Students are taught in timetabled classrooms, Monday to Friday. After greeting students, the teachers will give a traditional lesson enhanced with prepared engaging resources. Students may then be set worked examples, in class activities, shared tasks, individual pathways and sometimes students work in designated pairs or groups. Teachers will constantly monitor pupils’ interaction and respond to general questions or privately to individual queries. The absence of distractions or disruptions enables teachers to devote themselves entirely to teaching and learning.
Students communicate with the teacher and each other through a wide variety of mediums. They are able to use voice notes, text, whiteboard, notes, recordings, presentations, screen sharing and co-web browsing are just a few options we have. Individual students can be asked to work through specific work, share their work or lead the class. Every student has the opportunity to directly and privately message the teacher it means that no question is ever left unspoken or unanswered.
Each course provides access to the entire subject curriculum; students can access this at any time from anywhere. All lessons are digitally recorded. Once lesson has been delivered, this recording is available to students to watch again. This resource is a great way to support our students consolidate their learning, master tricky concepts and prepare for examinations.
If for any reason a student has missed a lesson (i.e. sickness) they can watch the entire lesson via this digital archive which is available 24/7.
Students have their own personal school portal where they can access every part of the school. They have access to the following: the learning area, live classes, course resources, clubs, societies, the common room, social media area, timetable, homework monitor. Our teachers provide personal feedback which keeps students constantly up to date with upcoming assignment deadlines, homework feedback and overall performance. Parents too can keep up to date with their child’s progress and contact staff at any time.
