Homework is important because:

• It can help pupils make more rapid progress in learning
• Working at home can provide a quiet and private space for thoughtful work of all kinds
• It can allow valuable practice of skills learned in the classroom
• It can involve parents / carers and other in the pupil’s work for their mutual benefit
• It forms a link with the methods of study crucial to success later in secondary school

Homework is set in accordance with our homework policy which is approved by governors.  Homework will involve reading, an online based maths program (‘mathletics’) and one other piece of homework.  Homework is set on a Friday and must be returned by Wednesday.

This allows time for children to raise questions about the homework set on a Monday or a Tuesday.  Teachers cannot guarantee to mark homework that is submitted late. 

Each pupil has an orange homework diary which should be used regularly as a contact book between home and school.  Children are expected to read every day for a minimum of ten minutes.

Parents / carers are asked to sign the reading record every day to confirm that the child has either read to the parent or the parent has witnessed the child quietly doing their reading.  

You can help your child by:

• Checking that homework details are filled in clearly and regularly in the book
• Signing the record daily when your child has read
• Organising your child’s time to the best advantage so that things are not left to the last minute or forgotten
• Trying to make sure that there are suitable working conditions at home
• Taking a positive and active interest in your child’s homework rather than just insisting that it is done
• Letting us know if there are problems with homework that you cannot resolve.  Contact the class teacher in the first instance who will be glad to help.