Home Learning

Home learning has an important role to play in reinforcing and extending the learning and teaching that has taken place in the classroom. It is a vital link in the working partnership between children, parents and staff.

Our aims of home learning

• Encourages a sense of purpose and achievement.
• Provides a point of contact with parents and takes advantage of all kinds of resources for learning at home.
• Is a means of reinforcing what has been learnt in school.
• Is a vehicle for parental involvement, developing an effective partnership between the school and parents and other carers in pursuing the aims of the school.
• Is a means of developing good study habits and the self-discipline needed to study on their own.
• Encourages a sense of ownership and of responsibility for learning.

The responsibility of the children

•  To make the time to complete work carefully and well.
• To discuss difficulties with the teacher as soon as they arise.
• To ensure parents know the task (s) to be completed and ask for support if necessary.
• To complete the tasks set to the same standard as they would in class.
• To complete their work in appropriate blue pen (no felt-tip or coloured/gel pens) or pencil.
• To hand in completed work on or before the due date.

The role of parents and carers in supporting their children

•  Provide a reasonably peaceful, suitable place in which the children can do their home learning – alone, or for younger children, together with an adult.
• Make it clear to their children that they value home learning and support the school in explaining how it can help their learning.
• Encourage their children and praise them when they have completed home learning.

Home Learning should only take approximately 15/20 minutes in KS1 and 20/30 minutes in KS2.