What is Seesaw?

Seesaw is an award-winning digital portfolio that allows you to see your child’s learning like never before. Teachers, parents and children can all access videos, audio recordings and notes in one place, taking the onus off solely the parent supporting their child’s learning.

How will it work?

In these uncertain times, we want to make sure we are balancing screen time for our pupils – Seesaw opens and closes each teaching day on the screen but provides resources and activities away from a computer or phone. On a teaching day morning, parents and children will log in to Seesaw where the teacher will have a daily check in with pupils (read a story, say hello, set instructions for the day). Then at the end of the day, the parent and child log back in to add photos and videos, documenting the day’s learning that the teacher can then comment on.

Why is it perfect for our families?

• Empowerment of pupils – pupils will have a clear connection with their teacher at the beginning of each school day, giving them clear instructions on the day ahead. This relieves parents from thinking up activities and gives children independence in understanding the task and reporting back whilst keeping a connection to the school routine.
• Development of metacognitive skills – children will report back on the day’s work using video, voice recordings or pictures. This is crucial to the development of metacognitive skills, allowing the child to learn about learning.
• Easily accessible – access from phone or desktop with easy to use, intuitive software.

How do I access Seesaw?

You can find out more and log in via the Seesaw website.

Watch the introduction video here

The online learning programme is intended to be flexible in order to accommodate the differing needs of our Ashtead families. Although the lessons and activities set by the teachers are designed for the children to work independently, most of our young children will require some adult supervision. All classes will receive focus lessons each day. These are key core curriculum tasks that support your child’s learning development and progress. If you find that some days it is impossible to complete the set tasks, don’t worry as they can be completed later. We would ask that you let the teacher know that this is your intention, as they will be able to alter or differentiate activities accordingly if this lesson is part of a sequence.

Outlined below are the key focused lesson expectations for each year group:

First Steps: One key focus lesson/ activity

Rising Reception: One key focus lesson plus an additional activity

Reception: Two key focus lessons

Year One: Three key focus lessons

In addition to these lessons, the children will receive a daily welcome and a story for the end of the day.