Cranham C of E Primary School

Cranham C of E Primary School
Sowing the seeds of learning...

Homework expectations

Homework is a wonderful way of keeping our parents in touch with what children are learning about at school. When topics are consolidated through conversations and opportunities at home, it is much more likely for the learning involved to make it into a child's long term memory. But getting the balance for homework is always tricky and it is hard to meet the requirements of all families. Some families like to engage in a lot of homework while others find it difficult to get this completed in their busy timetables. This is totally understandable, and for this reason we offer a mix of expected homework and optional homework. As children move up through the school, the homework expectations become greater - this is in order to prepare them for the big step up to secondary school. The expectations for each class are set out below and we would encourage you and your child to engage with them as much as you can (without making home a battle scene!) If supporting your child with homework becomes challenging for any reason, please come and see us for a chat.

Our main focus is of course on reading. Reading is vitally important to your child’s education. Statistically, children who read more, are significantly more successful in their future lives than their peers who read less. Sometimes encouragement and perseverance are required, as reading regularly can be HARD. It can also be incredibly enjoyable!

To encourage children to engage with homework, we reward dojos for every piece completed and for regular reading.

Beech Class

Early Years Foundations Stage (Reception) expectations:

  • Reading – read at home, little and often at least five times a week. Record all reading in the reading record. If children have a sound book / word pot, practise these when reading.

 

KS1 (Year 1 & Year 2) expectations:

Set on Friday, to be completed by the following Thursday.

  • Reading – read at home, little and often at least 5 times a week. Record all reading in the reading record. If children have a sound book / word pot, practise these when reading.

  • Spellings – practise daily.  (You will notice that there is a new spelling rule explored each week.)

  • Maths – Year 1 will have a suggested game to play (online or in a maths pack to be collected at school). Times Table Rock Stars practice for Year 2 to complete online through their subscription. 

  • Topic work is optional and is usually a practical task or research project. This may be over a few weeks and will enhance the classroom learning. We sometimes hold a small event to share our creations.

   

 

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Hazel Class

Lower Key Stage 2 (Y3 & Y4) expectations:

Homework is set on Friday, to be completed by the following Friday.

  • Reading: children in Key Stage 2 should be reading at least 5 times a week at home. This may only be a few pages of their book at a time, to be recorded in their reading diary which should be signed weekly by parents.
  • Spelling: new spellings will be set on EdShed (online) on a Friday, to practise and learn for the quiz the following Friday.
  • Maths: Times Table Rock Stars practice will be set weekly for children to complete online through their subscription.
  • Topic: an optional practical homework linked to our current topic.

 

 

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Oak Class

Upper Key Stage 2 (Year 5 & Y6) expectations:

Set on Friday, to be completed by the following Thursday, unless advised otherwise.

  • Spelling: new spellings will be set on EdShed (online) on a Friday, to practise and learn for the quiz the following Thursday.
  • Maths: MathsShed (online) will be set weekly starting from the second week.
  • Topic: an optional practical challenge linked to our topic, starting from the second week back.

 

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