Rationale
At Caldercuilt Primary we believe that homework is a vital link in the working partnership between children, parents and staff. Worthwhile tasks that are completed at home enable children to appreciate the help and support of their families in “ thinking together “ and enables parents to help and be involved in their children’s education. It also has an important role to play in reinforcing and extending the learning and teaching that has taken place in the classroom.
Purposes of Home Learning
- To foster a close link between parents/school and the wider community in order to inform and encourage participation
- To widen pupils’ learning experiences and to raise the awareness of parents to the availability and variety of additional learning resources eg library, ICT, seeking the experiences of others
- To reinforce, consolidate and extend the learning experience within the classroom and to help teachers monitor the effectiveness of this
- To promote self confidence and responsibility in planning, organising and delivering through independent learning
- To complete unfinished work when appropriate.
Making Home Learning Work: Successful home learning depends on many factors such as:
- How interesting or engaging the task is
- What kind of day the child has had at school
- When homework is due
- How much there is
- The place where homework is done
- The time when it is done
- How much encouragement and support a child gets at home
