This information was last updated on 12.1.2026

Remote Learning - Frequently Asked Question - Click Bellow

Learning at home and borrowing school laptops

The government and St. John's recognise that not all children will have access to hardware at home to access google classrooms. To help with this we have a number of laptops in school that we are able to loan to families when their children are at home. If you have a child at home and would like to borrow a laptop please click on the link below to let us know you would like to pick one up from the school office. You will have to sign a copy of the loan agreement, which can be seen below and return the laptop when your child returns to school. 

Be aware that we have limited stock and may not be able to lend laptops to every child that requests one. 
Priority will be given to free school meal children and children in receipt of pupil premium funding. 

If you are unable to complete the form please ring school and speak to one of the office staff who will be able to complete it on your behalf. 

What is remote learning at St. John's?

We use Google Classrooms to support children with their learning at home and in school. 

Google Classrooms

All children at St. John's have a user name and password to access google classrooms. Google classrooms gives children access to - 

• activities, lessons and tasks set by the teacher
• support resources to help with their learning such as 'help sheets' and links to you tube support videos. 
• software such as a word processor 'google sheets' to complete work

Teachers use google classrooms in school and are using google classroom to help with normal class work as well as setting homework that can be done on google classrooms and using it to provide remote learning when required. 

Children can access google classrooms on lots of different computers including Chrome books, PC's and Apple laptops and computers. 

Google classrooms is also used by Belper Secondary school therefore in using it at St. John's as well we hope that this continuity helps many families and children. 

Types of remote learning

We have three types of remote learning at St. John's.

• PRL (Partial remote learning) – for when the class teacher is working full time in school with their class, but has some children at home as the school is partially closed. 
• FRL (Full remote learning) – for when the whole school is closed. 
• HRL (Homework remote learning) – for when the class teacher uses the remote learning technologies for homework.

More information about each of these is in the policy. 

Remote learning will not be provided if

• a parent chooses to keep a child at home and school is fully open
• a parent chooses to take a child on holiday
• a child is away for unauthorised reasons

Google classroom support for parents.

This document can be used as a reminder to your children of how to log onto google classrooms. 

Google Classroom Education Notice to parents