Remote Learning

The way that students can access remote learning has been adapted and updated from September 2021. This is to enable students to access and complete high quality remote learning if they cannot to come to college whilst awaiting a PCR test result.

There is no expectation that students who are unwell to complete remote learning.

Students who have tested positive for Covid-19 but who are asymptomatic may choose to complete learning at their discretion at the discretion of their parent or carer.

Aims of remote learning:

To provide rigorous and contemporaneous subject specific resources which will enable students to consolidate their understanding.
To provide genuinely worthwhile resources and guidance that benefit learning.
To provide opportunities to revisit prior learning to build confidence and strengthen understanding for when students return to the classroom.

Spring Term 2022

Remote Learning Guidance:

If a student is not able to come into school, it is important that they use their time at home to strengthen and deepen their understanding of the topics they are currently learning.

Whilst absent from school and awaiting a PCR test result, all students are expected to:

Check their timetable and look at the subjects they have on that day.
Use topic timelines for each subject to remind themselves of what they have been learning (example from maths below).
Complete the following steps:

Visit Oak National Academy or follow the useful links below and find the lesson/resource which covers the topic for each subject.
Work through the relevant lesson or section of the website, making detailed notes (and complete each task within the video if using Oak National Academy).
Year 7-9 students: visit KS3 Bitesize and find the relevant section. Add to notes and complete the quiz at the end of the topic section.
Year 10-11 students: log-in to GCSE Pod and work through at least two pods.

Additional subject specific resources can be found below:

Year 11 Study Portal can be accessed by clicking here.

If you would like more detail and advice around remote learning, please click here.

Topic Timelines

Maths

Subject	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Maths	Geometric reasoning Probability Types of numbers	Angles Areas Data handling	Graphs - drawing and finding equations of lines Perimeter, area and volume of shapes	Quadratics Graphs Indices Reciprocals	Revision for exams

English

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

English

Nature poetry - language and structure
Nature Writing - descriptive and imaginative

Much Ado About Nothing - Shakespeare
Elizabethan theatre and society
Script Writing

Rhetoric - social justice
An Inspector Calls

English Language Paper 2
Revision of Paper 1 and 2 (preparation for mock exams)
Re-read An Inspector Calls (revision)

Spoken Language assessment preparation

Revision for exams:
Language Paper 1
Language Paper 2
Literature -
ACC/Poetry
Macbeth
Unseen Poetry
An Inspector Calls

Science

Subject	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Science (KS3)	Changes of State, reactions of metals and acids, the pH scale The reactivity series Reactions of metals Energy and food	Nutrients and Digestion Food Tests Health and Wellbeing - Mocking, Drugs and Alcohol Selective breeding and inheritance The structure of DNA
Biology			Organisation and the Digestive System Organising Animals and Plants Communicable Diseases	Energy in Reactions (endothermic and exothermic reactions) Rates of reaction and collision theory	Revision of all content in preparations for the Paper1 and Paper 2 Exams
Chemistry			Electrical circuits and energy within the home	Combined:Force and motion Revision of energy, electricity, molecules and matter and radioactivity. Separate: Force and pressure, Wave properties. Revision of energy, electricity, molecules and matter and radioactivity.	Revision of all content in preparations for the Paper1 and Paper 2 Exams
Physics			Electrical circuits and energy within the home	Combined:Force and motion Revision of energy, electricity, molecules and matter and radioactivity. Separate: Force and pressure, Wave properties. Revision of energy, electricity, molecules and matter and radioactivity.	Revision of all content in preparations for the Paper1 and Paper 2 Exams

History

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

History

The Reformation, Henry VIII and the religious roller coaster
Bloody Mary
The English Civil War

Modern World History
The Treaty of Versailles
The rise of Hitler and the Nazi’s and the causes of WWII.

The History of Medicine:
Focus on the medical problems and advancements of WWI, specifically the British sector of the Western Front.
Introduction to Medieval Medical ideas and concepts e.g. The work of Hippocrates, the Four Humours, Galen and the Theory of Opposites.

GCSE The American West 1835-1895

Final stages of this unit, studying the complex relationship and war betweens the Plains Indians and the Americans. Identifying the impact on the development of America for both groups of people.

Start unit on Early Elizabethan England.

Revision of all three exam units:

Paper 1 Medicine Through Time and the British Sector of the Western Front

Paper 2 Anglo Saxon and Norman England

Paper 3 Weimar and Nazi Germany

Core PE

Subject	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Core PE	Summer sports through the 5 Abilities	Summer sports through the 5 Abilities	Summer sports through the 5 Abilities	Pathway options	Recreational activities to support exam period

Sport Science

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Sport Science

R043 content coverage following R042 submission on May 15

R045 content only
Selected students on R042/3 resubmission

Media Studies

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Media Studies

NEA Coursework alongside Magazines and Gaming units

Revision for exams
Component 1 Exploring the Media

Photography

Subject	Year 7	Year 8	Year 9	Year 10	Year 11
Photography				Boyle Family, Maureen Brodbeck and Nick Frank block colouring. Lewis Baltz - B/W architecture work. Lark Foord - shadow work Slow shutter speed and then land/city/coastal scapes	Working through missing work from coursework. Deadline 13th May. AQA mark hand in 31st May.

Art

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Art

Bugs/insects
Charley Harper
Paint and stitch

Day of the Dead
Oil pastels / patterns
Characterisation

Flight
Audubon, Native American birds
Clay work

Heritage and identity
Portfolio unit
Lino printing
Personal creative journey

Completion of Portfolio for assessment for OCR

Computer Science

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Computer Science

Microbits and basic Python programming

An introduction to Python Programming (moving on from Scratch)

Python programming and computational thinking

Networks and topologies, Wired and wireless networks, protocols and layers. Network security. Ethical and legal impacts of digital technology

Revision for exams

Creative iMedia

Subject

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Year 10

Year 11

Creative iMedia

Vinyl cover coursework

Game coursework and revision

Digital Access

We recognise that some students may not have suitable online access from home. In the event that a student cannot access their work remotely, a work pack can be collected from reception at the request of the parent or carer of the student concerned. If a student is likely to be absent for a number of days for reasons related to COVID-19, a work pack can be sent home.

What you can do to help

We appreciate that this situation may present some challenges for you. We kindly ask for your support so that we can continue to provide high-quality education for your child during this time. Younger children in particular may need support in accessing online materials and staying focused with their remote learning. We ask that you help them as much as you can.

At the same time, we don’t expect you to watch your child all day, but it would be really helpful if you can take an active role in your child’s learning by asking them about their day and what they’ve learned.

Our top tips:

Try to encourage your child to be ready and dressed for the start of the school day, and to keep to their timetable.
Plan breaks and exercise into the day to help keep your child active.

Welfare

At Callington Community College we have the best interests of every student at the front and centre of every decision made. In a situation where a student is not able to attend school for a prolonged period of time it is essential we maintain contact to ensure the student’s welfare is monitored and the right support signposted. In the event that a student has a prolonged period of absence, Mr Rob Taylor or a Head of Year will contact parents or carers to explore any possible barriers and options for support.

Support for students with additional needs

We recognise that some students, for example some students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), may not be able to access remote education without support from adults at home. We acknowledge the difficulties this may place on families, and we will work with parents and carers to support those students.

Department for Education (DfE)

Current DfE guidance states that ‘if a pupil is not attending school because their attendance would be contrary to government guidance or legislation around COVID-19, we expect schools to offer them access to remote education. Schools should keep a record of, and monitor engagement with, this activity, but this does not need to be tracked in the attendance register’.