{"id":399,"date":"2015-06-16T10:55:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T10:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/primarytemplate\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2017-11-04T09:45:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T09:45:29","slug":"homework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/information-2\/homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gallowhill Primary School<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Homework Policy<\/span><\/p>\n

Rationale:<\/span><\/p>\n

A further survey garnered parents\u2019 views of homework.<\/p>\n

It was concluded that parents were generally satisfied with the range of homework tasks and the time allocation but would welcome some tips\/guidance on how to best support their children.<\/p>\n

Policy Guidelines<\/span>:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year Group<\/td>\nRange of tasks<\/td>\nTime allocation<\/td>\nParental tips<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary 1<\/td>\nReading \u2013 4 nights<\/p>\n

Maths \u2013 Tuesday<\/p>\n

Writing-Wednesday<\/p>\n

Sounds- Thursday<\/td>\n

20 mins per night, 4 nights per week<\/td>\nHomework letter sent home explaining the expectations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primary 2<\/td>\nReading \u2013 4 nights<\/p>\n

Spelling \u2013 once per<\/p>\n

Week<\/p>\n

Maths \u2013 as above<\/p>\n

Talk \u2013 once per term<\/p>\n

Topic where relevant<\/td>\n

20 mins per night, 4 nights per week<\/td>\nDiscuss book\/words etc<\/p>\n

Play I Spy type games<\/p>\n

Use the marker<\/p>\n

Sit with child<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Primary 3<\/td>\nReading<\/p>\n

Maths<\/p>\n

Spelling\/phonics<\/p>\n

Topic where relevant<\/td>\n

20 mins per night, 4 nights per week<\/td>\nHave a box with pencils, rubber, sharpener,ruler<\/p>\n

Refer to the marker and sign<\/p>\n

Quiet area-no t.v etc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Primary 4<\/td>\nReading<\/p>\n

Maths<\/p>\n

Spelling<\/p>\n

Topic where relevant<\/td>\n

20 mins per night, 4 nights per week<\/td>\nHave a box with pencils, rubber, sharpener,ruler<\/p>\n

Refer to the marker and sign<\/p>\n

Quiet area-no t.v etc<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Primary 5<\/td>\nReading \u2013 nightly<\/p>\n

Spelling<\/p>\n

Maths<\/p>\n

Both of the above issued on a Mon to be completed by Thurs<\/td>\n

Reading \u2013 15mins per night<\/p>\n

Spelling and maths \u2013 10 mins per night<\/td>\n

Reading \u2013 discuss the story<\/p>\n

Other \u2013encourage child to discuss any difficulties<\/p>\n

Consistent use of teaching strategies between school and home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Primary 6<\/td>\nReading<\/p>\n

Spelling<\/p>\n

Reading detectives<\/p>\n

Maths<\/p>\n

News Report<\/td>\n

Homework given out on a Monday to be returned following Monday.<\/p>\n

Approx 30-40 mins per night<\/td>\n

LCSC for Spelling<\/p>\n

Encourage pupil to look at all homework at start of week and flag up any difficulties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Primary 7<\/td>\nReading<\/p>\n

Spelling<\/p>\n

Reading detectives<\/p>\n

Maths<\/p>\n

News Report<\/td>\n

Homework given out on a Monday to be returned following Monday.<\/p>\n

Approx 30-40 mins per night<\/td>\n

LCSC for Spelling<\/p>\n

Encourage pupil to look at all homework at start of week and flag up any difficulties<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This policy will be reviewed annually to ensure that it is still fit for purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gallowhill Primary School\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Homework Policy Rationale: A further survey garnered parents\u2019 views of homework. It was concluded that parents were generally satisfied with the range of homework tasks and the time allocation but would welcome some tips\/guidance on how to best support their children. Policy Guidelines:   Year Group Range of tasks Time allocation Parental … Continue reading Homework<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4493,"featured_media":0,"parent":232,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":768,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/768"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/gallowhill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}