Headteacher
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School and Home Expectations for Blended Learning
The following flow chart is to help identify expectations for parents and school in the event that a
child/children are not able to attend school provision.
Call from school office to check in on
Is the child at home due to being ill?
child and family. No expectation for
YES
Home Learning due to illness.
NO
At the end of the child’s first day of absence due to isolating, the school will send the following
directly to you at home to support home learning:
Maths tasks
English tasks
Science learning
RE tasks
Topic work
Some teaching will also be live-streamed via Teams to ensure continuity with in-school learning.
Your child will be invited to join a meeting via Teams to access this (See P7). Please ensure
camera and microphone are turned off.
Whole class or bubble is called to isolate Class Teacher is available to support
with Home Learning from 9 am until
3.15 pm.
Class Isolation
If school is givenwith
noticea of
notice periodperiod, in-
an isolation Class Isolation without a notice period
school spelling resources and additional reading books
Children are able to submit learning tasks in a
will be sent home. The rest of the home learning
materials will be posted for the whole class in Teams. way that meets the needs of their home
This will include daily lesson introduction videos from environment. Below are examples of how
the class teacher in maths and english, with work can be submitted:
accompanying work to be completed. Your child will Photograph
be invited to join a meeting via Teams to access this
(See P7). Please ensure camera and microphone are Word document
turned off. Private post to teacher on TEAMS
Class Thread where appropriate
If the Class Teacher is self-isolating as they have
been in contact with someone who has symptoms, If the Class Teacher is ill then
they will continue to provide Home Learning as communication links and Home
necessary and maintain contact with their class in Learning will be led by the Senior
school through Teams online and video where Leadership Team.
appropriate.
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Microsoft Teams Guide
Microsoft Teams is our main home-to-school communication tool. It can be accessed via the
application (App) on your devices or through the Microsoft Teams webpage – this can be accessed
via any search engine. teams.microsoft.com
Accessing Home Learning
If your password does not work, please email school directly at admin@st-marys.n-yorks.sch.uk for
assistance.
Please note: School does not have access to pupil passwords once they have been personalised. Please keep a
record of your child’s chosen password to avoid delays is gaining access to home learning.
Once logged in, you may be asked whether you want to use the desktop app, or the web app. Choose
which ever one your Parent/Carer would like you to.
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1) On the TEAMS page you will be able to see your class – select this button.
2) Once on your class page you have access to numerous channels that will allow you to access
home learning and support.
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Watching live teaching and accessing lesson resources
Your child will be invited by their class teacher to attend a meeting for each live lesson. You can
access the live lessons via the calendar:
Once you have accessed the calendar, select the live lesson you would like to access and select ‘join’
Any resources for this lesson will be posted in the subjects on the class page. If you have any questions
for the class teacher, they can be posted in the chat below:
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If you have any questions for the class teacher, they can be posted in the chat below:
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Contacting your Class Teacher or Teaching Assistant outside
of lesson time
If you need to contact your child’s class teacher directly about a private matter and do not wish to post
in Teams, their email addresses can be found on the class pages of the school website.
We would like to remind pupils of our usual online safety rules and responsibilities which should be
followed at all times when using Microsoft Teams – i.e. being mindful of others’ thoughts and
feelings, only posting comments and questions relating to classwork and home learning, etc.
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Times Tables Rockstars
Goal
When it comes to times tables, speed AND accuracy are important – the more facts your child
remembers, the easier it is for them to do harder calculations.
Times Table Rock Stars is a fun and challenging programme designed to help students master the
times tables!
To be a Times Table Rock Star you need to answer any multiplication fact up to 12×12 in less than 3
seconds!
Logging in to Times Tables Rock Stars
1 Type play.ttrockstars.com into your browser’s address bar.
2 Click Login! > School > Student
3 Enter the School Name.
4 Enter your child’s username and password.
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Single Player
Garage - the questions will only come from the times tables the teacher has set for the
week. It will include multiplication and division questions.
As pupils start to answer questions, TT Rock Stars works out which facts they take longer on
and will give them more of these questions to answer. The Garage is best for getting quicker
at a few facts. Players get 10 coins per question.
Studio - the questions in the Studio can be anything from 1×1 up to 12×12.
TT Rock Stars calculates the mean response time from their last 10 games in the Studio and
translates that time into a Rock Status.
≤ 1 sec/qu = Rock Hero ≤ 7 secs/qu = Unsigned Act
≤ 2 secs/qu = Rock Legend ≤ 8 secs/qu = Gigger
≤ 9 secs/qu = Busker
≤ 3 secs/qu = Rock Star ≤ 10 secs/qu = Garage Rocker
≤ 4 secs = Headliner > 10 secs/qu = Wannabe
≤ 5 secs/qu = Support Act
≤ 6 secs/qu = Breakthrough Artist
If you don’t play in the Studio you don’t get a Rock Status.
Players earn 1 coin per question and the Studio is the place for them to set their best time
across all the tables.
Soundcheck – When you play Soundcheck, you get 20 questions each with a 5-second time
limit. The questions are multiplication only and evenly weighted in terms of difficulty each
time you play. Players earn 5 coins per correct answer.
Multiplayer
Rock Arena - The Arena allows players to compete against all other members of their Band
(their Bandmates would need to join the same game in order to compete together). A new
Arena game starts every 15 seconds and once the clock starts they race to answer more
questions than the others. In the Arena, questions will only come from the times tables the
teacher has set for the week, similar to the Garage. They earn 1 coin per correct answer.
Rock Festival - The Rock Festival games are open to players from around the world. Like the
Arena, there is no limit to the number of players who can join a game; however, unlike the
Arena, questions are selected at random from 1×1 to 12×12.
Pupils might choose the Rock Festival if they were playing at home (and therefore couldn't
easily synchronise playing against a classmate) or wanted to compete against others not in
their Band. They earn 1 coin per correct answer.
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Stats
If you click on your avatar icon in the top right of the screen and then click My Stats, a heatmap
like the one below will load. It shows how successful your child is at each of the facts.
Active Learn/Bug Club Reading
Please go to https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login and click on “log in”
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1) Enter your username and password, and the school code which is qa9m
2) Once you have logged in, click on the “My Stuff” tab to see what work and books your
teacher has set for you
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Espresso
Please go to https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/login/eha/?service=espresso, and the school user
name and password Username: student24055 Password: espresso
On Espresso you will find a range of curriculum based videos and activities.
Letter Join (PC/Laptop)
Please to go https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/ Username: stmarysk_1 Password: mary
Letter Join (tablet)
Please select ‘tablet’ when you log in.
Log in details are - Username: lj7972
Password: Make the letter ‘L’ (using your finger moving from top left, to bottom
left, to bottom right)
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Phonics Play
Please go to https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ and select the resources tab. There are many free resources
or an individual account is £6 for the whole year!
Oxford Owl
Please go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ . This is a free resource giving you access to books on your
child’s allocated school book band. You will need to create your own home account to gain access.
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