As a support to work done in school, tasks such as reading, spelling, maths, learning a part for the school show, i.e. a poem, etc, may be prescribed which can be completed in a short time and which are within the powers of the pupils. Homework may also take the form of some online learning.

These tasks should take no longer than 10-15 minutes in P1-3; 15-20 minutes in P4-5; 20-30 minutes in P6-7.  Homework is also a means of letting parents know what is happening in school and should be signed by them as part of the home-school link.