During e-Hampton, academic provision was via a combination of independent learning tasks (set through our pupil and parent portal, Firefly) and periods of ‘live’ contact time with teachers, enabled through the Microsoft Teams video platform.
Using their current lesson timetable, teachers scheduled ‘live’ sessions with each of their teaching groups. These ‘live’ sessions were incredibly useful for teachers to explain new concepts and ideas to pupils, explain the work boys were required to do and also provide a platform for discussion.
Normal pupils workloads were adjusted to acknowledge the very different circumstances in which we all found ourselves living. For boys in the Lower School, homework was no longer being set and it was reduced in the Middle School so as to minimise the time boys were sitting at their desks and screens.
e-Hampton: our Guided Home Learning programme
Whether your son is following our guided home learning programme because of a Government-required closure of our School site or because he is self-isolating, we hope the information below will be useful.
Our booklet Advice on Guided Home Learning provides a broad overview of life at e-Hampton during Government-required periods of School-site closure, which includes our ongoing provision of excellent learning and teaching and outstanding pastoral support.
The Spring Term FAQs attempt to answer as many of the questions we could anticipate for the current closure of our School site, which took place between 4 January and 8 March 2021.
Your son may be required to work from home (even if the School-site is not closed) under current Government self-isolation guidance. If this is the case, please rest assured that your son’s learning and teaching will continue. We have installed high-resolution cameras in all of our teaching spaces, which, together with microphones, speakers and the video-conferencing platform, Microsoft Teams, allow your son to take part in his lessons while self-isolating (provided he isn’t feeling unwell, in which case he must be resting!) Your son will follow his normal timetable of lessons, with content being delivered via a combination of ‘live’ sessions on MS Teams and independent tasks being set for him on our pupil portal, Firefly.
If you are a current parent and have any queries at all about e-Hampton, please contact your son’s Form Tutor in the first instance.
If you are a prospective parent, please contact the Admissions Office, who will be happy to answer any queries you may have.
Summer Term 2020
During the summer term 2020 lockdown, pupils in the Fifth Year and Upper Sixth were provided with an opportunity to take part in a range of ‘bridging’ courses. Fifth Year Hamptonians engaged in a series of academic enrichment and extension activities to prepare them for further study in our A Level/Pre-U courses, while our Upper Sixth Leavers signed up to an array of pre-University electives, which introduced them to some of the concepts they will come across in the next stages of their education.
Hamptonians were also encouraged to explore individual academic subjects through the rich and varied resources available online, some of which are linked to below:
Online academic Resources
Art
Art UK has a collection of all of the artwork housed in galleries throughout the UK
Paul Mellon Centre is a research body linked to Yale University. They do British Art podcasts amongst other things.
Art21 is a useful resource for both Artists and Art Historians
A number of local and national galleries and museums are providing useful resources, a selection can be found below:
The Tate Museum
V&A
The Design Museum
Whitechapel Gallery
Orleans House Gallery
Google Arts and Culture The Google Arts and Culture site allows users to browse content from over 1,200 leading museums and archives. Users can access high-resolution images of artworks and read informative articles on all aspects of art and culture.
Chemistry
Royal Institution – discover videos, podcasts and catch up with the famous Christmas lectures
Royal Society – take a look back at the 2019 Summer Science Exhibition
Chemistry World features news articles and podcasts, keeping you updated with interesting developments in the chemistry world.
The RSC’s interactive periodic table
features history, alchemy, podcasts, videos, and data trends across the periodic table.
Chem Matters is the ACS High School Chemistry magazine.
For pupils studying GCSE and A Level Chemistry:
Molview is online software allowing you to draw molecules
Chem Collective is an online simulation of a chemistry lab designed to help pupils link chemical computations with authentic laboratory chemistry
Computer Science
For Lower School pupils, Scratch teaches you how to program your own interactive stories, games, and animations and Micro:bit provides guides and videos to take you from novice to confident coder.
Code Break features fantastic coding courses for Middle School pupils, including step-by-step courses on making apps, games and websites. Lightbot is a logic game that also teaches advanced coding concepts.
For the advanced coder Project Euler features programming challenges and repl.it is an online platform for coding in almost any language.
Classics
Take a virtual tour of arts and artefacts from the classical world:
British Museum virtual tour
National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Acropolis Museum tour
The (far from) stupid Ancient History podcasts are a series of informative podcasts on some interesting moments in Ancient History
Design and Engineering
The Design Museum is the world’s leading museum devoted to contemporary design
Institution of Mechanical Engineers provides information and resources for use at home
The James Dyson Foundation inspires the next generation of engineers and scientists
Drama
Theatre at Home
The Globe Theatre
Royal Shakespeare Company
The National Theatre
Culture in Quarantine BBC Arts bring art and culture into your home
Economics
Economics online is an invaluable resource for pupils studying A Level Economics
Tutor2u is a collection of resources featuring a series of full online lessons designed to support remote learning by A Level Economics students
The Economist magazine and podcasts are a fascinating source of information on issues from around the world (the password and login at available on the online resources section of Firefly)
English
Expand your Vocabulary
Macmillan Dictionary Blog
Word of the Day
Merriam Webster
Literature Online
Project Gutenberg
Feedbooks
Great literature online
RSC Shakespeare learning zone
Geography
Nature and Environment courses are available from The Open University
The Economist magazine and podcasts are a fascinating source of information on issues from around the world (the password and login at available on the online resources section of Firefly)
Geogpod is a series of podcasts available from the Geographical Association
Royal Geographical Society also produces podcasts on all things geographical
National Geographic has lots of interesting articles and information on geography and geographical issues
Kids World Travel Guide allows to to explore any country or city around the world
Time for Geography has lots of educational videos and information about a diverse range of topics
Government and Politics
To support pupils studying A Level Government and Politics as well as those interested in the world of politics, there are many periodicals containing a wealth of information:
The official website for the UK Parliament also has information on the big issues of the day.
There are also many podcasts and documentaries to listen to or watch, find out more at the Best Political Podcasts of 2020 and the Best Politics Documentaries on Netflix
If you want to find out more about how Government & Politics works in the USA, take a Crash Course in the US Political System
History
The BBC in our Time podcasts are a rich source of historical information
There are a diverse range of websites available covering different periods of history, a selection can be found below:
- BBC Bitesize History
- BBC History
- BBC Schools History
- British Newspaper Archive
- History on the Net
- History Learning Site
- JSTOR
- Learn History
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- School History
- Spartacus Educational
- The Avalon Project – Historical Documents
- The British Library
- The Imperial War Museums
- The National Archives
Maths
The UK Maths Trust provides a series of challenges for mathematicians of all levels
University of Oxford Public Lectures explore the mathematics of a wide range of topics, from smartphones to football and origami to AI
The Nrich Maths Project provides articles, puzzles, problems and games covering a wide range of topics both on and off the curriculum
Modern Languages
Explore popular language study sets on Quizlet
Memrise provides fun and effective games to practice your skills
Languages Online provides interactive resources and learning activities
Follow the news in the language you study:
French: News in slow French and Un jour, Une actu
Spanish: 20 minutos
German: News in slow German, Deutsche Welle and the Goethe Institut
Mandarin: BBC news in Mandarin
Russian: The Moscow Times and BBC news in Russian
Music
The London Symphony Orchestra bring you a digital programme of full-length archive concerts, interviews, articles, playlists, and activities
The free streaming service Royal Albert Home is a mix of different genres of music – something for everyone!
The English National Ballet are streaming many of their productions via their YouTube channel
Watch the playlist of some Glastonbury 2019 highlights
The Listening Service from BBC Radio 3 explores how music works
There are a number of useful websites that will help pupils studying Music. These include Music Theory, The Rest is Noise, NPR Music and the Composer Diversity Database
This year’s nationwide BBC Young Composer competition is open until 20 July 2020
RS and Philosophy
Closer to Truth presents the world’s greatest thinkers exploring humanity’s deepest questions
The History of Philosophy is a series of fascinating podcasts which take the listeners through the history of philosophy
1000-Word Philosophy is a constantly-growing collection of original essays on important philosophical topics
Learn more about philosophy online with Carneades which features videos and courses
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy provides access to detailed information on key topics and philosophers in all areas of philosophy
The Philosophers’ Magazine publishes articles that are thought-provoking and relevant to today’s issues
Physics
Discover the cosmos with Astronomy Picture of the Day
Explore Physics discovers how physics can help to address some of the biggest challenges facing society today
Psychology
What is Psychology and The A to Z of Psychology from the University of Cambridge both illustrate the depth of this fascinating subject
There are many interesting podcasts, a selection can be found below:
Dan Ariely’s Arming the Donkeys
The Psych Files with Michael Britt
BBC Radio 4 Don’t Tell me the Score