On 5th May the DfE Published amended guidance and case studies to assist schools during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Find further details here. A summary can be found below:
AMENDED guidance
- Critical workers who can access schools or educational settings - Guidance title amended to help users find it.
- Remote education during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Information, guidance and support for teachers and leaders on educating children during the coronavirus outbreak. Added link to new content on ‘Remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19)’.
NEW
- Supporting engagement in learning for primary pupils when direct communication is limited - Insights from a large urban primary school which is part of a small multi-academy trust of primary schools with a high level of pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL).
- Adapting the secondary geography curriculum - A high school which is part of a small multi-academy trust and has an average proportion of pupils on free school meals shares its approach.
- Keeping primary and secondary pupils motivated and engaged at a distance
- Adapting the primary school curriculum - Shared insights from a large urban primary school which is part of a small multi-academy trust of primary schools with a high level of pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL).
- Adapting the secondary science curriculum - A former head of secondary science talks about adapting the science curriculum.
- Adapting the secondary curriculum across multiple subjects - A large single secondary academy with a low proportion of SEND pupils and a low proportion of pupils on free school meals shares its approach.
- Using video lessons - A multi-academy trust (MAT) of alternative provision schools shares its approach.
- Using digital teaching tools - A multi-academy trust (MAT) of alternative provision schools shares its approach.
- Using a virtual learning environment - A small multi-academy trust (MAT) made up of just primary schools with a high proportion of pupils on free school meals shares its approach.
- Adaptive teaching design - An urban community secondary school with a high level of pupils who speak English as an additional language (EAL), as well as a high proportion of pupils on free school meals, shares its approach.
- Supporting primary and secondary pupils’ wellbeing at a multi-academy trust (MAT) - A small MAT of alternative provision schools shares its approach.
- Supporting the wellbeing of primary pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) - A special school for primary pupils with SEND shares its approach.
- Supporting primary and secondary pupils’ wellbeing at an academy - A single alternative provision academy which is part of a multi-academy trust (MAT) shares its approach.
- Case studies: remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19) - Examples of practice for remote education from schools and academies across England.
- Remote education practice for schools during coronavirus (COVID-19) - An opportunity for schools to learn from each other’s emerging practice as they develop their approaches to providing remote education.
- Supporting pupils’ wellbeing - Schools have been using various methods to ensure that they are supporting pupils’ wellbeing and providing pastoral care.
- Adapting teaching practice for remote education - Schools have been using various methods to adapt teaching practice for remote education to best meet the needs of pupils.
- Adapting the curriculum for remote education - Schools have been using various methods to adapt the curriculum for remote education to best meet the needs of pupils.
- Keeping pupils motivated and engaged - Schools are using various methods to keep pupils interested and motivated when learning remotely.