We are all aware of the importance of homework in deepening knowledge and understanding and understand that ‘practice makes perfect’ with lots of things. However, it seems that many parents/carers and children find homework stressful and off putting which is not how we would want anyone to feel about learning.
We want our pupils to work with parents at home because they want to improve, not because we have told them to. We are also aware that homework can be an ongoing indicator of how your child is doing in school.
We have created grids of suggested activities for children which you can dip into with your child or for older children/independent learners, your child can do independently. You will see there are literacy, numeracy, health and well-being, art and life skills suggestions. These are clearly not exhaustive – we hope that your child’s interests and needs drive what you do.
The suggestions suit the following stages –
Sheet 1 Primary 1
Sheet 2 Primaries 2 and 3
Sheet 3 Primary 4
Sheet 4 Primary 5
Sheet 5 Primary 6
Sheet 6 Primary 7
This is a rough guide as all children learn at different rates so feel free to use the activities that suit you best.
As with all homework, we would suggest that doing something each day is better than trying to do everything in one night and forgetting about it for the rest of the week.
Most of all, we would like the children to enjoy what they are doing and celebrate their improvement and progress.
Number Bonds and Fact Families
