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school.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil responsibilities<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Take responsibility for returning or submitting work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make time to do assignments carefully and well.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plan ahead and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">NOT<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> leave assignments until the last minute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ask for help early when stuck, frustrated or having difficulties meeting due dates. Ask a teacher in school or a family member.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let teachers\/families know if they need any resources.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contact the class teacher with any online login issues.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Family responsibilities<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Families can have a positive effect on homework completion and help children to develop effective learning habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Provide a suitable environment and time for learning at home.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Show interest in what is being done through talking with the learner, asking about what and how they are learning.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Listen to learner worries and complaints and be patient.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Inform the school if there are any difficulties or if homework is causing stress at home.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><i>We recognise that homework can cause tension in households and we would never want this to be the case.\u00a0 Homework is optional. We understand that families are busy and there may be times when you are unable to complete homework. If you are finding homework is causing any tension then please speak with us to see how we can best support you and your child.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Look out for the homework guide for your child&#8217;s class (normally issued in term 1) or contact the class teacher for the expectations for homework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Menstrie Primary School, homework is an area we wish to encourage in a positive way as we believe that your interest, encouragement and sharing of time with your child is of the greatest value in their overall development. \u00a0 Purpose of homework Encourage curiosity in learning, self-discipline and individual responsibility for learner\u2019s own development. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/info-families\/homework-help\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Homework Help<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3027,"featured_media":0,"parent":36,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-67","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3027"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3067,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67\/revisions\/3067"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/menstrieprimary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}