VIRTUAL SCHOOL archive

Key Documents

Guides

• GAIN, MAINTAIN AND SUSTAIN - COVID-19 (Virtual School Guide)

• #InspiredToLearn - School Closure Learning Plan (Infographic)

• Staff Update - Thursday 12th March 2020 (Internal Email)

• Data Protection - Home Working - Dos and Don'ts - GDPR in Schools

• Digital Promise Guide: COVID-19 Online Learning Resources and FAQ

• Dorset Council Exemplar Procedures (#InspiredToLearn Response)

Letters

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 10/05/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 28/04/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 17/04/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 15/04/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 04/04/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 30/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 25/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 22/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 21/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 20/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 18/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 16/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 Update - 15/03/20 (Parent Letter)

• #InspiredToLearn COVID-19 - 12/03/20 - (Questionnaire Letter)

• EYFS Pack, KS1 Pack and KS2 Pack from TTS (Physical Resources)

• Checklist - Physical Resource Pack

• Introducing our 'Worry Monsters' (Parent Letter)

• School Is Closing (ELSA Presentation)

• We Are At Home Right Now (ELSA Presentation)

• Social Contact (ELSA Presentation)

Analysis

• COVID-19 Questionnaire Responses March 2020 (Gap Analysis)

• UNESCO: are maintaining a running tracker of educational disruption and response worldwide. This includes information on how to plan distance learning solutions during school closures, and a curated list of technology learning solutions, including those suitable for low tech environments -

• #Edtech Impact have curated 113 #EdTech Industry Offers have now been curated under our new filter, with each comparable by type, age, impact (and more). We would strongly advise due diligence before adopting any new tech tool.

Useful Websites

• StreamYard Broadcast - StreamYard is a live streaming studio in your browser. You can interview guests, share your screen, and much more. StreamYard supports simulcasting directly to Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and other platforms. No sign-in is required for viewers which will help build an audience and ensure community-wide buy in to our ‘sustain learning programmes’.

• 30 Interactive Google Slides Activities - A useful guide for teachers, 30 interactive Google Slides activities for classroom excitement.

• Distant Learning (Example Site) - This great site from Witton Park Academy acts as a 'Distance Learning Platform' for their whole-school community. It's packed full of great resources including links to where EdTech companies have opened up their premium features for free to help support school who are closed or preparing to close. Take a moment to dip into some of the amazing features that are on offer.

• OGAT Home Learning (Example Site) - Great example microsite from the team at Outwood Grange Academies Trust. Really good use of Google Forms in this for reporting cases across a Multi-Academy Trust.

• Pobble 365 - One picture. One teaching resource. Every day. Simply brilliant!

• Google for Education: COVID019 Support Resources - For educators and IT administrators preparing for potential school closures — or currently facing them — here are a few ways to engage students through distance learning from the team at Google for Education.

• TTS - Physical Resource Packs - TTS have created curriculum-focused independent learning resources with over 40 home learning activities all planned and all prepared! Thank you TTS.