SASM is a school that embraces technology for learning but is mindful of the balance between screen time and paper-based learning. Our home learning approach includes short daily offline tasks and weekly personalised online learning. 

Our Home Learning Schedule

Home Learning Tasks Explained 

Offline tasks that must be completed each day:

• Spelling Practice- spelling words will be assigned on a Monday in preparation for a dictation task on Friday. We encourage children to practise these words every day for 5 minutes. This could be completed as you walk to school - it is a great on-the-go activity.

• Recording reading in the planner - Children are expected to read their colour-banded book at home every day. They must then record this in their planner. Your child should write in their planner themselves and should include: the name of the book, pages read and a short comment about what they have read. Children must write in the box for the day the planner will be marked in school e.g. if they read on Monday night, they should write in Tuesday's box as this is when it will be marked. All children are expected to complete 5 entries in their planner over the week. 

Online tasks that must be completed each week:

• DoodleMaths - Doodle builds confidence and ability in maths by creating every child a personalised work programme tailored to their strengths and weaknesses. Using Doodle regularly has been proven to help children make three months of progress in just one month! Pupils need to complete enough DoodleMaths per week to be in the 'green zone' (shown at the bottom of the screen)- this could be completed in one sitting or using a  'little and often' approach. 

• DoodleTables- Unlike other times tables apps, Doodle builds in practice of using inverse operations as well as applying multiplication and division facts in context; this is known as multiplicative reasoning and is essential for pupils to succeed in understanding number. Pupils need to complete enough DoodleMaths per week to be in the 'green zone' (shown at the bottom of the screen)- this could be completed in one sitting or using a  'little and often' approach. 

Technical support

SASM uses Arbor for:

• Managing pupil information (including medical details, family contact details)

• Obtaining permissions, including GDPR and school trips

• Booking for clubs, wrap-around care and parent consultation evening

• Taking payments

• Sharing assessment data and school reports

• And much more!

 The Parent Portal and Parent App allow parents to manage their child's school activities, including registration for clubs, payments, and monitoring attendance and progress. Access is available only for schools using the Arbor Management Information System. Parents can download the app, enable notifications, and log in using their email and password. The article provides detailed instructions for downloading, logging in, and troubleshooting issues.

The Parent Portal and Parent App let parents register their child for a club or trip, book parents' evening slots, and manage payments all from their phone or computer. Parents can also check in on their child’s attendance, behaviour and progress.

All families receive an invitation to join the parent portal. Click here for a guide to logging into Arbor for the first time.