Homework
Homework is an important part of school work since it allows
pupils to develop independent habits of study and to see
whether they have really understood the work taught in lessons.
It would be helpful if parents could see that pupils have
somewhere to work which has a good writing surface and is
quiet and warm.
Planners
At the start of each year, pupils are given a Planner which
should enable them to organise their work. Parents and teachers
are encouraged to use the Planner to monitor and comment
on pupils' work and progress.
The
aims of setting homework are to complete or consolidate
work done in class; to leave pupils to pursue their own lines
of enquiry; to prepare work for the next lesson; or to
finish an extended piece of work. The tasks asked of pupils
may include factual or imaginative writing, reading, exercises,
learning or revising, fact-finding, illustration or map
work.
There are many ways in which parents can help their
children including:
- providing the best environment for homework to be done;
- encouraging and supporting them;
- checking presentation, handwriting and spelling;
- testing what has been set to be learnt;
- listening to them reading what they have written;
- asking them to explain what they have been studying.
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