Live Learning Success - AMNESTY WEEK (6th July)

Due to the success of 'Interactivity Week', live lessons will continue this week. Please see the time table below for details.

If students have found it difficult to engage and feel behind in their work, this week is a chance for a fresh start. Teachers are just looking for work that will be completed in the last two weeks of term and will be arranging awards for this.

For the students who have been working hard all the way through lockdown, we have selected fantastic rewards and recognition for them for when when we return in September

With only two weeks of the academic year remaining and lots of opportunities to learn in different ways. Log onto Class Charts and get learning. We will see you there!

Interactivity Weeks - Starting from 29th June

This is our most interactive online learning week ever. Starting on Monday 29th June, we will be launching our ‘Interactivity Week’; a week in which teachers will be supporting engaging learning through a greater emphasis on virtual, face to-face learning. We want all of our students to take part and to provide us with some feedback.

Every day, students in all year groups will be able to access at least one real-time online lesson, taught by one of their brilliant King James teachers. They will be able to log in to a live video conference call from home and use a code provided by their teacher to enter a virtual ‘waiting room’. This code will ensure a high level of security, as teachers will only grant access to the ‘classroom’ to authorised participants

Once inside the virtual classroom, students will be able to see their teachers, ask questions and get instant feedback. They will also be able to see and communicate with their peers; this will help to restore a little normality and structure to our students’ lives.

Our teachers will make use of Google Meet to support lesson delivery and this will work perfectly on the Google Chromebook computers that we have provided to the majority of our Year 7 to Year 10 students.

This week, Miss Reynolds trialled the concept with her Year 8 English class with great success. Students were able to see a powerpoint presentation and discuss their ideas with Miss Reynolds direct. They could also ask and answer questions as if they were in school, and all were very happy to be reunited with their classmates.

Mrs Aitkin and Miss Davies have also held some Google Meetings with Sixth Form students in Art and Media and these were also well received.

As our Interactivity Week gets underway, we would like you to let your teachers know if this way of supporting learning is effective. If it works well, we will add more interactive lessons over the following weeks.

KS3 Interactivity Week Online Learning Timetable (Live Learning)

• The timetable links below outlines the live lessons which are to be delivered using Google Meet.
• Your teacher will send you a link along with the work for the lesson to join your Google Meet each day.
• You will have the rest of the day then to complete your set work before submitting you work to your teachers.
• Hope you enjoy your learning and seeing some friendly faces again.

Timetables

KS3 Online Learning Year 7 (Start: Monday 8^th June Week B)

• The timetable below outlines the lessons to be set each day over the two week period.
• All work will be set as normal on Class Charts
• To support work set and help with any misconceptions your teacher will be available in the time slots below. Contact for your teacher will be posted with the work set that day.
• Please complete your work for that day and submit it to your teacher for checking and marking.
• Session 1: 10am – 11am Session 2: 11am -12pm Session 3: 1pm – 2pm.

KS3 Online Learning Year 8 (Start: Monday 8^th June Week B)

• The timetable below outlines the lessons to be set each day over the two week period.
• All work will be set as normal on Class Charts.
• To support work set and help with any misconceptions your teacher will be available in the time slots below. Contact for your teacher will be posted with the work set that day.
• Please complete your work for that day and submit it to your teacher for checking and marking.
• Session 1: 10am – 11am Session 2: 11am -12pm Session 3: 1pm – 2pm.

KS3 Online Learning Year 9 (Start: Monday 8^th June Week B)

• The timetable below outlines the lessons to be set each day over the two week period.
• All work will be set as normal on Class Charts
• To support work set and help with any misconceptions your teacher will be available in the time slots below. Contact for your teacher will be posted with the work set that day.
• Please complete your work for that day and submit it to your teacher for checking and marking.
• Session 1: 10am – 11am Session 2: 11am -12pm Session 3: 1pm – 2pm.