Home Learning

The summary below provides you with an overview of home learning for key stages 3 and 4, what your child will need to do and how you can support them.

What are the aims of setting homework?

  • Reinforce understanding and mastery of classroom lessons
  • Encourage independent learning
  • Develop good study habits
  • Encourage time management skills
  • Foster responsibility and accountability
  • Develop critical thinking skills

What homework will be set?

Key Stage 3

For KS3, the allocation for each subject is as follows:

Subjects

Teaching time per week (hours)

Homework time per week (minutes)

Maths, English & Science

4

30

French and Spanish, History,
Geography, PE, DT, IT, Performing Arts

1-2

20

Key Stage 4

For KS4, the allocation for each subject is as follows:

Subjects

Teaching time per week (hours)

Homework time per week (minutes)

Maths, English & Science

5

45

French and Spanish

2

30

Options:
Art, Computing, Drama, Music, Religious Studies, DT, Food Tech, History, Geography, PE, etc

1-2

30

What day will my child get homework for each subject?

Please check your child’s lesson timetable to confirm the option (i.e. French or Spanish)

Monday

  • Science
  • PE
  • Art, Design and Technology

Tuesday

  • Maths
  • Computing

Wednesday

  • Dance, Drama or Music

Thursday

  • English

Friday

  • History
  • Geography
  • French or Spanish

Monday

  • Science
  • PE
  • Computing

Tuesday

  • Maths

Wednesday

  • Dance, Drama or Music

Thursday

  • English
  • Art, Design and Technology

Friday

  • History
  • Geography
  • French or Spanish

Monday

  • Science
  • PE
  • Dance, Drama or Music

Tuesday

  • Maths
  • French or Spanish

Wednesday

  • Art, Design and Technology
  • Computing

Thursday

  • English

Friday

  • History
  • Geography

Please check your child’s lesson timetable to confirm the option (i.e. French or Spanish)

Monday

  • Science
  • French or Spanish

Tuesday

  • Dance, Drama or Music
  • PE

Wednesday

  • History

Thursday

  • English
  • Geography

Friday

  • Maths 
  • Computing
  • Art, Design and Technology

Monday

  • Science
  • French or Spanish

Tuesday

  • PE
  • Art, Design and Technology
  • History

Thursday

  • English
  • Computing
  • Geography

 

Friday

  • Maths
  • Dance, Drama or Music

Monday

  • Science

Tuesday

  • PE
  • Dance, Drama or Music
  • French or Spanish

Wednesday

  • Geography

Thursday

  • English
  • Art, Design and Technology
  • History

Friday

  • Maths
  • Computing

Please check your child’s lesson timetable to confirm the option (i.e. French or Spanish)

Monday

  • English
  • History
  • French or Spanish

Tuesday

  • Dance, Drama or Music
  • PE

 

Thursday

  • Maths
  • Computing

Friday

  • Science
  • Art, Design and Technology
  • Geography

Monday

  • English
  • Geography

Tuesday

  • PE
  • Art, Design and Technology

Wednesday

  • French or Spanish
  • Computing

Thursday

  • Maths

Friday

  • Science
  • History
  • Dance, Drama or Music

Monday

  • English
  • History

Tuesday

  • Dance, Drama or Music
  • French or Spanish

Wednesday

  • Geography
  • PE

Thursday

  • Maths

Friday

  • Science
  • Computing
  • Art, Design and Technology

Please check your child’s lesson timetable to confirm the option 

Monday

  • English 
  • Option A
  • Option C

Tuesday

  • Science
  • Option B
  • Option D

Wednesday

  • Option A

Thursday

  • Option A
  • Option D

Friday

  • Maths
  • Option B
  • Option C

Please check your child’s lesson timetable to confirm the option 

Monday

  • English 
  • History or Geography
  • Option

Tuesday

  • Maths
  • Option

Wednesday

  • Option

Thursday

  • Science
  • Option

Friday

  • History or Geography
  • Option
Where is the homework set?

Instructions from the teacher are placed weekly in the Google classrooms. Teachers will ensure that the students can access these using their Chromebooks.

  1. Students are expected to complete all assigned homework on time.
  2. Students should seek assistance from their teachers or attend the lunch time homework club when they encounter difficulties before the deadline for submission of homework.
  3. Students must submit their own work.
  4. Students who miss homework will be required to make up any missed work.
  5. Students who do not complete homework on time may receive a sanction.

There are a number of ways that you can support your son/daughter at home:

  • At the start of term they may need help with developing a routine once they come home from school.
    Part of developing a routine will be to decide where to complete the homework; somewhere they can focus but also ask for help from a parent/carer/sibling if needed.
  • Monitoring the Google Classrooms for what homework has been set occasionally, maybe once or twice a week, would also be supportive.
  • Praise for their effort and completion of work to a high standard also helps students to continue with the weekly homework routine.
  • Please check MCAS for to check for after school homework sessions or referrals to the homework clinic.