The DfE (Department for Education) have asked all schools that where a class, group of pupils, or individual pupils need to self-isolate due to COVID-19, or there are local or national restrictions requiring pupils to remain at home, schools are expected to provide immediate access to remote education.
We have developed a handbook for parents and carers to support engagement with remote learning which can be found here
As a school, we have decided to start using Microsoft Teams to access learning whilst at home. Microsoft Teams will also be used to support any child that has to remain at home while self-isolating. If your child is self-isolating you will be contacted by the school to inform you that daily home learning will be in your child’s Microsoft Teams Class, ready for them to access. This is our first step on our journey towards ‘Blended Learning’ – teaching children in the class and at home, if needed.
What is Microsoft Teams?
Microsoft Teams is a free Microsoft App/site that aims to simplify creating, distributing and assessing learning in a paperless way. Teachers can use Microsoft Teams to send announcements to entire classes, share resources, lesson notes, inputs, diagrams, and home learning. Children can use it to access work covered in class in school, at home or on the go and complete home learning. Parents can use some of the features of Microsoft Teams to help engage with and support children in their home learning. It is a free resource that can be accessed from any device connected to the internet – laptops, desktop computers, tablets or mobile phones.
Login link
Please click on the image below to access your child’s Microsoft account
Useful Guides
Microsoft-Teams-Parent-and-Student-Guide
National Online Safety guide remote-learning-for-children
Accessing Teams using an Xbox or Playstation
Supporting Daily Routines during school closures
Church Langton Specific support guides
Downloading content within Teams
Using Immersive Reader to support Remote Learning