St Joseph's
Catholic Primary School
'Go shine in the world.'
Inspiration
Excellence
Community
Integrity
Compassion
Determination
Respect
Friendship
This means the process of of being given passion and/or ideas for a task.
This means being outstanding or extremely good.
This connects us with each other.
This means having strong moral principles e.g. honesty, fairness, equality; having pure and balanced moral character.
This means having a deep awareness and sympathy for another's suffering.
This means resolution, resolve, willpower.
This means regard highly, value, honour.
This means mutual trust and support.
Staff voice
- I liked using Google Classroom as I could check their work live so that meant I was able to correct any misconceptions straight away. Zoom also worked well as I could screen share, e.g. PowerPoints and videos, which made the learning much more interactive.
The structure of the day was similar to school so helped the children with routines and attendance.
The timetable being consistent gave the children really clear structure which I feel helped them during an unsettling time.
The PDM about small steps in Maths helped to facilitate meaningful lessons - children remembered more and felt more supported. It was so useful to have that training which improved my practice.
I had nearly 100% attendance most days which was a huge success of the remote learning. This was due to the commitment of the leadership team and teachers to swiftly follow up with any students who were absent.
During this time, we were able to improve the students’ IT skills and were so quick to get more technology into their homes.
I personally have become a more explicit and clear teacher. The PDMs and having to teach online called for a direct, clear and explicit way of teaching. I have carried these tips over into my classroom practice.