Primary Academic Refresher

Primary Academic
Refresher

AY22/23_Orientation Week

Teacher Selection &

Diagnostic Sessions

Primary Lesson Slides

Slide

Title: Old LOs

Title: New LOs

1

Introduction

2

Concept 1

3

Follow Me / Your Turn

4

Practice Time

5

Go Further

6

Support

Introduction

Let’s Learn

Concept 2

You Do

Application

Let’s Explore this More

New LO Overview

STUDENT

LED

STUDENT LED

STUDENT &

TUTOR

TUTOR LED

STUDENT

LED

STUDENT

LED

TUTOR LED

SUPPORT

Welcome
< 1 min

Reflection
3-5 mins

​Optional

Multiple Select

What are the instances where a tutor can decide to continue an LO for more than 2 weeks?

• Losing 20 minutes or more of the teaching time due to student joining late

• Having started the LO midway (less than 20 mins) during week 1

• A teacher comment requesting to reteach the LO

≥ 20 minutesof the session
time affected due to technical

issues

The student absent in one
of the first 2 weeks

One of the first 2 weeks
sessions involve a ‘No
Learning Happened’

situation

A teacher comment requesting

to reteach the lesson

≥ 20 minutesof the session time lost

either due to the student joining the

session late or leaving early

Multiple Choice

What should a tutor do if a previously completed LO appears in the Schola classroom?

• The tutor will have to click on the next lesson button AFTER the student joins the session and move on to the next suggested LO

• The tutor will have to reteach the same LO since the PLATFORM suggested it

• The tutor will have to click on the next lesson button BEFORE the student joins the session and move on to the next suggested LO

If a completed LO has been generated by the system in the classroom because

the tutor forgot to toggle the complete button in the previous week

The tutor has to click on the ‘Next lesson’ button, mark the LO as completed

once the student joins, and move on to the next suggested LO

Mark the S2S according to the previous week and mention this clearly in the

internal notes
NT → NMW

NMW → NMW

NCL → RE
RE → RE

Tip: Ctrl+f can be used to search for LO names in the session reports tab

Multiple Choice

If the regular student was replaced by another and the LO was completed, can the tutor click on the ‘Next Lesson’ button and move on?

• Yes

• No

Click on the ‘Next Lesson’
button and move on to the

next LO.

Conduct the session as normal
and mark the S2S accordingly

RED FLAG-Wrong pupil

Multiple Choice

What should a tutor do if there is a written comment from a teacher requesting to change an LO? 

• Acknowledge and follow 

  the request of the teacher, and leave a comment on it in the internal notes

• Neglect the request 

  as tutors cannot manually upload LOs and leave a comment on it in the internal notes 

●Teachers can request to re-teach, move on or teach a specific LO

●In such instances, the teacher’s comment needs to be acknowledged and

followed accordingly

Check the student’s
profile for a written

comment

Manually upload
the requested LO

Delete the not taught
LOs in the PSFR and

mention in the
internal notes

Next steps based on a written teacher comment

Before the session

During the session

After the session

Raise a RED FLAG under the category ‘School asks for the lesson to

be changed during the session’

Next steps based on a verbal teacher comment

passed on during the session

Acknowledge the

teacher’s request and

manually upload the LO

Delete the not taught LOs in the

PSFR, mention in the internal

notes and raise a red flag.

During the session

After the session

Multiple Select

Can a tutor skip questions or slides? Select 2 that apply

• Slides can be skipped depending on the student’s needs

• Similar questions from the “You do” slide can be skipped depending on the student’s needs

• In a no audio session Follow me section of the Follow me/Your turn slide can be skipped

Can a tutor skip

questions or slides?

None of the slides can be skipped

Similar questions in the “You do” slide
can be skipped if the student grasps the

concept excellently

“Let’s explore this more” slide is optional

“Follow me” section can be skipped in a no audio session

Multiple Choice

In a Teacher Selection programme, what should a tutor do if a half-completed LO loads up in the platform as the second LO after a new LO? 

•   The tutor should contact the RM

• The tutor must teach the LOs in the order they are loaded onto the platform

• The tutor should tick the box and move on to the incomplete LO

Mostly occurs in the Teacher selection and SATs programmes as the lesson

selected by the teacher will be prioritized by the system

Next
Steps

The tutor must teach the LOs in the order they are loaded onto
the platform

Delete the 2nd LO if it was not taught during the session

The 2nd LO should be resumed from where it was left off after
completing the 1st LO

Inform your RM if a similar scenario is observed in a Diagnostic

lesson as this could be due to a bug.

Multiple Choice

How should a tutor fill the PSFR if they complete LO1 and only the introduction slide of LO2 was covered during the session? (Due to time constraints)               

• Mark the first S2S of LO2 as NMW and leave others as NT 

• Mark all the S2Ss of LO2 as NT 

• Delete LO2 from the PSFR and mention in the internal notes 

Multiple Choice

This is Term 3 of an Academic Year. The LO 'Common Factors' has been suggested to be taught to a student without a teacher comment. However, this LO has already been completed with the student during Term 1. What should the tutor do?

• Reteach the LO

• Skip/ override the LO

• Contact the RM because it is a bug

• Raise a red flag

Teacher has suggested an LO from before the previous term

❏

Completed lesson assigned again - reteach the LO with or without a teacher
comment

❏

Incomplete lesson assigned again - reteach the LO from the beginning
(assuming they don't remember but pace can be changed based on how the student
performs)

In a teacher selection programme,

The teacher has suggested an LO from the previous term

❏

Completed lesson assigned again - move on to the next LO if there is no teacher comment

❏

Incomplete lesson assigned again - Pre-assess and adapt to the student’s needs

●Continue from where left off if the student remembers what was learnt

●Start the lesson from the beginning if the student doesn’t remember the concept

➢

An LO should be completed within 2 sessions (2 weeks) ideally

○ It can be carried forward to the 3rd week under certain circumstances

➢

However, LOs should NOT be carried forward by the tutor to the 4th session

(4th week) due to any reason

Carrying an LO to the 4th week

Multiple Choice

Week 1 - Student joined at RKT 15

Week 2 - No learning happened

Week 3 - No audio for 25 minutes 

Can an LO be carried to the 4th week?

• Yes 

  Because the student joined late

• Yes

  Because of the NLH session

• Yes 

  Because of the audio issues

• No

  It should not be carried to the fourth week due to any reason

SATs Sessions

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the Fluency slide?

• To pre-assess the student’s knowledge

• To be used as an arithmetic warm up for the student

• To provide an understanding about the mark allocations in SATs

• To be used as extension questions 

Warms up the student for the lesson and helps
practice basic arithmetic for the arithmetic paper in SATs

If the student struggles with the questions, the tutor
can model/scaffold the answer and move on to the
SATs questions

Do not spend more than 5 minutes

Objective of the Fluency slide

Multiple Choice

What should a tutor do if a student answers the SATs style question independently?

• Move on to the support slide for that question

• Move on to the Re-assess slide of that question 

• Move on to the next SATs question 

• Create an extension question on a whiteboard

Multiple Choice

Can a tutor skip the Re-assess slide after using the Support slide?

• Yes, if the student was able to understand the method in the Support slide

• No, the Re-asses slide has to be attempted in order to understand if the student has understood the concept 

Multiple Choice

A student completed the Re-assess slide independently, after working on the support slide.

How would you mark the S2S for this particular question set? 

• RE

• NMW

• NT

• NCL

Multiple Choice

Should a tutor do mini-plenary at the end of each SATs Style Question set? 

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

How should a tutor do a mini plenary if the student is halfway through a question set and the session is about to end?

• Inform the student that the question set will be completed in the next session and use the new reflection slide to remind the student to answer the PSQs

• Extend the session and complete the question. Then do the mini plenary and end the session with a lesson reflection

• Do a mini plenary based on the half that is completed and use the new reflection slide at the end

Purpose

To reflect on the question that was
completed and address any areas of

student needs or as a form of extension

To remind students to attempt

the PSQs and provide

feedback

When

Once a question set has been
completed, a question or two

depending on the student need can be
used from the list in the downloadable

PDF in the SATs course

At the end of the session by

putting up the “Before you go”

slide

Time

1 - 2 minutes for each question set

1 - 2 minutes

Reflection

Mini Plenary

Multiple Choice

What should be done if an already completed SATs lesson is selected by the teacher with a comment specifically asking to re-teach the lesson?

• The tutor should override the lesson as it is already completed

• A SATs lesson cannot be taught for the 3rd time due to any reason

• The tutor should reteach the lesson and mention details in the internal notes

A moved on SATs lesson which

was either completed or

incomplete has been selected
by the teacher with a comment

requesting to re-teach

A moved on SATs lesson

which was either completed

or incomplete has been
selected by the teacher

without a comment

Leave a note in the

Internal notes

Re-teach

Override

Multiple Choice

How can the tutor make use of the support slides effectively?

• Get the student to try out the question independently using the steps given on the slide

• Use the slide content to take the students through the steps followed with clear reasoning

• Lead through the slide by working out the question for the student

How to use the support slide effectively

➢

Prepare to scaffold the lesson based on the methods given in the support slide

➢

Use the slide content to take the students through the steps followed with clear

reasoning

➢

Adapt your explanations and methods used based on the student needs

➢

Post assess the student's new learning before moving on to the Reassess slide for an

in depth assessment

Multiple Select

What should the tutor do in a situation where the SATs lessons are completed for a certain student? 

Select 2 that apply

• Teach any 'Half taught' & 'Not On Track' or 'On Track' & 'Not taught' SATs lessons remaining in the lesson list

• Teach a lesson that the student struggled with in the previous weeks

• Reach out to the live support team as early as possible when a student is about to run out of lessons

• Speak to the adult in the classroom to decide on the lesson to be taught

A guide to managing bugs during a session

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Email

​Reminders!