Online Learning for Pupils & Young People, Educators & Teachers, Families & Communities and the LAUNCH of 

Highland’s Online Primary School 

Our online weekly timetable is to assist pupils at home and is not intended to replace any online learning work that is set by schools. HOPS should help parents when pupils need additional work and tasks set on HOPS are ones that are designed to be used independently, taking pressure of parents and carers supervising home learning. 

HOPS is intended to support teachers who may be unable to set work due to absence themselves and can also be used by teachers to supplement their own online delivery, whilst supporting the wellbeing of all. The school still retains responsibility for the main delivery of the curriculum, wellbeing checks and also registration.

A timetable of daily lessons with pre-recorded video content has been uploaded to the  Highland Schools Digital Hub. The daily lessons provide P4 - P7 pupils with a full choice of curricular activities. HOPS has been created to support pupils at home, whilst complimenting any work the schools sets. The lessons are designed to encourage independent learning and can be used in a variety of contexts:

• Pupils at home, providing  support to parents at home, along with resources available on the Highland Digital Schools Hub 

• Teachers can use these resources in class too

• If any class moved to online learning, HOPS can be used to support primary curriculum delivery if the teacher is also unavailable.

HOPS, our online school is targeted at Level 1 and Level 2 CfE (Primary 4 - Primary 7). 

The Early Years team has an extensive bank of resources to support children and families (Early Years to Primary 3). Please visit ‘Bumps to Bairns’ which can be accessed directly on the internet or through the Digital Schools Hub. 

Many Secondary Schools will be providing study materials for pupils self isolating, however additional resources are available on the Live Learning Wall and also eSgoil, the Scottish eLearning Resource will provide daily study sessions from Monday 10th January 2022. (The live learning wall is at the bottom of this webpage).

Senior Phase pupils will also have access to their Class Teacher’s Google Classroom, however additional study support can be accessed through weekly e-Sgoil resources. The Highland Council provide every secondary pupil with access to SCHOLAR. Scholar offers 39 online courses for Scottish schools and colleges aligned to the SQA curriculum at National 5, Higher and Advanced Higher level. Please contact your secondary school for details if you do not have access to the required subjects.

For Gaelic Learner resources, please use the Padlet where you will find a wide range of resources to support your learning here for S1 to Advanced Higher created by Gaelic gu leor. 

For Gaelic Medium resources, national resource agency Storlann  provides Early Years support,  here and further resources here.

How do I access HOPS ?

Every learner and teacher who would like to use this resource should join the Google Classroom associated with HOPS. (Code 2dtuoj). You will need to use your Highland Google account to do this.

What does the timetable consist of and how do I use it?

There are 4 weeks in the first block, with a structured daily timetable. Not every activity needs to be completed, so the learner can choose but there are themes throughout the week so do look at Monday as a starting point.

A pupil does not need to complete all the activities in one day or week, however a daily structure has been put in place to support consistency at home and encourage a routine.

Is there any time scheduled for a face to face online meeting?

Your child’s school still retains the registration and wellbeing check ins whilst pupils are at home. Any work that is completed could be shared with the class upon the pupils return and teachers are encouraged to join the Google Classroom, so that they are aware of any content that is covered. There is no marking required of the work as the tasks set are there to support independent, skill based learning.

How are the lessons delivered?

A ‘flipped learning’ approach has been taken, which is an effective way of delivering and supporting learning online. Pre-recorded tasks with instructions are available linked to the timetable (a Padlet) and pupils should access learning through the Google Classroom .

Google Classroom: https://classroom.google.com/c/NDQzNTAxNDM4MzEw?cjc=2dtuojs

ALL primary pupils and staff can join this classroom. (The only ‘teachers’ who will be added as teachers are those in the Central Team who created content). 

Who is delivering the lessons and quality assuring the content?

Central Officers (previous Head Teachers) are responsible for collating the resources and pre-recording any ‘live’ content. The Officers are also utilising national resources to provide the full curricular range of subject choices.