All remote learning will use Arbor. Below are the links for students so that they can access school accounts that they may need to complete work remotely.
Office 365: As a student attending John Port Spencer Academy you are able to download and install a free copy of Microsoft Office 365 on your home computers. You will be able to use this for as long as you are a student here. It can b.e installed on up to 5 devices and is available for Windows or Mac OS X. Please follow these instructions. Go to portal.office.com and login with your school email address and school password. Click the ‘Install Office’ button in the top right. Select ‘Office 365 apps’. This will download a setup file. Run this when it has finished downloading and it will install Office 365.
Virtual School Library: Oak National Academy and the National Literacy Trust have come together to launch our Virtual School Library to keep children reading during lockdown. Full details are available here: library.thenational.academy
Sparx Reader – Year 7 – 11: Students in Year 7-11 will be using Sparx Reader to practice and assess reading.
Sparx Reader is an engaging and supportive platform in which pupils can develop their reading and literacy skills… with the options to change text and background colours, enlarge the text and check the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary.
By developing these skills, we can ensure our pupils develop the necessary life skills to function and be successful adults.
Students need to log in to Sparx on the website using their school username and password: Sparx Reader – Home
Kerboodle: All of the usernames for Kerboodle have recently been changed so that they match school usernames (just your username and not your full school email address). To access Kerboodle, follow this link: www.kerboodle.com/users/login. The institution code is: sti5. Use your student school username. If you haven’t used Kerboodle before, or if you can’t remember your password, click the ‘Trouble logging in?’ link on the log in page and when it asks for an email address enter your school email address.
Seneca: To reset your password, go to app.senecalearning.com/login, click forgotten password and enter your school email address it will send you a reset email to your school email account. If you don’t have an account click on ‘Sign up’ and create one, making sure you use your school email address.
