Online Learning

• Preparation for Online Learning 

At St Paul’s, our philosophy in ensuring successful online learning is to have clear guidelines and protocols to ensure that classes and grades present the work and content in a consistent manner. It is important to remember that just as a classroom is full of students at different places in their learning and skill set, so too the teachers at St Paul’s are no different. Ensuring that the teachers are supported in the daunting task of taking their hands-on skills into an online environment is paramount. This could be likened to asking your dentist to send through instructions via video of how to give a family member a filling. Therefore this week has been a week of allowing both students and teachers time to re-acquaint themselves with Google Classroom and engage with new content for Word Study and Letters and Sounds whilst practising known content for English, Mathematics, Religion and one other Key Learning Area.

The work that is being delivered online is not meant to take up the entire day. Why? Because sitting in front of a screen is not healthy and the school is very mindful that on the other end of the device is a young person being supported by a family member who is probably working or caring for other children. Online learning will strategically progress and the content will start to include new learning. Do not feel anxious if your child does not complete all the set daily tasks. If you want your child to engage in more tasks, please feel free to supplement this.

• Earphones for online learning

Any students attending the site for online learning are required to have a working pair of headphones to assist them in engaging in their learning.

• Zoom Daily classroom catch up

As of Wednesday, 21 July 2021, students will have the opportunity to connect into a daily Zoom Classroom Catch Up with their classroom teacher at the following times each day.

The purpose of this daily Zoom ‘Daily Class Catch Up’ is to:

• Provide all students the opportunity to be able to connect with their classroom teacher in real time
• Allow students to ask clarifying questions in relation to learning
• Allow the class teacher to go  through relevant learning for the day or past learning

The Zoom will remain open for 1 hour. After a short period of time of commencement of the Zoom, the teacher will turn off their camera so the students can work. If the student requires assistance they simply unmute their microphone and say ‘Excuse me Mrs /Mr…. Can you help me with) or press the hands up emoji and the teacher will appear on the screen to support the student. At the conclusion of 1 hour, the teacher will appear on the screen to gather any students on the Zoom to say goodbye.

The Zoom Daily Class Catch Up’s are optional for students to join, so parents are not to feel anxious if their child is unable to attend their class zoom on occasions. Grades have been allocated at particular times for the Zoom to support families that may have children in various grades or who may be sharing devices.

The link to join the Zoom will be located in your child’s Google Classroom, classwork tab under the topic: Daily Class Catch Up.

The school has strict protocols around using Zoom which are attached below.

Zoom Protocols

Working Apart Together,

Sheereen Brunetta
Assistant Principal