Revised Homework Policy

Please note we have now updated our homework policy.  The full version is available on the school website.  A key change is the year group specific guidance, we hope this helps guide support from home:

Reception
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for at least 5 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       “Sight words” will be sent home to learn, as appropriate.
·       In the autumn term, theme related projects will be sent home each week.
·       From the Spring term onwards, one additional piece of homework will be sent home each week, consolidating maths and English, alternating weekly.

Year One
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 5 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       One additional piece of homework will be sent home each week, consolidating maths and English, alternating weekly.
·       Spellings will also be sent home to learn each week.

Year Two
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 10 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       One additional piece of homework will be sent home each week, consolidating maths and English, alternating weekly.
·       Spellings will also be sent home to learn each week.

Year Three
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 10 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       One additional piece of homework will be sent home each week, consolidating maths and English, alternating weekly.  Occasionally, a topic related project will replace this.
·       Spellings will also be sent home to learn each week.

Year Four
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 15 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       One additional piece of homework will be sent home each week, consolidating maths and English, alternating weekly.
·       Spellings will also be sent home to learn each week.

Year Five
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 15 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       There will be spellings and mental maths that children will need to revise for each week.
·       On Mondays, children will receive a piece of maths or English homework that will be marked and needs to be returned on the following Friday.
·       On weekends, children will be able to choose a task from their topic box activities; this needs to be returned on Mondays.

Year Six
·       Children are expected to read at home daily for 20 minutes and then to record their reading in their journals. 
·       Each week a piece of maths homework will be set, based on current class learning. 
·       In addition to this, a piece of English homework will also be set, alternating between a reading-based task and a writing task.
·       Spellings will also be sent home to learn each week.
·       Children will be expected to revise all maths and English topics through their revision guides.  Children will need to take responsibility for their own revision, and ensure all topics are covered and understood.

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