Homework – What to Expect

Please find below the summary for each year group.

Nursery – Oak 1

  • Children are invited to take bedtime books each day to share at home
  • Occasionally Marvellous Me challenges are sent to encourage parents to further develop skills we have been working on in Nursery

Reception – Oak 2

  • Pupils have a weekly guided reading book which they are encouraged to read daily
  • Pupils are also encourage to independently change a bedtime story book with parents at the beginning of the day
  • Pupils are sent home a writing pack at Christmas where they are able to practice letter formation, phase 2 and 3 tricky words, number formations and phase 3 sound

Year 1 – Holly 1

Opportunity to rehearse prior learning through:

  • Daily reading of at least ten minutes and recorded in the reading record
  • Handwriting
  • Maths
  • Topic

Year 2 – Holly 2

  • Weekly spellings are sent home
  • Tasks are set on Mathletics
  • A reading comprehension or a project based learning task
  • Daily reading for at least ten minutes and recorded in the reading record

Year 3 – Willow 1

  • Daily reading for at least fifteen minutes and recorded in the reading record
  • Mathletics activities linked to current maths learning and rehearsal of their times tables, using Times  Table Rockstars
  • Spelling, grammar and reading tasks to enhance and embed their learning
  • On occasion we ask pupils to research home learning projects

Year 4 – Willow 2

  • Daily reading for at least fifteen minutes and recorded in the reading record
  • Mathletics activities linked to current topic as well as Times Table Rockstars
  • Spelling or grammar activity to consolidate and embed learning covered each week

Year 5 – Maple 1

  • Weekly maths including Mathletics and practising on Times Table Rockstars
  • Weekly English linked to spelling, reading or grammar taught that week
  • Daily reading for fifteen minutes to be recorded in the reading record
  • Half termly project based learning linked to the inquiry question

Year 6 – Maple 2

  • Daily reading for fifteen minutes and recorded in the reading record
  • A task designed to complement or support current curriculum study.  The weekly work can be combined in a series of activities which combine to create a project outcome
  • Opportunity for children to access Times Table Rockstars or equivalent to learn Times Tables