Home Learning
How do you get the most out of learning from home?
You may find yourself learning from home for a number of reasons:
Home Learning - Scottish Government guidance mean schools are closed (unless you are vulnerable and/or child of a keyworker)
Blended Learning - some students are in school and some are learning from home
Self-isolation - you have symptoms of COVID19 and/or a family member/close contact has tested positive for COVID19
Top Tips for Home Learning
Look at your school timetable and make sure you've joined or been added to the Google Classroom for each subject on your timetable, including PSE and also your Year Group (or Microsoft Team for TVE and some subjects delivered by some partner schools/North East Scotland College).
Establish a daily routine - it is up to you whether you try to follow your normal timetable or if you prefer to create your own. Please bear in mind, any live lessons/tutorials will be offered at timetabled class time and advertised on your class team.
Make sure you eat and drink regularly.
Set limits on your screen time/take regular breaks from computer work.
Ask teachers for help if there is anything you are unsure of and use the "To-Do"/calendar option on Google Classroom to help prioritise tasks.
Ensure you do some daily exercise.
Only look at social media at certain times of day.
Try to get up and go to bed at the same times each day.
Check your Glowmail.
Respond to the daily check-in on your year-group Google Classroom.
EAL students/families
Messages and videos on how to access home learning can be found here in English, as well as translated into Arabic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Russian .
Glow
You should be familiar with logging into Glow every day at school - from there you can access all your learning materials on Google Classroom.
Your username will be in this format gw14bloggsjoe@glow.sch.uk
If you need to reset your password, please get in touch via Contact Us or by phoning the school office, this can also be done for you by any class teacher.
It is also possible to access Glow via your gaming console - XBox or Play Station, using the advice below.
pdf-Accessing-Glow-on-A-Gaming-Console-SST.pdf
Support is available by clicking the above icon - specific advice is given, dependent upon whether you are using an android, iOS or laptop/desktop device.
How do I join a classroom?
Copy of How to add a group that is not appearing on your google classroom home page.pdfHow do I hand in work?
Copy of How to HAND IN my google classroom assignment..pdfHow do I join a Google Meet?
How to access Google Meet sessions SCH.docxWhat am I agreeing to by joining a Google Meet?
Google Meet Guide -Pupils.docxSome essentials to know about Google Classroom
Tip 1: What Google apps are available?
If you are going to be accessing work from an iPad/phone etc, it would be worth downloading some of the other Google apps. They are all free to download. If you are using a laptop then everything opens on a new webpage. If you have a laptop/PC then you can skip to Tip 2!
Google Forms/Chrome
If your teacher has set a Google Form or you are opening a Google Form Quiz then it will open better if you have Google Chrome as an app. A regular issue is when you choose Safari on an iPhone etc, the Safari page does not have your Glow account built in and the item appears to be restricted access because you “swapped accounts” by opening Safari.
Google Docs
If your teacher has loaded anything in Word/Google Docs like a worksheet and they want you to write on it electronically then having Google Docs will help with this. Many worksheets can be opened up, you then click on the pencil/crayon button and you can write into the correct answer box or you can put a textbox there and type an answer if you prefer.
Google Slides
If your teacher has loaded a PowerPoint for you to see or a Google Slide presentation, then you can normally view this without needing any further apps but if your teacher is asking you to add things to the PowerPoint or write your own answers in then it might be sensible to have the Google Slides app. If the teacher has put sound onto some slides, then this is going to work better in Slides if that’s what the teacher has produced the work using.
Google Drive
If you want to be able to access any of the documents that you started to work on but perhaps paused or it might be an ongoing project piece for a teacher then the Google Drive app might be useful. This gives you access to any of the items that teachers have assigned to you, any items you are working on that have been automatically saved and any items that you handed in/were returned to you to review the marking/ feedback. You can view these through Classroom itself in the relevant classwork assignments but here it will be grouped together. This automatically arranges work by your subjects/Google Classroom groups and within those folders by different classwork titles/dates. If you did the work and handed it in but the teacher says you forgot to attach the work etc you will find it here probably!
Tip 2: What work do I owe?
If you want to see which items of work are owed then you can go to your Google Classroom homepage and on the left hand side you should find “To Do” and there will be a list ACROSS ALL YOUR SUBJECTS of the homework/classwork that is owed. As you look across the homepage, any class with work due will have it appear under the class header with a due date etc. When you click in a classroom then on the left there is an “Upcoming” box where assignments are listed.
Tip 3: How do I keep on top of my work?
If you have completed the work (even if it was to be done on paper or did not require work to be handed in) then on the to-do list make sure that you have clicked it as complete/handed in. This will mean it disappears from the list and you can focus on what needs to be finished off.
Tip 4: How can I work out what to prioritise?
Next to the “To-Do” there is a Calendar option. If you open this calendar, then your deadlines for the various pieces of work will appear on the calendar for the week so you can see what is due first and that might help you to prioritise.
Tip 5: What do I do if I’m not in all the right classrooms?
If you have a Google Classroom missing, then first of all you should click on the 3 lines in the top left and check your “Archived Classes” as you might have accidentally archived/deleted a class. If it’s not there, then you should contact the teacher and ask for the JOINING CODE which will be at the top of their classroom OR you can ask them to add you directly by adding you to “People” in the class. When they have invited you, you can either click on the email that you receive to your Glow account OR when you are on your Google Classroom homepage it should appear as a new Google Classroom box with the option under it to “agree” the invite.
For TVE and some other subjects delivered by some partner schools/North East Scotland College
How do I join a Team meeting?
MS Teams VC Guide Pupils.docx
Live Life Aberdeenshire
Supporting resources from our partner agency Live Life Aberdeenshire are available by clicking their homepage to the right here.
BBC to deliver hours of lessons every day
*** Details for Scottish curriculum are available online and on television ***
The Bitesize topics for all levels are covered by following the link through the image below.
The BBC Scotland channel will also show relevant programmes every weekday morning - click the image below for links to the forthcoming schedule.
The BBC has said that it will begin delivering the “biggest education offer in its history” for pupils whose schools are closed during lockdown. From Monday, CBBC will offer three hours of primary school programming from 9am, while BBC Two will provide at least two hours of dedicated programming for pupils studying for their GCSEs each weekday. Director-general Tim Davie said: “Ensuring children across the UK have the opportunity to continue to follow the appropriate core parts of their nation’s school curriculum has been a key priority for the BBC throughout this past year. Education is absolutely vital – the BBC is here to play its part and I’m delighted that we have been able to bring this to audiences so swiftly.”
e-Sgoil Lockdown Live
As part of the National e-Learning offer, e-Sgoil is delighted to offer free support to schools and learners during this period of remote learning.
e-Sgoil Lockdown Live includes:
Daily, live sessions hosted on the e-Sgoil website. Monday to Friday at 10 am for P2-P7, 11 am for S1-S3 and 2 pm for S4-S6. No prior sign-up required - simply direct learners to e-sgoil.com at the appropriate time. Further details, including a weekly schedule, past sessions and associated resources, can be found at: http://www.e-sgoil.com/lockdown-live/
Daytime study support. A range of Advanced Higher, Higher and National 5 courses on offer. This is in addition the 25 courses already available in the early evenings. For further information and to register, young people can access (Pupil Glow account required to register): http://e-sgoil.com/studysupport2020/
Gaidhlig Bheo. An extensive programme of live lessons for Gaelic Medium and Gaelic Learners – from P2 to S6. Class teachers can view the full schedule and register interest (Teacher Glow account required) at: http://www.e-sgoil.com/gaidhlig-bheo/
Early years, including Primary 1. Meet internet sensation Dug in his Discovery Den – an ever-evolving online learning environment for our youngest learners. No prior sign-up required. Visit Dug at: http://e-sgoil.com/earlyyears20/
