remote learning (Covid-19)

What Funding did we get?

Thankfully, let us hope and pray that Covid-19 will not affect us like it has in the past. 

At Birdham CE Primary School, we received approximately £10,500 for academic year 2020/21.  As the catch-up premium has been designed to mitigate the effects of the unique disruption caused by coronavirus (COVID-19), this grant was only be available for the academic year 2020/21.

How did we use the funds?

At Birdham we used approximately 60% of our anticipated autumn payment on employing a qualified teacher to support afternoon interventions with very small groups of children or even 1:1 support. Most of the remaining funds were used to purchase additional appropriate resources to support phonics provision, as this was an identified need. 

Progress was regularly monitored and reviewed at the end of each half term to determine what programmes of support were used in the following terms.  As the spring term 2021 became affected by the national lockdown, we adapted our catch up programme to focus on children who, although they were in school, still required some catch up support.

what happens if there is a repeat?

At Birdham we used an online learning platform called J2E. This was an excellent resource that enabled us to immediately roll out a blended approach to learning, combining face to face, live and recorded teaching. So, although we do not want a repeat, we are confident we can roll out an effective curriculum again at very short notice if we ever needed to.

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