Moving to On-line Learning

News - 23rd Jun 2026

Dear Students, Parents and Carers

Moving to On-line Learning – Wednesday 24^th June and Thursday 25^th June

Further to my recent communications regarding the hot weather we are experiencing I have an update to share, following monitoring and feedback of our current provision.

1. The weather forecast indicates that temperatures will be elevated even higher this Wednesday and Thursday.
2. Despite the range of adaptations we have made, large areas of the school buildings are unfit for the kinds of unusually extreme hot temperatures we have experienced so far this week.
3. In the interests of safety and creating the best possible learning conditions we have decided to move to online learning on Wednesday 24^th and Thursday 25^th June.
4. If your child is in receipt of free school meals, they or yourselves will be welcome to collect these onsite by coming to reception between 12.30pm – 2.00pm on both days.
5. I anticipate that the school will be open to students on Friday 26^th June with adapted clothing as per this week.

Please see below guidance for students to follow regarding remote learning on Wednesday 24^th and Thursday 25^th June.

We anticipate, with lower temperatures having the school building open again as usual on Friday 26^th June but with adapted uniform as previously outlined.

REMOTE LEARNING GUIDANCE

Students should log on to Google Classroom following their normal timetable, where they should join the Google Meet for that class using the Join button displayed in the Classroom.

Teachers will do a live check in by taking the register of the students in attendance on Google Meet. Teachers will then set work using the format below. This might be designed as a standalone lesson or a series of lessons. Students should complete the work in their exercise book (if available) or on the computer as required. Teachers will remain online to provide support with the set tasks, should students require it.

Lessons will broadly follow the format of:

1.               Live check in / register, followed by explanation of the tasks and where to find the resources.
2.               Remote learning from resources directed by the teacher (see examples below)
3.               A task or series of tasks to complete based on the information provided.

We use a combination of the following approaches to teach students remotely:

•                  Google Classroom
•                  Live Google Meet tutorials 
•                  Live Google Meet lessons
•                  Pre recorded lessons by St Peter’s staff
•                  Online resources (e.g. Sparx Maths, Seneca, Thisislanguage…)
•                  printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets)
•                  textbooks and reading books students have at home
•                  commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences

Engagement and feedback

We ask that parents remove any devices during learning hours that are not directly being used to support the lesson / learning. Mobile phones should ideally be switched off and away from the workstation.

On their return to school, classes may revisit learning done at home to assess for gaps in their learning and any misconceptions, and be given assessments to help inform future teacher planning.

Yours faithfully

Phil Randall

Headteacher