{"id":321,"date":"2019-10-21T14:09:33","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/tinto\/?page_id=321"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:24:42","slug":"homework-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/blackwoodprimaryschool\/homework-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif\">At Blackwood Primary School, pupils are normally set homework on a Monday and should hand it back in on the Friday. Homework mostly consists of a Literacy and Numeracy task and something topic related.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif\">Primary 7 website club have worked hard to\u00a0put together a list of different websites which you may find helpful to support you when doing your homework. We have grouped them as Literacy, Numeracy and Other Curricular Areas.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Literacy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachyourmonstertoread.com\/u\/370186\">https:\/\/www.teachyourmonstertoread.com\/u\/370186<\/a> -&#8220;Teach your monster to read is really good for increasing your literacy skills. This helps children to point out words and to read sentences.\u00a0To access this website you need a login, most of the P1-3 teachers have made logins for their class.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education <\/a>&#8211; &#8220;BBC Bitesize is good if you are looking for some good information for class projects and homework.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk <\/a>&#8211; &#8220;Topmarks has lots of literacy games too.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsspell.com\/\">http:\/\/www.kidsspell.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Numeracy:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/user\/sign_in?to=%2Fcity\">https:\/\/www.sumdog.com\/user\/sign_in?to=%2Fcity<\/a> -&#8220;A fun way to enjoy homework. Sumdog is good for Maths but you do need a login to access this site unless you create an account.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;BBC Bitesize is good if you are looking for some good information for class projects and homework.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk <\/a>&#8211; &#8220;Topmarks is good for increasing your child\u2019s speed\u00a0in maths as it uses quick and easy games that make you think as fast as possible. Another fun way to enjoy maths.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rmeasimaths.com\/Easimaths\/Overview#no-back-button\">https:\/\/www.rmeasimaths.com\/Easimaths\/Overview#no-back-button<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;You need your Glow Email account login details for this website.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolmath4kids.com\/\">https:\/\/www.coolmath4kids.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathplayground.com\/\">http:\/\/www.mathplayground.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolmath-games.com\">www.coolmath-games.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsmathgamesonline.com\">www.kidsmathgamesonline.com<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt;text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Other Curricular Areas:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/education<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;BBC Bitesize is good if you are looking for some good information for class projects and homework.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.topmarks.co.uk <\/a>&#8211; &#8220;Topmarks has lots of games about different subjects in school.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/newsround\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kidsclub\/index.html\">https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kidsclub\/index.html <\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/kidsclub\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.abcya.com\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learninggamesforkids.com\/keyboarding_games\/keyboarding_games_typing_speed_test.html\">http:\/\/www.learninggamesforkids.com\/keyboarding_games\/keyboarding_games_typing_speed_test.html<\/a> &#8220;Helps increase your typing skills.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\">www.activityvillage.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.primaryresources.co.uk\/topic\/topic.htm\">http:\/\/www.primaryresources.co.uk\/topic\/topic.htm<\/a> &#8220;A website which will help with any topic.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/victorians\/\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/british\/victorians\/<\/a> &#8220;A website to help with The Victorians topic. The Victorians was set back in the 1800 when Queen Victoria ruled London and was ungrateful.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.srl.caltech.edu\/personnel\/krubal\/rainforest\/Edit560s6\/www\/facts.html\">http:\/\/www.srl.caltech.edu\/personnel\/krubal\/rainforest\/Edit560s6\/www\/facts.html <\/a>&#8220;A website to help you learn about the rainforest. An area of a rainforest the size of a football field is being destroyed each second.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 14pt\">Internet Safety<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">&#8220;The No1 item on all parents\/carers minds when children are using the web is Internet Safety. \u00a0It is of\u00a0extremely important to us here at Blackwood Primary School too. \u00a0We urge ALL parents\/carers to sit with their child and visit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.childline.org.uk\/explore\/onlinesafety\/pages\/onlinesafety.aspx\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">Childline<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/ceop.police.uk\/\"><u><span style=\"color: #0066cc\">CEOP<\/span><\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>websites and read the very important internet safety guidelines. \u00a0If you, as a pupil, are ever concerned about anything that happens online, speak to a parent, teacher or someone you trust immediately. You can also report online behaviour on the CEOP website using the click and report button.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Blackwood Primary School, pupils are normally set homework on a Monday and should hand it back in on the Friday. Homework mostly consists of a Literacy and Numeracy task and something topic related. 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