JCSC Homework Guidance
Rationale:
To ensure that all students benefit from opportunities to engage in homework tasks which are meaningful, and aid learning in all subject areas.
Aims:
Guiding Principles– Homework plays an important role in learning and homework activities should support the learning that children are doing at school. As children get older, it is particularly important for them to become more independent in their learning. Homework does not have to be written; a variety of tasks, encouraging a range of skills, will help children to engage with homework and not see it as a chore.
Homework Expectations:
All students will be given homework to consolidate and extend learning beyond the classroom. Tasks will take a wide range of different forms as
appropriate to the age and stage of education.
Key Stage 2
Homework will focus on the fundamental skills and core subjects, which students need to develop to support their learning. Students will receive
frequent small amounts of literacy and numeracy homework, which may include reading tasks, spelling etc to encourage regular skills development and practice ahead of SATS. In other subjects, students will receive less frequent work to consolidate their learning in these subjects.
Key Stage 3, 4 and 5
In all subjects, homework will be a regular feature of study towards final assessment and examination. All subjects will set homework on a regular
basis to consolidate subject knowledge, practice skills and carry out independent research. Tasks will be appropriate to the specifications of
subject content for each subject.
Homework Feedback
Once completed and submitted, students will receive feedback about their work.
Directorate guidance
Directors will interpret the homework policy to plan homework as they see fit depending on the age and stage of education. Homework can be given to
students in a number of different ways which reflect the demands of the subject and the context of the work that is being done in that subject.
Guidance will be provided for all staff in directorates so that they are clear about the expectations in their directorate.
Role | Responsibility |
ELT | Develop and monitor the Homework policy |
Directors | Implement and monitor the and Homework policy at subject level to ensure consistency and adherence to the whole school policy whilst being fit for purpose at subject level Provide support and accountability to ensure that the |
Subject Teachers | Implement and monitor the homework policy in all classes
Provide feedback on homework and apply rewards and Intervene with students who do not engage with homework, |
Pupils | Complete homework to the best of their ability and hand in to meet deadlines Record homework deadlines in their student planner Ensure that completed work is presented in the format Receive rewards – achievement points, emails, postcards etc Comply with sanctions given for non-completion of homework |
Parents | Check planners for homework tasks
Encourage compliance with deadlines |
Useful Links for Revision
Maths Case –
Maths Chase is a completely free site where you can quickly test your times tables.
https://www.mathschase.com/