The aims and objectives of homework are:
- to enable pupils to make maximum progress in their academic and social development;
- to help pupils develop the skills of an independent learner;
- to promote cooperation and communication between home and school in supporting each child's learning, enabling parents to support their child with their learning;
- to enable all aspects of the curriculum to be covered in sufficient depth;
- to provide educational experiences not possible in school;
- to consolidate and reinforce the learning done in school, and to allow children to practise skills taught in lessons;
- to help children develop good work habits for the future.
We set a variety of homework activities:
Early Years Foundation Stage
- Reading – daily, if possible, or at least three or four times a week;
- Numeracy or literacy based activities, such as maths challenges or Firm Foundations activities;
- Collecting things and/or carrying out simple research prior to, or during a topic.
Key Stage 1
- Reading – daily, if possible, or at least three or four times a week;
- Learning weekly spellings;
- Collecting things and/or carrying out simple research prior to, or during a topic;
Lower Key Stage 2 (Y3/4)
- Reading – daily, if possible, or at least three or four times a week;
- Learning weekly spellings;
- Practising multiplication tables;
- MyMaths
Upper Key Stage 2 (Y5/6)
- Reading – daily, if possible, or at least three or four times a week, completing a reading journal, collecting "magpie" or challenge words;
- Learning weekly spellings;
- Practising multiplication tables; Timestables Rockstar
- MyMaths
- Reading Plus (Y6)
- Revision for national tests;
