Glebe Primary School’s Recovery Curriculum
Following the periods of remote learning that children have experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognise that our pupils’ needs and learning experiences will be more varied than before. As a result, we will cotinue to implement our “recovery curriculum” which acknowledges that there have been big losses to children as they have stayed at home and that these losses can contribute to pupil’s mental health with anxiety, trauma and bereavement playing a large role. Our recovery curriculum has been written based on advice from experts in the fields of education and children’s well-being, combined with our knowledge and understanding on the school community.
Every single member of the Glebe community will have been affected in some way by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the intent of our school curriculum remains the same; the way in which we implement our curriculum will need to be adapted and relevant to how our students need to be supported in response to the trauma associated with the global pandemic of COVID-19. We believe that children need to feel safe and secure with a clear emphasis on relationship building providing a consistently high standard of support during this journey of reconnection, recovery and building resilience for our school community. We want all of our children to achieve their potential both personally and academically. Our teaching focus will continue to include ongoing assessment of key skills, consolidating what they have learnt during the period of remote learning and focusing on the basic concepts which underpin English and Maths.
To help us support children with this, our recovery curriculum will focus on four areas:
Feeling safe and secure
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Children and adults need to be aware that it’s ok and perfectly normal to feel anxious. It can also be useful for pupils to understand that things might change; but if they are worried, they can speak to identified key adults in their life (both at school and at home) about how they are feeling. This will help children to relax and prepare to learn. |
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Relationships and Community
How will this help me to learn? | What that may look like? |
Many pupils will have been unable to see their friends, extended families, teachers and other trusted adults. As relationships are an important part of social and developmental growth, any disruption to relationships can be very impact children’s well-being. Relationships will be a key part of helping children and young people to reintegrate into school life.
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Curriculum
How will this help me to learn? | What that may look like? |
Staff in each year group will design their timetable carefully taking in to account the experiences of the cohort as well as individual needs to ensure it is relevant and accessible by all. Routine is important to our students so elements of core learning skills such as English and Maths will be introduced early on for those who are able to access this. Considering engagement and a manageable level of challenge will be key in the current climate – games, for example, would be a good starting point to re-engage students in English as they have engaged in less English than maths when working from home. We aim to provide opportunities to boost the children’s self-esteem and support them to recognise their strengths and prepare them for learning as ‘normal’. |
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Metacognition
How will this help me to learn? | What that may look like? |
Glebe Primary School’s Recovery Curriculum has been specifically designed to focus on and support the development of key learning skills that are likely to have been impacted in recent months, e.g. listening skills, maintaining their attention, learning behaviours and social communication and interaction. Metacognition is the awareness of one’s own thought process and will be used to help children become more aware of what helps them learn best. The Recovery Curriculum will be key to developing students’ confidence, self-esteem and resilience. This will begin with a metacognition week to support transition and reconnection in September. |
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We pupils may still be affected by self-isolation as we move into the academic year of 2021-2022, therefore, we continue to renew our online learning and support , re-prioritising of our curriculum. We will continue to provide 5 English, Maths, Reading and topic activities and will include teaching videos and activities. Not every day will we have videos, but we might have links to content and files which will be useful. Teachers will plan and provide resources for those at home linked to what is being taught in school and all of this information can be accessed via Teams or as a hard copy home learning pack, if preferred. At all stages, we will endeavour to continue to liaise closely with those families affected, so that we can provide the very best education during the period of isolation.
We recognise that moving forward children may require extended support as the country continues in this journey of recovery also. This recovery curriculum will be in place supporting learning of all our pupils throughout this time. As a school team, our priorities are in supporting children with these four themes and the health and safety of our community.