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From year 2 upwards, children are expected to complete a piece of Maths and a piece of English home learning once a week. This enables parents to see what their children have been learning about that week as well as giving the children an opportunity to consolidate their learning at home.
Maths and English Practice Books: Each Practice book contains tasks that the children may be asked to complete to reinforce their learning in school that week. Each task has three parts to it: ‘practise’, ‘extend’ and ‘apply’. The expectation is that all children would complete ‘practise’, most children should also be able to complete ‘extend’ and those who wish to challenge themselves could complete ‘apply’. The English books also contain reading comprehensions where children can analyse an age-appropriate text in more depth.
Your child’s class teacher will let you know which exercise the children should complete each week. Children will also receive lists of the spellings they have been taught in class to practice at home.
Parents can also support their children by reading with them each night and discussing the books they have read.
The children work very hard at school during the day so we want to keep home learning simple and easy to manage. The concept of ‘little and often’ works best, and can have a great impact.
Occasionally, your child may be given a home learning project to complete, which is a great opportunity to get you and your child talking about their learning. These projects are intended to be fun and to extend your child’s learning beyond the classroom. If you have any questions about projects or any aspect of Home Learning, please speak to your child’s class teacher.