Homework
Definition of Homework: As stated in the school homework policy, it is important that parents, teachers and students understand that homework should not be limited to worksheets, question and answer, homework book activities. Activities including reading for pleasure, completing puzzles, building a cubby, cooking, art and craft, listening to music, finding out about the family history or just simply playing are all equally important to completing traditional academic homework tasks.
Rationale: Homework provides the students with opportunities to revise, consolidate, enrich and extend their classroom learning. It also extends the time available for the exploration of new ideas and new situations. Homework can also aid teachers and parents in partnership to support their children in developing positive homework habits. The following principles and guidelines will aid teachers in partnership with parents to formulate their approach to setting homework.
Principles
· Homework may be set by classroom teachers to support the development of the student’s independence as a learner.
· It is not compulsory that homework is set.
· Homework can take a number of forms, depending on the purpose for which it is set.
· Homework must be disassociated from any form of punishment or means of securing discipline.
· The amount of homework set should not impinge on family activities or induce stress or work overload on the student.
Homework in D2
The purpose of homework is to consolidate concepts learned in the classroom and to give the children an opportunity to discover information which they can contribute to classroom learning. We believe that children learn by creating, and for this reason homework will be tasks guided by classroom negotiated criteria, rarely in the form of worksheets. They will from time to time bring home incomplete work which will need to be finished and returned to school as soon as possible. At all times, the children are encouraged to work towards work completion at home. Unless something is a test, we encourage them to work on their learning tasks at home. This helps the learner to transition from school work being 'because the teacher said so', to 'I want to do my best and learn.'
A list of the routine elements of homework can be found at the bottom of this page.
Other components of the homework options available to your child are;
The children benefit from having a student diary, or by using the iCal facility on their iPads. They need to be responsible for recording their own homework and ensuring that they have personally met the requirements of our class. This will be something for which they will need to take personal responsibility.
Rationale: Homework provides the students with opportunities to revise, consolidate, enrich and extend their classroom learning. It also extends the time available for the exploration of new ideas and new situations. Homework can also aid teachers and parents in partnership to support their children in developing positive homework habits. The following principles and guidelines will aid teachers in partnership with parents to formulate their approach to setting homework.
Principles
· Homework may be set by classroom teachers to support the development of the student’s independence as a learner.
· It is not compulsory that homework is set.
· Homework can take a number of forms, depending on the purpose for which it is set.
· Homework must be disassociated from any form of punishment or means of securing discipline.
· The amount of homework set should not impinge on family activities or induce stress or work overload on the student.
Homework in D2
The purpose of homework is to consolidate concepts learned in the classroom and to give the children an opportunity to discover information which they can contribute to classroom learning. We believe that children learn by creating, and for this reason homework will be tasks guided by classroom negotiated criteria, rarely in the form of worksheets. They will from time to time bring home incomplete work which will need to be finished and returned to school as soon as possible. At all times, the children are encouraged to work towards work completion at home. Unless something is a test, we encourage them to work on their learning tasks at home. This helps the learner to transition from school work being 'because the teacher said so', to 'I want to do my best and learn.'
A list of the routine elements of homework can be found at the bottom of this page.
Other components of the homework options available to your child are;
- STUDYLADDER - The children have all been given a username and password. This is an optional method of homework, but we are trying to elevate their desire to discover information and to master new concepts. This is simply another vehicle to achieve internal motivation. Studyladder is an ongoing homework option. There are interactive activities, printable sheets and video tutorials that you can do with your child. Occasionally there will be assigned tasks which relate to the learning sequences which are happening in the class.
- A set of reading/writing activity cards is available for the children to take home and complete. Cards need to be cared for and returned to school with the piece of work created by the child. Appropriate methods of recognition of completion and celebration of effort is currently being negotiated with the children. Our aim is to elevate their internal motivation and desire to improve.
The children benefit from having a student diary, or by using the iCal facility on their iPads. They need to be responsible for recording their own homework and ensuring that they have personally met the requirements of our class. This will be something for which they will need to take personal responsibility.
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