Hybrid Learning

Isolating or at home sick?

If you are at home isolating, there is an expectation that you will continue to learn.

If you are sick, you are not expected to do any learning during the time you are sick.

What is Hybrid Learning?

Hybrid Learning is an educational approach in which schools provide remote and on-site learning for students using a range of technologies and approaches (e.g. blended, on-line and face-to-face), including paper based learning.

What does Hybrid Learning look like at Hinds School?

Wellbeing is the highest priority

Situations where hybrid learning is required present unique and challenging circumstances for all.

Each household will have their own set of circumstances which will determine to what degree ākonga will be able to engage in hybrid learning programmes. Whānau will make decisions about what is appropriate for their tamariki to engage in and how.

Learning should not be an extra stress or burden at this time and if things are getting hard, whānau are encouraged to communicate with their child’s teacher.

Below are links to wellbeing resources which may be useful for whānau.

Mana Ake - Ways to support your child at home.

Sparklers - Great ideas for activities to do at home.

All Right? - Another great New Zealand site with resources for overall wellbeing.

Tamariki may be engaging in more online activities during this time. Please remember Hinds School’s guidelines for Citizenship when Using Digital Technologies.

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School won’t look the same

Hybrid learning will be different from exclusively on-site learning. Here are some tips to help set up learning at home:

Make a timetable together than includes plenty of breaks.
Provide opportunities for (virtual) supervised social connection (e.g. friends or whānau outside your home).
Ensure a balance between screen time, physical activity, creative activities and down time.
Find opportunities for learning in home life (e.g. measuring in cooking, science in the garden).

Teachers will communicate learning with whānau

Learning looks different for children depending on their age and their situation. Teachers will be mindful of this in their planning and set up of learning.

Kura provided resources

Hinds School will endeavour to provide the following resources to whānau if/where needed:

Hard material pack (e.g. worksheets and activities which will support ākonga in their learning).
Stationery (e.g. pencils, pens, paper, ruler).
School-owned device if one is not available at home (expectations around use and care will be provided and can also be found here).

Communication Platform

Kaiako will communicate with whānau and learners using Google Classroom. This may be in a written and/or visual format (e.g. video instructions).

Accessing Learning

Ākonga will access learning using Google Classroom. Information regarding this will be shared on the Hinds School Hybrid Learning page of the school website.

Completion / Submitting Work

Where appropriate, student work will be completed using a student’s Google account and supporting applications. Login and password information will be provided for students. Evidence of learning may take the form of a photo or video and may be submitted through Google Classroom.

Face-to-Face Learning

There may be opportunities for virtual interactions through Google Meet and/or Zoom sessions organised by the teacher.

Hybrid Learning expectations

There will be lots of learning activities posted and we encourage whanau to choose from these tasks (Please remember that completing all tasks at home is not the expectation).

Children should:

Read every day (this may include being read to, reading with another person or reading done by the child):

Books that you have at home.
Books provided by the school.
Epic! Books (your child’s teacher will assign books to them).
Sunshine Books (your child’s teacher will assign books to them).
Ashburton Library eBooks - you can join the Ashburton District Library here.
Complete a task by reading the instructions (e.g. baking, making something, science experiment).
Write every day (this may include shared writing, e.g. writing with someone else, or writing done by the child).
Daily diary.
Newspaper report about an activity they’ve done.
Writing based on an activity (e.g. build a Lego model and use it as writing motivation).
Review a book or TV programme.
Engage in maths (and remember maths isn’t just numbers!).
Daily basic facts challenge.
Web based maths (eg eAko Maths).
Relating farming to maths - counting, measurement, ratios.
Card and board games.
Conduct a survey (e.g. family members favourite colour/food/sport/music; types of birds in the garden).
Measurement (e.g. time taken to complete an activity, baking and measuring ingredients).
Origami.
Shape hunt.

ABOVE ALL ELSE, SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND WEAVE LEARNING INTO EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES

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