The ‘routine’ or timetable

Under the 'Timetables' heading, you will find the timetables for each of the classes in school. It may well be possible that individual families may have some difficulty sticking rigidly to this timetable. To help with this all lessons will be recorded and accessed via each subjects’ Google Classroom page. However, if you require further support and advice please contact your child’s form tutor or a specific teacher as required. Across the country parents are reporting the stressful challenges of keeping up with work being sent from school. Our sincere aim is to provide what you need and what you are able to support, and no more. Inevitably, this will take time to assess from all parties' points of view. At no point will the School demand XYZ is done by a deadline or by a set timetable. This is simply neither practical nor possible for all. The situation for each and every family will be different. All staff realise that the key will be flexibility of provision, whilst at the same time providing enough structure and support to give a potential form to something that is inevitably amorphous and chimera-like.

The Google Environment

In general, the majority of learning will be organised via the Google environment and, in particular, Google Classroom. We would strongly advise taking time to familiarise yourselves with this platform, as it will undoubtedly ease the myriad of technical glitches that we will all experience over the coming weeks. Google themselves have launched a dedicated site to supporting all users: HERE

The Cothill Trust have also amassed a library of knowledge and ‘how to’ guides. These can be found on the Trust intranet: HERE

‘Live’ Lessons and Direct Teacher Support

Each lesson within the timetable will be supported by live face-to-face support. This may well take the form of a highly didactic pedagogical approach, or it may take the form of a more passive supervised work session. However, it is our hope that wherever possible, all pupils attend each planned lesson via Google Classroom.

The main application used for this purpose will be Google Meet, the link for which can be found on the front page of each subject Google Classroom. This will allow pupils to dial in via the internet and join a group session. These sessions will take place in that subject’s normal timetabled slot. If for whatever reason a pupil cannot make one of these lessons, they may well find that this session has been recorded and placed onto their Google Classroom. However, if this is not the case, please let the teacher know and they will strive to find an alternative session where possible. Our sincere aim is to give personal support wherever possible. The nature of these live lessons will be constantly considered, based on the age of the audience, the effectiveness of the delivery and the engagement of the pupils.