Online Learning – A Guide for Students and Parents

A student’s first day or two of being educated remotely might look different from our standard approach, while we take all necessary actions to prepare for a longer period of remote teaching.

As a minimum, teachers will set work in the ‘Working from Home’ folders on SharePoint and this work will be broadly the same as what would have been taught in school. However, in some subjects, adaptations have to be made. For example, Drama group work may be replaced with monologues, Dance and PE will be adapted to students working alone, Science practical work may comprise of a video clip to watch, etc.

When online live lessons begin, the remote curriculum will again be similar to the curriculum that is followed in school. Adjustments will be made to ensure that the curriculum is suitable for online learning.

To view the guide, in full, please follow the link below:

Online Learning – A guide for Students and Parents

Useful Links for Remote Learning

Office 365 Links:
To access Microsoft Office Software like Word and Powerpoint  -  portal.office.com
To access your files saved on onedrive  -  testbourne-my.sharepoint.com
To access your Emails  -  outlook.com/testbourne.school
To access Testbourne's SharePoint Student Portal  -  testbourne.sharepoint.com/sites/students
To access your Teams groups  -  teams.microsoft.com

Teams Via Gaming Console:
As you can log onto Teams by only using a Internet browser, you have the ability to use your games console inbuilt Internet browser to logon and take part. This works particularly well when using an Xbox One or Xbox Series X as they are made by Microsoft and uses Microsoft Edge, which is compatible with Teams. However Sony's Playstation uses a different Internet browser so functionality is limited to text chat only.

Click here for a set of instructions as to how to use the Xbox Internet browser to log into Teams.

Tips for Working from Home

While these tips are handy for any parent working from home, many of the ideas presented are true also for students who are learning from home:

https://www.nhs.uk/oneyou/every-mind-matters/7-simple-tips-to-tackle-working-from-home/
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/how-to-sit-correctly/

Key Worker Request From

If you are a 'Key worker' or your child is considered 'Vulnerable', please fill in this attendance request form and we will get back to you.

Key worker/Vulnerable Student School Attendance Request Form

Covid-19 Testing in Schools

Schools have started to mass test students for Covid-19. For more information, please follow the relevant link below.

• Asymptomatic Testing in Schools and Colleges FAQs
• Data Protection Covid Testing FAQs
• TCS Privacy Notice for Testing in School
• Mass Asymptomatic Testing in Specialist Settings - GOV.UK
• Coronavirus (COVID-19): Getting Tested - GOV.UK

Before getting tested, you must fill in the Covid-19 School Testing consent form below:
NHS Test and Trace Consent Form for COVID-19 Testing

Please be aware of the procedure by following the instructions given by the NHS on how to to take the self-swab test (poster below).