Longsands Community Primary School

First of all thank you for your continued support with everything  we are doing  at Longsands. It is really appreciated by all staff here . Can I ask you to revisit our remote learning policy which was sent out earlier this school year. This will signpost you to how we are using Seesaw to support home learning . A small number of parents have asked if we will be producing ''live'' lessons for those at home . We have obviously considered  all avenues for home learning and we know the way we are conducting our home learning works for our children and staff . OFSTED have noted : ''live lessons are not always more effective than asynchronous approaches''  They have also found in their research children of primary school age cannot concentrate for the length of a full live lesson as they can in school . Therefore this would reduce the effectiveness of the lesson. We also realise the level of adult supervision required for each child at home especially of primary age .  We  have to consider safeguarding our children  and staff . Teachers are producing short videos of explanation which children can keep referring to . We know fixed teaching time is not always an option for some families especially if devices are being shared and /or parents are working from home.