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Why do you come to school?

Why is is homework im important?

• Re-inforce skills and knowledge
• Opportunity for prep work
• Helps you to become an independent learner
• Self-motivation
• Organisation skills
• Time-management skills

What does the research say?

Keystage 3 homework strategy

• Every Year 7 and Year 8 student will get a homework booklet, prep

book and folder

• 30 minute homework tasks. Weekly for English, Maths and Science.

Fortnightly for all other subjects

• You choose the task (unless directed otherwise)
• Work completed in the prep book
• Signed at home when each piece of work is completed

Normal rules for presentatio ion apply

• Writing in blue or black ink
• Drawing in pencil
• Put a date and title on each piece of work
• Underline the date and title using a ruler

Activ ivities

• Red pen, black pen
• Questions and answers
• Revision clocks
• Flash cards
• A5 revision cards
• Text to pictures
• Languages practice
• Emphasis on self-quizzing

Red pen, bla lack pen

• Study a section of your knowledge organiser

and try to remember it.

• Cover the knowledge organiser and write what

you can remember in your prep book in blue

• r black pen.
• Check your knowledge organiser and add

anything that you had forgotten in red pen.

• Repeat with a different section of the

knowledge organiser.

Questions and answers

• Use your knowledge organiser to write

a list of questions in your prep book.

• Cover your knowledge organiser and

write the answers in your prep book.

• Check your answers and correct any

that you got wrong.

Revis ision clo locks

• Study a section of your knowledge
• rganiser and try to remember it.
• Cover the knowledge organiser and

write what you can remember in the first section of your revision clock.

• Check your knowledge organiser

and add anything that you had forgotten.

• Repeat with a different section of

the knowledge organiser.

Fla lashcards

• Study a section of your knowledge organiser and try to remember it.
• Cover the knowledge organiser and write what you can remember on

to a flashcard.

• Check your knowledge organiser and add anything that you had

forgotten.

• You can give the flashcards to an adult so that they can quiz you.

A5 revis isio ion cards

• Study a section of your

knowledge organiser and try to remember it.

• Cover the knowledge organiser

and write what you can remember into a section of the diagram.

• Check your knowledge organiser

and add anything that you had forgotten.

Text xt to pictures

• Study a section of your knowledge
• rganiser and draw pictures/diagrams

to help you to remember what you are reading, on a piece of paper.

• Cover the knowledge organiser and,

using only your diagrams as prompts, write what you can remember in your prep book.

• Check your knowledge organiser and

add anything that you had forgotten.

Languages practice

• For French and Spanish you

should use your knowledge

• rganisers to write sentences

using key vocabulary.

• Use the sentence structures and

vocabulary lists provided.

• Practice the sentences with a

family member or a friend.

Subject Day completed Signed (home) English Maths Science Geography Philosophy, religion and ethics Art Drama IT Spanish Signed (school)

Week beginning 7 January 2019 (week 1)

How wil ill your homework be checked?

• In tutor time during equipment checks
• Tutors will sign the week overview to say that an adequate amount of

work has been completed

• Tutors will check and comment on standard of presentation
• Your work will not marked for content by tutors

How wil ill your homework be checked?

• Quizzing in lessons
• Teachers will be able to tell if you are doing your homework

effectively

Detentio ions for not doing homework

• Set by tutor
• One hour long
• One homework detention per night. Each house on a different night
• Identify and deal with repeat offenders
• Homework club to support students who want help

Lost booklets and prep books

• Students buy a replacement booklet, prep book and folder
• £3
• Or can print their own booklet from the school website
• Identify and deal with repeat offenders

Keystage 3 homework strategy

• Clarity about the amount of homework
• Clarity about the tasks
• Meaningful tasks
• More time in lessons to focus on application of skills and creative

learning

• Learning revision skills
• Developing independent learners