{"id":5583,"date":"2020-07-09T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T14:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/?p=5583"},"modified":"2020-07-09T17:00:40","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T16:00:40","slug":"live-online-lessons-rolled-out-to-all-year-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgnorthendowed.co.uk\/news\/live-online-lessons-rolled-out-to-all-year-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Online Lessons Rolled Out to All Year Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mrs Lowden teaching food to students both in the classroom and via Microsoft Teams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bridgnorth Endowed has successfully rolled out its ambitious\nprogramme of live online lessons to all year groups across the school,\nfollowing its initial launch to Year 10 students in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it comes to remote learning strategies, interactive\nlive lessons are a game-changer and have led the way in terms of communication,\ncollaboration and quality of learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assistant head, Mr Street, explained: \u201cAlthough our students have been working really hard, with over 50,000 pieces of work being submitted since the school closed, we wanted to offer them more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhilst we know there\u2019s no substitute for the classroom, face-to-face\nteaching using video conferencing technology is the closest thing to the\nexperience that we are able to offer in the current circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the start of lockdown, students were inevitably set cover type work but remote teaching has evolved at pace and the exciting new package includes live lessons at set times through Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff adapt to online teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Staff have taken a positive approach to this new way of teaching and explored a broad range of functions and techniques to get the best results for their pupils.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within Teams, teachers are able to converse with their class,\nshow PowerPoint presentations, write on the Microsoft whiteboard, share files\nand websites, and encourage their students to participate through chat and even\na virtual \u2018hands up\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art teacher, Mrs Rhodes, commented: \u201cIt\u2019s been a steep\nlearning curve to adapt from teaching in the classroom to engaging with\nstudents via a webcam, but it\u2019s great to be able to interact with them again in\nreal time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A live online maths lesson being taught by Mr Parmar to students working from home<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Different teachers are taking different approaches with the technology, after time spent pinpointing the best ways to introduce and explain particular concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher, Mr Parmar, said: \u201cAlthough, my first lesson started\nwith me squinting down the camera and asking loudly if students could see me,\nthe new format is working extremely well for maths.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m using an interactive whiteboard to work through maths calculations\nand troubleshoot any difficulties as they come up, rather than pupils having to\nwait for feedback or help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Teams also lends itself perfectly to other online classes such as food, where cooking techniques can be easily captured by an overhead camera set up above the demonstration table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Strong student engagement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Year 10 doing live lessons on computers which is combined with face-to-face lessons <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Students have been quick to embrace the new-style lessons and,\non average, attendance has been around 80% \u2013 a figure that is testament to the\nschool\u2019s determination to invest in this approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about the live lessons, Hannah Tranter from Year 10 echoed what most students have reported: \u201cThe face-to-face teaching on Teams is just like being in a lesson. It\u2019s a lot more interactive and feels really normal.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With schools set to reopen in September, Bridgnorth Endowed is putting plans in place to fully support students in catching up through outstanding classroom teaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with an uncertain period ahead, live online lessons are expected to continue to play a significant role in the education sector for some time to come. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bridgnorth Endowed has successfully rolled out its ambitious programme of live online lessons to all year groups across the school, following its initial launch to Year 10 students in May. When it comes to remote learning strategies, interactive live lessons are a game-changer and have led the way in terms of communication, collaboration and quality … <\/p>\n

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