Home Learning
Remote Education
In the event of a full school closure, this document details how the school will provide remote learning to students.
Ridgewood Hub
Accessing the Ridgewood Hub.
The Ridgewood Hub is our central location for storing the links to the applications we use at home and within school. Within the Ridewood Hub you will find tiles that access many of our applications including Mail, Office, Edulink, Sparx and Teams. The Ridgewood Hub can be accessed from the main school web page or by clicking the link below.
From the link, you will be presented with the Microsoft login. You will need to login using your school email address and password.
What is my Username?
Your username will be your email address which is in the format: surname, first initial then ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk, e.g. smithj@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk
Please note that on occasions there is a number after your username if that username had already been taken previously, e.g. smithj1@ridgewood.dudley.sch.uk.
What is my password?
New students will receive their passwords in their first computing lessons. If you forget your password, please let the ICT Support team know.
Completing Homework via EduLink
EduLink is our new parent and student platform which can track student homework. All homework is set on EduLink which will feature resources and links to other platforms such as Teams or Sparx.
For more information or support on EduLink, including how to login and login details, please view our EduLink page.
Video below on completing homework via EduLink.
Educake
Educake is a homework platform used for English and Geography. It allows teachers to set personalised quizzes regarding topics in the curriculum to test students knowledge.
Login details
Your login details should have been provided to you at the beginning of the year. If you cannot remember these, please speak to your teacher.
Using Single Sign on to Connecting your Educake account to your Microsoft account.
If you want to convert Educake to use your Microsoft account credentials follow the steps in the guide below.
Sparx Maths
Sparx Maths is a website full of maths resources and activities, your Maths teacher will set homework on here.
Where do I login?
You can log in at https://www.sparxmaths.uk/student/
On this screen search for ‘Ridgewood High School’ or ‘DY8 3NQ’ and select Ridgewood High School.
Next, click “Log in to Sparx using Microsoft”.
Finally, enter you Ridgewood email address and password. For more information see the Sparx guide here.
Seneca
Seneca is a homework platform used for Science homework.
Where do I login?
You can log in at Seneca - Learn 2x Faster (senecalearning.com)
On this screen click “Continue with Microsoft”.
Enter you Ridgewood email address, after pressing ‘next’ enter your password.
If logging in for the first time, it will ask you for your Seneca password, please speak to your teacher or the ICT team to find this out.
To connect your account to your Seneca account, once logged in open settings and press the 'login and password' column, you will see the option to connect your Microsoft account. Press connect and enter your Ridgewood email address and your password and then Seneca will be connected. Next time you login, simply press the login with Microsoft button and it will log you straight into you account.
Xello
Xello is an online careers education program your child is using in school to help them prepare for the future. It offers a variety of activities that are suitable for children from 11 to 18 years old. These activities help students build self-knowledge, explore their options, and create achievable plans. They develop the 21st-century skills needed to thrive in the world of work.
Students can access Xello from the Ridgewood Hub.
Parent Login to Xello
When your child’s is added to Xello, a Xello Family account is created for you and you’ll receive an email. The email will include a link to activate your account within 17 days of receiving it. All you’ll need to do to get started is set a password.
Note: If you haven't received the activation email, it may have redirected to your spam folder. Make sure to remove "xello.co.uk" from your email spam settings to receive this and future messages from Xello.
Parents can login into Xello by clicking the link below:-
If you cannot remember your password then follow the procedure below.
Visit https://login.xello.co.uk
If you can’t remember your password, click Having trouble signing in?
Enter your email address and click Send Email.
You’ll receive an email to reset your Xello Family password.
Check out the video below for an introduction to Xello. More information can be found on the Xello website.