Remote education provision: information for pupils, parents and carers
The following document is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education if local restrictions require entire cohorts (or bubbles) to remain at home, or where individual pupils are self-isolating.
Providing remote education: information for pupils, parents and carers
Curriculum Statement
Our Curriculum Statement, available via this link, outlines:
- Our core values and the outcomes we want for our students.
- How our curriculum embodies these values and supports students’ wider development through:
- Transition
- Nurture provision
- Enhanced Mainstream Provision
- Enrichment
- Teaching, learning and assessment
- Homework
- Personal Development
- How we measure the impact our curriculum is having in terms of achieving these goals.
Curriculum Maps
Our Curriculum Maps provide a general overview of the content of each subject, for every year group.
Each year group has their own curriculum map, which can be accessed via the following links:
Curriculum Timelines
This year, each subject is in the process of producing more detailed Curriculum Timelines, containing:
- The title of each lesson
- The learning intentions for each lesson
- Home learning links for students who are unable to attend school
Our Curriculum Timelines are very much a work in progress at the moment and are updated regularly.
Curriculum Timelines can be viewed via this link.
Knowledge Organisers
Knowledge Organiser booklets have been distributed to all students in Years 7 to 11 to help equip them with the knowledge they need to achieve their best within every subject across our curriculum.
- Year 7, Term 1 Year 7, Term 2 Year 7, Term 3
- Year 8, Term 1 Year 8, Term 2 Year 8, Term 3
- Year 9, Term 1 Year 9, Term 2 Year 9, Term 3
- Year 10, Term 1 Year 10, Term 2 Year 10, Term 3
- Year 11, Term 1 Year 11, Term 2
Each Knowledge Organiser contains the following:
- all core knowledge for each subject, broken down into topics for each term
- a section with five suggested ways to effectively use the knowledge organisers, including a strategy which will involve your son/daughter explaining content to you
- a timetable which allows ample coverage of all subjects
Students are expected to quiz in their Practice Books for 4 nights per week in Years 7-9 and 5 nights per week in Years 10-11 as part of their homework. Timetables for this are issued in ClassCharts at the start of each week.
Our Assessment Structure
An overview of our Assessment Structure can be viewed via this link.
Internal Examinations 2020/21
Dates for our internal examinations are shown below. Examinations test cumulative knowledge and skills built up over the course of a Key Stage.
Assessment Week 1 Examinations
- Year 7 will be assessed using Progress Checks only
- Year 8 – week beginning Monday 2nd November
- Year 9 – week beginning Tuesday 5th January (this has been rescheduled for w/b 25th January)
- Year 10 – week beginning Monday 7th December
- Year 11 – week beginning Monday 1st February (this has been rescheduled for Y11’s return to school)
Information on the topics to revise, including further sources of support, will be accessible via the following links as they become available:
Electronic and paper copies will also be provided to students.
Assessment Week 2 Examinations
- Year 7 – week beginning Tuesday 4th May
- Year 8 – week beginning Monday 12th April
- Year 9 – week beginning Monday 24th May
- Year 10 – week beginning Monday 14th June
Information on the topics to revise, including further sources of support, will be accessible via the following links as they become available:
Electronic and paper copies will also be provided to students.
Study Skills
Each term students are introduced to an effective study skill within the context of their lessons. Further information on each of the techniques we have shared so far can be accessed by clicking THIS LINK.
Our single page summary: Study Skills – The Belmont Way can be accessed by clicking THIS LINK.
Seneca Learning
Seneca is a learning platform designed with neuroscientists. Students can use it to help them understand and learn all of their subjects whilst at school or when revising for assessments.
It can be used all year round, as repeating topics over a long period of time improves memory & understanding. It can also be used to consolidate and practice work covered in class.
Details on how to sign up for a parent account are available via this link.
After School Clubs and Activities
We are not offering after school activities until it is safe to do so.
We will continue to provide a free late bus to all of our students when after school activities recommence.
Contact Details for Heads of Department
For further details please contact Heads of Department via this link.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
At Belmont Community School we believe that inclusive education means providing all pupils with appropriate education and support alongside their peers. The Curriculum is all the planned activities that the school organises in order to promote learning, personal growth and development. Further information can be found in the SEN Information Report.
If you would like a paper copy of any of our documents on our website or require a different format, please speak to the school office, who will provide them to you free of charge. If you would like to discuss your SEND requirements in detail please contact the school to arrange an appointment.
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