Early Stage One has created a program to help students enjoy a successful period of online learning and that endeavours to maintain strong ties between the student and their teachers.

It would be helpful for each student to have the following equipment:

● Pencil case with pencils, scissors, ruler, glue (to use whilst at home and on their at school days)

● Paper or workbook

This term, the students will need to have Seesaw, Mathletics, Reading Eggs and Zoom installed on their iPad or accessible on their computer. They will also need to have the Wushka added to their iPad or be able to access to this program on their computer.

Students will also need to have their logins for Seesaw, Mathletics, Reading Eggs and Wushka accessible. It is important that students post their work for their teacher to view in each session throughout the day as teachers are monitoring their learning progress. Work needs to be completed well and not rushed.

Early Stage One Daily Routine (8:50am - 2:50pm)

● 8:50am- Students to check Seesaw for announcements or messages from the teacher

● Read through Daily Timetable.

● Zoom meeting - Kindergarten will have a zoom every Monday at 2:30pm , Wednesday at 12:30pm and Friday at 9:30am. We have chosen different times so that working parents or students sharing devices will have to opportunity to join their class zoom.

● Complete daily MUST DO tasks. The MUST DO task for Kindergarten are the English and Mathematics activities. These are all the activities in the morning and middle session. Once students have finished these MUST DO tasks, they may begin the CAN DO tasks.

● Students must upload completed MUST DO work to Seesaw by clicking add response to the designated activity so that teachers can check work, provide feedback and monitor learning.

● Students should enjoy regular breaks ideally away from screens so that they can also have some play time.

● 2:50pm – Students should check Seesaw for final end of day announcements or messages from the teacher.

Zoom Meetings

Students can meet with their class teacher for a “Connect and Reflect Session” via Zoom. Kindergarten students will be meeting every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

• Monday at 2:30pm

• Wednesday at 12:30pm

• Friday at 9:30am.

A link and password to this meeting will be shared via Seesaw prior to the meeting. Students will need their school email address and password to login. It is encouraged that students attend these meetings to connect with their teacher and classmates. Before students can take part in Zoom meetings, parents and students need to read the Code of Conduct and send the teacher recognition that they agree before they will be admitted into the Zoom classroom. This agreement will be sent via Seesaw

Our aim is to provide written/oral feedback on an activity task per day. We hope parents/carers can also give feedback on student work throughout the day to support their child's learning too.

We aim to log onto Seesaw two times throughout the day between the hours of 8.50am and 2.50pm to see how our students are progressing. We will also be 'virtually' marking the class roll each day when we see student work get uploaded. If students don't upload work after 2 days, we may need to make a call to families to check in and see how they are going. This is more from a wellbeing stand point just to ensure everything is okay. This will commence from next week as we understand some families weren't able to log onto Seesaw until today and some may not be on until tomorrow too.

Again, there is no expectation that children are working from 8.50am-2.50pm. Remote learning is very different to being in a classroom with 20 other students. Tasks can be completed a lot quicker than during a school day. When tasks are complete, there are some additional activities at the end of each day's overview if your child is eager to do more work. Otherwise we highly encourage that children have ample play and rest time too, as their emotional wellbeing is the highest priority in times like these.

We are incredibly understanding of the extra load remote learning and working from home is placing on parents at this tricky time. Please speak to your child's teacher if you need assistance helping your child complete the MUST Do tasks.

Communication: We ask that students ask their teachers for help earlier, rather than later. Teachers are eager to ensure that students are confident in navigating their way through online learning.

If you wish to speak with your child’s teacher please message your child's teacher via Seesaw.

Work for the new week: Work for the week ahead will be shared on the DPS Home Learning Site each Friday in the section below.

Posting work to Seesaw: Seesaw activities will only be activated from 8.50am for that day. This is so to not overwhelm students with a list of weekly tasks and to direct their attention to the tasks that are relevant that need to completed first. It will also mean that teachers can prioritise checking and providing feedback on the work of the day.

Online Safety

Keeping students safe in the online learning environment is a key priority for us. We know that most student devices and home networks do not have the same high level of monitoring and filtering that we have at school. Please check the internet security settings in place on your network to ensure your child has a safe and positive online learning experience. Please see the eSafety Commisioner’s website for more information and tips on cyber safety https://www.esafety.gov.au/

The teachers look forward to seeing all of the fabulous student work that they complete over the coming week.

Thank you,

Mrs A Taylor, Miss T Kesby & Mrs A Haworth

Kindy Team