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HOMEWORK
At The Diamond Primary School we regard homework as an essential element in maximising children’s learning potential and view it to be an integral and important part of our school’s home liaison strategy and an instance of genuine partnership between staff and parents. It also provides an invaluable opportunity for parents to participate in their children’s education. Full details of the school’s Homework Policy are detailed below.
Why is homework important?
¨ It can help pupils to make more rapid progress in learning.
¨ It can allow pupils to develop the practice of working on their own.
¨ Working at home can provide the quiet and private conditions needed for creative and thoughtful work of all kinds.
¨ It can allow valuable practice and reinforcement of skills learned in the classroom.
¨ It can involve parents and others in the pupils’ work for their mutual benefit.
The Nature of Homework
The nature of homework will vary between year groups and the quantity and form will take account of the child’s ability. It is hoped we will achieve a balance of school subjects when setting homework.Homework may involve:-
¨ Reading, writing and spellings.
¨ Learning number bonds/tables.
¨ Use of the computer
¨ Carrying out a project.
¨ Completing an exercise to practise or reinforce classwork.
¨ Practical application of Numeracy in the form of Numeracy games.
The Organisation of Homework
Each pupil will be given clear indication of the work to be undertaken at home and will take the form of literacy, numeracy This will be recorded in a homework diary as appropriate. The approximate length of homework is shown below:-
Length of time for homework in total:
P1 & P2 approx. 20 minutes
P3 approx. 25 minutes
P4 & P5 approx. 30 minutes
P6 & P7 approx. 45 minutes
Both Key Stages:-
¨ At least 1 Literacy and 1 Numeracy written homework per week.
¨ No written homework in June.
Please don't stress out about homework! Your child should receive work that they are capable of doing and we'd encourage you to ensure that this is done. However, if the work proves difficult or stressful, just make a note in the book to inform the teacher, and we'll go from there! We want to work with you!
The school emphasises the importance of Literacy. Reading will be taught in school in Guided Reading sessions. Children from P4-P7 should always have a book from the Accelerated Reader scheme and parents should ensure that children read from these nightly. All reading should be recorded in the reading record books daily.
Reciprocal Reading
Guided reading will now take the form of ‘Reciprocal Reading’ - a programme devised to aid the understanding of texts. In groups, children are responsible for one of the following roles:
The Boss : leading the group and establishing the rules
The Questioner : thinks of questions to ask about the text to aid understanding
The Clarifier : offers explanations of parts of the text and will use a dictionary to find definitions
The Predictor: uses the text read thus far to make predictions about what will happen next
The Summariser: tells the group what they read in their own words, telling only the important details.
This format and set of strategies help the children to become more active in their reading group and as a result, they become more confident in their reading as their understanding grows.
Accelerated Reading
We have now adopted the ‘Accelerated Reading’ programme to encourage the children to read individually and to aid ability in reading. Children should be reading every night at home as part of this scheme and parents should record progress nightly in the reading record book.
How Parents can help
¨ Parental encouragement will be sought for the early stages of reading and language development.
¨ Check that homework details are filled in clearly and regularly in the homework diary.
¨ Sign any written homework, reading logs and homework diaries.
¨ Help your child organise his or her time to best advantage so that things are not all left to the last minute or even forgotten.
¨ Try to make sure that there are suitable working conditions at home.
¨ Take a positive and active interest in your child’s work at home rather than just insisting that it is done.
¨ Let us know if there are problems with homework that you cannot resolve.
At The Diamond Primary School we regard homework as an essential element in maximising children’s learning potential and view it to be an integral and important part of our school’s home liaison strategy and an instance of genuine partnership between staff and parents. It also provides an invaluable opportunity for parents to participate in their children’s education. Full details of the school’s Homework Policy are detailed below.
Why is homework important?
¨ It can help pupils to make more rapid progress in learning.
¨ It can allow pupils to develop the practice of working on their own.
¨ Working at home can provide the quiet and private conditions needed for creative and thoughtful work of all kinds.
¨ It can allow valuable practice and reinforcement of skills learned in the classroom.
¨ It can involve parents and others in the pupils’ work for their mutual benefit.
The Nature of Homework
The nature of homework will vary between year groups and the quantity and form will take account of the child’s ability. It is hoped we will achieve a balance of school subjects when setting homework.Homework may involve:-
¨ Reading, writing and spellings.
¨ Learning number bonds/tables.
¨ Use of the computer
¨ Carrying out a project.
¨ Completing an exercise to practise or reinforce classwork.
¨ Practical application of Numeracy in the form of Numeracy games.
The Organisation of Homework
Each pupil will be given clear indication of the work to be undertaken at home and will take the form of literacy, numeracy This will be recorded in a homework diary as appropriate. The approximate length of homework is shown below:-
Length of time for homework in total:
P1 & P2 approx. 20 minutes
P3 approx. 25 minutes
P4 & P5 approx. 30 minutes
P6 & P7 approx. 45 minutes
Both Key Stages:-
¨ At least 1 Literacy and 1 Numeracy written homework per week.
¨ No written homework in June.
Please don't stress out about homework! Your child should receive work that they are capable of doing and we'd encourage you to ensure that this is done. However, if the work proves difficult or stressful, just make a note in the book to inform the teacher, and we'll go from there! We want to work with you!
The school emphasises the importance of Literacy. Reading will be taught in school in Guided Reading sessions. Children from P4-P7 should always have a book from the Accelerated Reader scheme and parents should ensure that children read from these nightly. All reading should be recorded in the reading record books daily.
Reciprocal Reading
Guided reading will now take the form of ‘Reciprocal Reading’ - a programme devised to aid the understanding of texts. In groups, children are responsible for one of the following roles:
The Boss : leading the group and establishing the rules
The Questioner : thinks of questions to ask about the text to aid understanding
The Clarifier : offers explanations of parts of the text and will use a dictionary to find definitions
The Predictor: uses the text read thus far to make predictions about what will happen next
The Summariser: tells the group what they read in their own words, telling only the important details.
This format and set of strategies help the children to become more active in their reading group and as a result, they become more confident in their reading as their understanding grows.
Accelerated Reading
We have now adopted the ‘Accelerated Reading’ programme to encourage the children to read individually and to aid ability in reading. Children should be reading every night at home as part of this scheme and parents should record progress nightly in the reading record book.
How Parents can help
¨ Parental encouragement will be sought for the early stages of reading and language development.
¨ Check that homework details are filled in clearly and regularly in the homework diary.
¨ Sign any written homework, reading logs and homework diaries.
¨ Help your child organise his or her time to best advantage so that things are not all left to the last minute or even forgotten.
¨ Try to make sure that there are suitable working conditions at home.
¨ Take a positive and active interest in your child’s work at home rather than just insisting that it is done.
¨ Let us know if there are problems with homework that you cannot resolve.