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My child is very happy at St Botolph’s and enjoys coming to school each day, his progress has been magnificent and we are so proud of all he has achieved…. All in all we are extremely happy with this wonderful school!
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Homework is a valuable element of the teaching and learning process which can raise standards, improve your child’s attitude to learning, extend and enrich class work and improve your child’s organisational and study skills. Click here for our full Homework Policy
We value homework and the learning partnership between school and home. We see homework as an opportunity to:
Much of the homework set will centre on you working with your child. For example, reading with them, learning spellings and number bonds/multiplication tables.
Getting your child into an organised supported pattern of learning at home will reap rewards during their secondary education.
Remember our strapline is “New day…Endless possibilities”. Never be afraid to discuss homework with the teacher if you need further information. Together we can create secure foundations for lifelong learning.
Every child has an individual work pace so the time taken to learn or complete work will vary. Homework is usually set on a Friday to be returned by the following Wednesday. As the children get older, the expectations regarding the quantity of work increases in preparation for their transition to secondary education:
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Weekly |
Ongoing |
FOUNDATION STAGE |
Alternate Maths/Story packs.
Specific targeted challenge. |
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YEAR 1/2 (Homework is introduced gradually in year 1) |
Homework lotto – Children to select a piece of homework to complete from a selection (a set amount of English and maths pieces must be completed during each half-term). |
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YEAR 3/4
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YEAR 5 |
Homework lotto – Children to select a piece of English and maths homework to complete each week from a selection of each. |
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YEAR 6 |
SATs Maths, Reading and GPS revision |
Reading well is an essential part of your child’s education as it unlocks their ability to understand other subjects, leading to increased understanding and progress.
Reading helps your child to communicate and interact with others. It improves speaking, listening and writing. It is an essential life skill.
As parents, as our children get older and are more independent readers, we tend to be less involved when actually your children need you more as the content and language gets increasingly challenging!
Key messages are:
The children are on holiday for over a quarter of the year. The curriculum expectations are high and experience has shown us that doing no homework/learning over holiday periods leads to children forgetting many skills learnt. In addition, later in their educational life (but as soon as Y6), the school holidays become the key revision time and so children assuming that school holidays mean they don’t have to do any work won’t help prepare them for the next phase in their education!
Creative holiday homework was introduced in response to feedback received from parents, to promote different skills and as a break from the more formal term-time homework.
We set a creative task for FS-Y5 for each short holiday to encourage the children to use and apply their learning in a more fun way whilst still keeping those brains active. Y6 will continue to have written homework during the short holidays in preparation for SATs but may complete the creative task in addition to this if they wish.
This holiday homework is optional (except work set for year 6) but strongly encouraged and children who choose to complete this homework will continue to be recognised for their hard work and commitment.
Mrs Pepper (Head Teacher)
St Botolph's C of E Primary School
Forest Street
Shepshed
Leicestershire
LE12 9DA
Tel: 01509 503387
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