The ‘routine’ or timetable

Under the 'Timetables' heading, you will find timetables for each of the classes in school. It is highly unlikely that any household will be able to stick within the rigid confines of a document that is designed for in-school use. However you may find these useful for reference, hence their inclusion. 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. 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

There will also be a degree of timely live support offered to pupils through live lessons or video tutorials. In this situation, the teacher will be able to give instant support or advice to a group of children on a given topic, as if they were actually in a lesson. Pupils will be invited to these sessions with plenty of notice, primarily using Google Classroom and emails.

The main application used for this purpose will be Google Meet. This will allow pupils to dial in via the internet and join a group session. These sessions will mainly take place in that subject’s normal timetabled slot - this will avoid pupils/staff being double booked. 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 regularity 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.