Makybe Rise Primary School is committed to the continuation of essential teaching and learning. As a community we are planning for all contingencies, including the possibility of school closure. This section of our school website provides an overview of the planning we have completed so far.
The Department of Education’s Learning at Home website is a good source of information. On this site you will find resources, activities and information to help children and young people continue to learn while at home. Department of Education – Learning at Home
Our teachers have met in their year level teams to create new daily structures for teaching and learning, and to develop sequences of lessons that will be made available to students and their families via Connect and paper workbooks in the event of a school closure.
Please be assured that the school is closely monitoring updates from the Education Department and are fulfilling all tasks to ensure the wellbeing of students and staff. Students should attend school unless they are a returned traveller and are required to quarantine, are awaiting results from the COVID-19 test, are following medical advice or have been informed by public health authorities not to attend.
The instructions from the Department of Education state that students whose parents have chosen to keep them home, without seeking medical advice, will not be provided curriculum work and activities. The priority for staff is to maintain focus on classroom learning programs.
How will our staff support student learning?
In the event of a school closure, Teachers and Education Assistants will continue to communicate with students and parents through a variety of tools.
To support our students’ wellbeing and their academic progress, staff will, for instance:
- Regularly post morning messages on Connect at 8:45am each school day
- Monitor email between 8.30am – 3.00pm and respond regularly
- Provide email addresses for parent/student contact with the expectation that this will be utilised during the learning from home period
- Ensure students have their username/password available where applicable
- Provide paper-based tasks in the form of a year level workbook where required
- Provide digital links for consolidation and the viewing of video content
- Provide for collaboration through Connect
- Use a variety of familiar platforms (including Connect, Office 365, Literacy Pro, Seesaw)
- Provide worked examples to support parents/carers with information if students require support
- Provide students on Literacy and Numeracy Supplementary Learning Plans (SLPs) with specific tasks through a newly established Connect page for Intervention students
Further information about how to support your child when learning from home can be found here.