Remote Learning

Hedgewood School's approach to remote learning activities is implemented when in-person attendance is not possible. Since many pupils at Hedgewood School are not independent learners, remote learning relies significantly on the engagement and commitment of family members. The learning activities provided remotely aim to reflect similar activities that would have been planned if the pupils were attending school.

• Alignment with In-School Learning: Remote learning activities are designed to be similar to what would be happening in the classroom.
• Personal Learning Plans (PLPs): Learning objectives set in the PLPs, which are created twice a year in collaboration with parents and other professionals and are linked to each child’s EHCP, serve as a basis for remote learning suggestions. These suggestions may include links to website videos and other information sources.
• Additional Learning Resources: Teachers may provide additional learning resources such as videos or links to online events. These are often shared via the SEESAW communication app.
• Communication via Seesaw: Teachers use class-specific Seesaw accounts to send resources and communicate with parents. They aim to respond to Seesaw messages promptly within working hours.
• Support from Teaching Assistants: Teaching assistants support remote learning by creating resources for specific pupils and sourcing practical and online activities in collaboration with teachers. They may also attend online sessions alongside teachers.
• Monitoring by Curriculum Leads: Subject leads monitor the remote work set by teachers to ensure it is appropriate and consistent and share best practices.
• Monitoring by Senior Leaders: Senior leaders coordinate the remote learning approach and monitor the quality of Home Learning Challenges and additional learning resources.

Our approach to remote learning activities focusses on maintaining continuity of learning, aligning with individual needs through PLPs, providing structured challenges, and utilising digital platforms for communication and resource sharing, all while recognising the crucial role of family involvement.

Home Learning

Hedgewood School's approach to home learning activities is designed to be highly individualised and support the generalisation and embedding of skills learnt in school, rather than introducing new concepts. Home learning will vary for each child and change as they develop.

Here is an outline of the types of home learning activities at Hedgewood School:

• Working on consistent strategies for behaviour following an agreed positive behaviour support plan.
• Using a particular communication method at home that is effective in school.
• Using particular words, phrases, pictures, symbols, or signs to support understanding.
• Working on daily life skills that have first been taught at school, such as toileting, dressing, or eating and drinking.
• Having a learning or leisure activity to complete.
• Using online apps such as Seesaw, Phonics Bugs, Maths Seeds, and Reading Eggs.
• Having a regular [weekly] book to read or engage with, which can be logged and recorded on the ‘Go Read’ app.

The purposes of home learning at Hedgewood School are:

• To take advantage of the home context to extend and apply skills that have been learned.
• To help support parents and carers with strategies in how to manage the child’s behaviour at home.
• To help the child achieve their full potential in all aspects of their life.

Hedgewood School encourages families to engage in reading with their child by sending home reading books and library books weekly, which can be recorded in pupil’s reading records or via the ‘Go Read’ app. All parents and carers are invited to participate in some form of home learning with their child, with the understanding that it should not place undue pressure on anyone. Home learning suggestions will be linked to Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) and may include website videos and other sources of information. Additionally, each class group will have home learning challenges linked to the term’s topic.