3-5 Teaching Hours for remote learning?

[Ohbabybab]

I heard Gavin Williamson say this is the Commons today.
Anyone know what that means in practice? Is there any guidance yet?

For who?
How old is your child? Are you happy with what they are receiving? What is appropriate for a 6 year old is very different to a 14 year old.

@Ohbabybab

I heard Gavin Williamson say this is the Commons today. Anyone know what that means in practice? Is there any guidance yet?

Taken directly from the guidance:

When teaching pupils remotely, we expect schools to:
• set assignments so that pupils have meaningful and ambitious work each day in a number of different subjects
• set work that is of equivalent length to the core teaching pupils would receive in school, and as a minimum:

•	primary: 3 hours a day, on average, across the school cohort

•	secondary: 4 hours a day, with more for pupils working towards formal qualifications this year

www.gov.uk/government/publications/actions-for-schools-during-the-coronavirus-outbreak/guidance-for-full-opening-schools#res

@BertNErnie

Apparently this guidance is changing.

Yes he said it’s going to a mandatory 3-5 hours which will be Ofsted monitored. Just wondered if anyone new what that meant

I just wondered if this means active delivery or work set?

It's work that keeps the kids bust for 3-4 hours a day. And by busy, they mean actively learning - could be live lessons, reading through a PowerPoint and making notes, essay writing, worksheets etc.

My school are doing no live lessons, friends are doing some but have had huge problems with connectivity, engagement, inappropriate behaviour etc. My teenager prefers stuff she can just be left to get on with.

They have added today that it must include some video lessons, either live or pre recorded by the teacher, or another high quality provider, eg Oak.

This is the new bit. We have no updated guidance yet.

@TheFallenMadonna that’s what I was hoping to find out more about. Did he say when the guidance would be out?

[quote Char2015]@BertNErnie

Apparently this guidance is changing.[/quote]
Yes sorry I was trying to find the info

@BertNErnie Ah I see

@Ffsffsffsffsffs

It's work that keeps the kids bust for 3-4 hours a day. And by busy, they mean actively learning - could be live lessons, reading through a PowerPoint and making notes, essay writing, worksheets etc.

Which sounds a tall order for 4-6 year olds. I’m not sure mine could work that long without adult engagement and encouragement. Certainly not independently.

Is Oak Academy like BBC Bitesize?

@Ohbabybab

I just wondered if this means active delivery or work set?

I speculate it will be work set. They will also have to define what online lessons mean so there should be more clarity.

I would assume it means either pre recorded videos or live sessions. I'd also imagine Oak Academy will qualify as those are pre recorded.

My teaching tends to consist of explanation, modelling, lots of practice, feedback. So that is what I do remotely too. The explanation is the video, and I feedback individually.

I’m concerned about DD falling behind compared to the key worker children in her class who are being taught by the teacher. So just wanted to see if new guidance would help this or not.

There is absolutely no way I can teach my infant and primary school age children for 3-4 hours a day and do everything else I need to do

We did 1-1.5 hours per day last year and that seemed fine.

Changing the guidance after plans have been made and provision has started is both irritating and unsurprising.

@TheFallenMadonna that sounds like a good offer. Unfortunately (and I know it’s early days but my understanding was schools should have an offer ready) we are just getting worksheets and links to bitesize

@Ohbabybab

I’m concerned about DD falling behind compared to the key worker children in her class who are being taught by the teacher. So just wanted to see if new guidance would help this or not.

The provision in school should be the same as what is being provided at home. This should mean there is not a disparity of provision and those at home are not penalised.

@BertNErnie unfortunately from speaking to friends and threads on here, there seems to be big disparities in what the offers are

The video is short, because the "lesson" is that plus the practice, as it is in the classroom. That's what worries me about the idea of a video lesson.

[quote Ohbabybab]@BertNErnie unfortunately from speaking to friends and threads on here, there seems to be big disparities in what the offers are[/quote]
Have you contacted your head teacher? If this is the case then it doesn't seem fair or right that the children in school are accessing different learning than those who are at home.

@BertNErnie I’m going to give them until next week as I do appreciate it’s hard all round but if it continues then I will.