Our home learning approach sees a reduced version of the regular OJC TARDIS (our timetable) operating with increased opportunity and flexibility to learners and families to work home learning into their day in ways that best suit them. The approach aims to support learners with:

• a continuation of their current OJC learning - led by learners - encouraging agentic learning
• a simplified timetable that follows the shape of the OJC TARDIS (our timetable) - provides continuity for possible short-term or long-term lockdown
• Space for both synchronous and asynchronous learning
• Ownership for Learning Coaches to adapt learning instruction and pace - based on the needs of their learners. 

What are the expectations for all learners?

All home learning links are published on one document for the entire school to access. This is called the "OJC Home Learning Workshop Menu" - learners need to login with their OJC school email address and password to access this. Access is not granted to the public or to accounts outside of the OJC domain. From there, learners will see clickable links for sessions hosted by their OJC Learning Coach for each learning area of our school curriculum, including:

MAC (Mentoring, Advisory, Coaching) Sessions:
Your MAC Learning Coach will communicate your MAC meeting sessions and links directly with families and/or learners via HERO Notices, Google Classroom and direct communication channels already established with their MAC learners. 

Learners are expected to: 

• Make contact with your MAC daily (e.g Email, Google Classroom, via Zoom or Google Chat/Hangouts)
• Attend your x3 scheduled MAC online sessions each week. These are scheduled on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
• Purposefully plan and discuss with you MAC, your SDL and workshops progress.
• Learners can also use a ‘build a day’ template to record your planning for MAC/SDL days.

LITERACY AND NUMERACY LABS:

Learners are expected to:

• Attend (either live or by rewatching the recording link) your x2 literacy and x2 numeracy workshop sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
• Consolidate and extend you learning via the ReadingPlus and EducationPerfect Maths platforms - tasks are published weekly.
• Keep working on your numeracy portfolio and your Creation Process work for literacy. Seek feedback from Coaches as needed.

TAIP OR PASSION PROJECTS:

Learners are expected to:

• Attend 2-3 TAIP/Passion Project connected workshops (either live or rewatching the recording link) to develop skills and apply knowledge connected with your Passion Project of TAIP cycle.

WHĀNAU ORA:

Learners are expected to:

• Select daily options from the "Whānau Ora" tasks menu to keep their fitness and the brain development benefits of cardiovascular output high!  

SDL: Self-directed Learning Time (Flexi-time)

A key element of the home learning approach is the SDL time built into a learners week, explicitly on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays where the only other focus will be a MAC check in, check up, or check out sessions. Self-directed learning provides learners with the time to build their day in ways most suited to them (and their whānau); informed by the advice and guidance from their mentoring, advisory and coaching (M → A → C) interactions.

It provides time to prepare for Tuesday and Thursday workshops AND for follow up practise of the skills or ideas shared within workshops as well as regular expectations for self-directed work within a ‘normal’ OJC working week. This includes:

Time for learners:

• to go back to previous literacy and numeracy workshops you might have missed or need to see a second time.

• to submit work and tasks for feedback to MACs or another Learning Coach.

• to participate in individual "check-ins" with coaches that have been pre-booked in (planning).

• to catch up on the routine, weekly tasks for ReadingPlus (Literacy) and Education Perfect (Numeracy).

• to curate and reflect on learning towards OJC Graduate Profile Badges and keep learning portfolios up to date.

REWATCH Previous Sessions:

Many of these sessions will also be recorded and links are provided at the bottom of the OJC Home Learning Workshop Menu document for learners to go back and [REWATCH] a particular session to help them revise and build upon learning from past weeks. 

Hauora Hub: Guidance & Support Links

The OJC Home Learning Workshop Menu document also hosts a link to the "Hauora Hub" - our health, guidance and counselling provision - guidance and support links for learners during this time, compiled by our School Counsellor, Donna Enticott, with the following message for learners:

"We know that being in Level 4 can be a stressful time but you have been here before and you coped amazingly! We've totally got this!
We would like to remind you again of the support for you and your families during this time while you are at home in your bubbles and continuing to learn online.
Please DO reach out to your MAC or Learning Coach if you need any support. The Counsellors are also available on google chat, email or phone. We are here for you during normal school hours and there are also other contact numbers and links being added to the home learning doc for support outside of school hours.
Stay safe and stay connected during this time! Lastly and most importantly, take care of yourself and your families and we look forward to seeing you when school resumes." - Counsellor: Donna Enticott (Email: donnaenticott@ojc.school.nz) 

At all stages of our times in lockdown, your MAC Learning Coach is the first port of call for any support needed. They will coach learners through the use of the OJC Home Learning Workshop Menu document.