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Homework

Learning at home is an essential part of good education. Regular homework is important, since it gives pupils the opportunity to practise and rehearse the learning completed in class at home, and helps them work towards improving important basic skills. It also encourages children to become resilient and independent in their learning, which will help throughout their school and adult life.

We aim to:

Ensure consistency of approach throughout the school.
Ensure progression towards independence and responsibility.
Ensure parents have a clear understanding about expectations for themselves and their children.
Extend and support children’s learning.
Provide opportunities for parents and their children to work in partnership and enjoy learning experiences together.

Reading

We place a great deal of importance on developing the child’s reading skills. Children will bring home a reading book each week. We ask that adults hear the child read and support the development by completing the reading record. The children are also encouraged to read for pleasure and will bring home a book from the school library.

EYFS

Daily Reading and phonics practise. All children will have a reading book each week linked with phonics learning and matched to their phonics and reading ability and a second sharing book that they can choose themselves. Please read with your child and record in the reading record.

Class teachers will also set relevant work linked to the areas of learning via Class Dojo.

Maths - Numbots (Username and password is required) children can practise skills they are covering in class

KS1 (Y1/2)

All children will have a reading book each week linked with phonics learning and matched to their phonics and reading ability and a second sharing book that they can choose themselves. Please read with your child and record in the reading record. Children will also receive a weekly set of spellings which they will take home to practise and will be tested on in school.

Children will access Maths - Numbots or Times Table Rockstars (Username and password are required). Mathletics (Username and password is required) children will be set tasks to complete linked to the learning that has been done in the classroom.

KS2 (Y3/4/5)

All children will have a reading book each week. Please read with your child and record in the reading record. Children will also have access to Accelerated Reader (Username and password is required) and will receive a weekly set of spellings which they will take home to practise and will be tested on in school.

Children will access Times Tables Rockstars (username and password are required) Emile (times tables). Mathletics (Username and password is required) children will be set tasks to complete linked to the learning that has been done in the classroom.

KS2 (Y6)

All children will have a reading book each week. Please read with your child and record in the reading record. Children will also have access to Accelerated Reader(Username and password is required) and will receive a weekly set of spellings which they will take home to practise and will be tested on in school.

In Year 6 children are sometimes given additional activities and revision to complete at home in readiness for Secondary School.

How staff at Topcliffe will support:

By providing a range of homework tasks and activities to consolidate and extend learning in class.
By ensuring that our children have a clear understanding of the tasks involved and a common understanding of the high expectations of them, according to their ability.
By communicating with parents and keeping them informed of their child’s progress and attainment and projects and topics to be studied (termly)

How you as parents can support:

By providing somewhere appropriate for your child to complete homework, away from distractions.
By providing encouragement and support when your child needs it.
By supporting the child in what you say about homework – that it helps learning and must be valued.
By praising your child when homework is completed.
By being actively involved in homework, particularly with younger children.

How our children can support themselves:

We expect them to:

Make full use of the opportunities that are presented to them in school.
Tackle homework promptly and with a positive attitude.
Take pride in their work both in school and at home, acknowledging the high expectations and standards expected.
Be organised, so that necessary books, equipment, kit etc. is never left at home.
Be responsible for their homework – handing it in on the agreed day.

Homework feedback to our children:

It is important that feedback is given to children on their homework as quickly as possible. This can be given in a number of ways:

Immediately by parents
Discussion in class where homework is part of the class work.
Testing e.g. spellings, times tables.
Comments from teachers on written work.
Children reviewing their own work in small groups (self assessment)
Presentations of their work to other children in class, in school assemblies.

Teachers need feedback too!

We are interested to know how children carried out their homework – was it too hard, too easy, interesting, boring even!! The reading record is the ideal place for parents, and teachers to record their comments. Parents may also like to tell us whether the time allocation was appropriate, or whether the activity was too short, too long etc. As with all school activities, any concerns can also be discussed with the child’s class teacher, or a member of the Senior Leadership Team.