DISTANCE LEARNING @WRA

Well done to all of those students who are continuing to learn at home; it is important that you continue to keep up with the work supplied by your teachers so you are ready to hit the ground running when we are able to re-open the Academy.

► Student Links →

► Click ThePortal@Walker to link to your student website

► Or visit students.walker.academy

PROVIDING REMOTE EDUCATION -

Parental Information

► Our parental guide relating to our provision of remote education can be viewed HERE.

WORKING FROM HOME/ SELF-ISOLATION GUIDANCE

(When the Academy is open to students)

When we are able to restart learning within the Academy there may be instances where your child may be required to learn from home.

In the unfortunate event that your child is asked to self isolate please refer to our guide below or download it HERE.

ONLINE OFFER

We are continually working to strengthen our online offer to support our students' learning should they be required to self-isolate.

- If a student is required to self-isolate and work from home, all teaching should be accessed through Google Classroom.
- Students can support their learning using the Knowledge Organisers for each of their subjects' topics.
- Teachers will continue to carry out welfare and engagement checks with students whilst they are off-site.

TEACHERS' EMAILS

It is very important that you stay in contact with your teachers throughout your time out of school.

In case you are unsure of your teachers' email addresses, contact the Head of Department for that subject and ask them for your teacher's email address. Head of Department emails are available below.

Head of Department email addresses:

English - Mrs Traylor (joanne.traylor@walker.academy)
Reading - Mr McLaughlin (david.mclaughlin@walker.academy)
Library - Miss Napier (katie.napier@walker.academy)
Science - Mrs Aisbitt (helen.aisbitt@walker.academy)
Geography - Mrs Hamilton (sarah.hamilton@walker.academy)
History - Mrs Kapur (anna.kapur@walker.academy)
Language - Mrs Hudson (michelle.hudson@walker.academy)
Art & Design (Including Art, Media and Photography) - Mr Jackson (david.jackson@walker.academy)
PE/ Sport BTEC/ Health & Social Care - Mr Couldwell (stephen.couldwell@walker.academy)
Business Industry - Mr Mather (mark.mather@walker.academy)
Resilience - Mr Bowers (john.bowers@walker.academy)
Learning Support - Mrs Hart (lauren.hart@walker.academy)

DfE ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

The Department for Education have brought together an initial list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home.

These websites have been identified by some of the country’s leading educational experts and offer a wide range of support and resources for students of all ages.

► To visit their online learning home page directly, click HERE.

BOOKLETS

To support our students' learning whilst the Academy was closed from March-September, we created a number of online (Google Classroom) and printed resources.