Remote Learning will look different in different settings so it is worth considering some really important points:

• Establish routines that suit your family, and that are appropriate to the age and capacity of your children
• Ensure that you and your children are safe online
• Set small, achievable goals and slowly build up the length of time children spend on tasks
• Never risk someone's well being by refusing to be flexible with the set learning plans
• Look for ways to increase your child's independence as a learner
• Take advantage of this unique experience to learn more about your child as a learner
• Realise that so much learning can happen outside of mainstream education

Classroom teachers, working with colleagues in Remote Learning Teams, have created a Learning Pack for the next fortnight.  These packs have a similar structure but each is unique.  The packs cannot possibly be a 'one size fits all' model so serve as a core set of activities to be attempted.  Teachers have provided adjustments and extensions that can help parents modify and add to tasks to make them easier to complete or to extend the student's thinking.  The online learning platforms we use across the school also allow staff to set and monitor tasks at different levels for different students

Additionally staff across the school have provided other ideas either in the pack or via the various Google Classroom platforms.  Please look to these ideas if you are searching for further work tasks to engage or occupy your child, or consider the amazing resources that are appearing daily online and through social media.

Recently we added a Remote Learning Ideas page to our regular Lumen Christi Facebook and this will be a location for ideas and motivation.  We would welcome any feedback or suggestions of ideas that we could share across the school.

If your child is struggling to keep pace with the work suggested or is at the other extreme of not being challenged please consult your child's teacher immediately for support.