Partnership and Communication
Roles and Responsibilities
| Who | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Senior leaders | Oversee quality, access, safeguarding and communication |
| Teachers | Clear instruction, structured learning and regular feedback |
| Inclusion team | Adjustments and wellbeing support |
| Safeguarding Lead | Ensure online safeguarding procedures are active and monitored |
| Parents and carers | Support routines, supervision and communication |
| Students | Attend sessions, submit work and follow behaviour expectations |
Attendance and Engagement
Registers are taken in live lessons, and we keep engagement records throughout. We follow up non-engagement daily, just as we would in school, and any teacher with a concern about attendance, engagement or welfare will contact your child’s tutor or class teacher.
If your child is unwell and cannot take part, please let their class teacher or Personal Tutor know before the school day begins, as you would normally.
Staying in Touch
- Pre-Prep: formal communication by email; daily learning and session links on Seesaw
- Prep: formal communication by email; daily learning and updates on Seesaw
- Senior School: Microsoft Teams, including year group updates, and email
Your first point of contact is always your child’s class teacher (Pre-Prep and Prep) or Personal Tutor (Senior School).
Key Contacts
| Phase | Main contact |
|---|---|
| Pre-Prep | Mrs Rebecca Howells, Head of Pre-Prep preprep@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Prep | Mrs Belle Wagner, Head of Prep bwagner@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Senior School | Mr Yasir Abrar, Head of Senior School senior@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Department | |
|---|---|
| General enquiries | reception@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Inclusion | inclusion@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Wellbeing | clinic@qedubaisportscity.com |
| Safeguarding | safeguarding@qedubaisportscity.com |
Before Day One: Family Checklist
A few minutes now will make the first morning of distance learning much smoother.
All families
- Check that the school holds your current contact details.
- Make sure your child’s device is charged, working and logs in to their school account.
- Agree a suitable workspace in a shared area of the home.
- Talk with your child about the online expectations.
- Note the Flourish booking window: 8:00am to 11:00am on the first morning.
- Tell us now if you need help with a device, access or an adjustment.
Pre-Prep
- Find the Seesaw student login code at the back of your child’s Reading Record.
- Plan for an adult to be available during live sessions, where possible.
- Have school uniform ready for live sessions.
- Collect your child’s whiteboard, markers, pencils and paper from school when they are made available.
Prep
- Check your child can log in to Seesaw and the online tools their teacher uses.
- Keep the timetable somewhere visible.
- Keep the distance learning pack safe once it arrives.
Senior School
- Check your child can open their Teams calendar and Class Teams.
- Have QE PE kit ready, and headphones if useful.
- Make sure your child knows where to find the student self-referral form on Firefly.
Students of Determination
- Expect a call from the Elevate team before distance learning begins.
Our Distance Learning Policy
This guide summarises our Distance Learning Policy, which reflects UAE federal and KHDA expectations alongside best practice in international remote education.