ONLINE LEARNING & REVISION

Independent study is a vital skill and ensures students have a full understanding of their subjects.

Our lessons are saved to Microsoft Teams so students can access them for revision or to catch up on a missed lesson.

In addition, any student who is unable to attend school, and is well enough, should use the following information to access their lessons from home.

Home Learning Overview

  1. Lesson resources will be uploaded to Teams ‘Class Materials’ folders by your child’s usual teachers, as per their normal school timetable 

  2. Students should expect to work for the whole of the timetabled lesson

  3. Students should have note paper or their exercise book plus the usual stationery for a lesson to hand (pen, pencil, ruler, calculator, geometry set) 

 

How to Access Home Learning 

  1. Students have their own Office 365 account which gives them free access to a number of apps including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams. Students should log in to Office 365 here www.office.com with their school email address* and the password they would usually use at school 

  2. To access work, go to the Teams app. Here students will find their classes which they should click into for work set by their usual teacher 

  3. It is important students watch the video here to see how to access their lesson resources and assignments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx8xHpRMFHU   

  4. Students need to remember to access lessons for the correct day according to their normal timetable  

  5. Students can contact their subject teachers by posting a message on the Teams ‘Channel’ (this Channel is visible to all members of their class team) 

  6. Students must check their emails and Teams Channels daily 

*Student emails are: username@honley.tlt.school

Students can also access their Outlook emails through Office 365 and use this to contact their Form Teacher, Head of Year or Subject Teachers. It is important students only contact staff using their school email address.  

 

Safe and appropriate use of Teams 

At all times, students must adhere to the school’s ICT Acceptable Usage Policy.  

Forgotten Password 

To reset a student password, a parent/carer will need to email itsupport@tlt.school, include ‘Honley Password Reset’ in the subject, and in the email their child’s full name, form group, date of birth and username. Our ICT team will respond to password requests Monday to Friday between 9.00am and 3.00pm.  

KS4 Revision Guides

A good revision guide can be an invaluable resource; therefore, we have purchased the appropriate GCSE Revision Guides/ Workbooks at a reduced cost to support families and students.

Revision Guides are available to buy online through ParentPay. If you have difficulties accessing ParentPay, please contact Mrs Rolling, Finance Officer, by email at finance@honley.tlt.school or by telephone at 01484 506484. 

Students eligible for free school meals receive the revision guides at no cost. If you feel your child is eligible but hasn’t received their revision guides, please contact Mrs Roby, Assistant Headteacher, and she will follow up on this for you. 

We would highly recommend these books to support students’ progress. Revision at home is vital to students retaining knowledge learnt in school, being better prepared, and less stressed when they sit their exams.  

KS4 Revision Overview

Our Heads of Department have filtered out the best supporting websites, so you don’t need to go looking.

KS4 Study Hacks

‘From the Sidelines’ has compiled a variety of helpful study hacks, from ensuring you have a designated study space to handy revision techniques. We share these on social media and with students weekly. You can also find them here https://www.fromthesidelines.uk/study-hacks

Key Stage 3 Revision Overview

It’s never too early to embed your learning and understanding with additional revision.

Below are a few pointers to get you started.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Should a student experience any issues with the tasks set via Teams, or wish to complete some additional work, they may also like to access the Oak National Academy, which is the government’s approved remote learning site: https://www.thenational.academy/.

Or, the well-established BBC Bitesize website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize.  Many of our teachers will also have shared subject-specific websites with their classes to supplement learning. 

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READING FOR PLEASURE

At Honley, we believe in encouraging and nurturing a love of reading.  There are numerous benefits; mental stimulation, stress reduction, memory improvement, increased focus and concentration, stronger analytical skills, vocabulary expansion, increase in range of knowledge, insight into the lives of others, better writing skills, tranquillity and most importantly, entertainment.  

There are plenty of books to choose from via our school’s e-library https://honleyhigh.eplatform.co/ or the eplatform app. We are sure students will find something to pique their interest.

There is also a wide range of FREE eBooks and eAudiobooks online from our local library here: https://www.borrowbox.com/. 

Additionally, FREE eAudiobooks can be discovered online here: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen