Homework
| It is our policy to give children work to be completed at home. We feel it is a valuable and essential part of school work. It enhances the quality of the children's education and strengthens the home/school partnership in relation to the children's learning. We actively encourage parents to share the homework with the children but not to complete it for them. There is a homework booklet available in school, which gives ideas for you to support your child's all-round education. | |||
| Parents can help their child in a number of practical ways: | |||
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| Parental praise is a great encouragement, and your help with homework is not cheating. However, if you regularly help your child we would like to be told so that we can properly monitor progress. | |||
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| We feel it is very important for all our children to regularly share their reading book with an adult at home. The school will provide reading materials for the children to take home for the evening. As reading books are extremely expensive, we ask that all parents ensure that the books are well looked after and returned to school. | |||
| Children may also be asked to practise valuable skills already taught (handwriting, spelling, tables etc..,) or finish a piece of work started at school. In addition they will be asked to contribute information and find materials relating to their class topics each term. Class 2 children have weekly maths and English homework. | |||
| We feel strongly that homework must not be given to 'occupy' the children, is not a punishment and should not distress the child and we do feel that children also need time to play and relax as the school day is very full. | |||
| The work the children are asked to do will be appropriate to their age, ability and their particular needs. | |||
