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The purpose of homework is to:
· Enable pupils to consolidate and reinforce skills
and understanding, particularly in literacy and numeracy
· Extend school learning, for example through
additional reading and research
· Develop confidence and self discipline for
independent study
· Develop a partnership approach to learning between
family and school as exemplified in the home/school agreement
Put the school mission of “Promoting excellence for
all by emphasising the development of the individual” into practice.
Homework is not exclusively about completing written
tasks. It includes reading for a variety of purposes, learning
spellings and times tables, researching and finding information and
talking to family members about what is being learnt at school.
Amount and type of homework set:
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Who |
Approximate amount |
Types of activity |
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Key Stage One |
One hour per week – ten
minutes per day |
Reading, spellings,
handwriting, other literacy work, number work, topic work |
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Year Three |
One and a half hours per week
– fifteen minutes per day |
As above, plus occasional
assignments in other subjects |
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Years Four and Five |
One and three quarter hours
per week – twenty minutes per day |
As above |
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Year Six |
Two and a half hours per week
– half an hour per day |
Regular weekly schedule with
continued emphasis on literacy and numeracy but also ranging
widely across the curriculum |
You can help your child at home by reading with them
regularly and discussing their reading journal entries, helping them
to learn their spellings, times tables and basic calculations, and by
encouraging them to talk about what they are currently learning in
school
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