{"id":455,"date":"2021-04-21T14:27:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-21T13:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2021-04-23T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-23T13:10:36","slug":"homework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/school-information\/school-policies\/policies-a-h\/homework\/","title":{"rendered":"Homework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We give homework in order to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>promote self reliance, self discipline and confidence.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>promote independent learning by encouraging the child to take responsibility for their personal progress.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>encourage parents, carers and the school to work in partnership for the benefit of the child.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>encourage children to realise that learning takes place outside the class.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Roles and Responsibilities<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 274px\" width=\"712\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><strong><u>Role<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong><u>Responsibilities<\/u><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><strong>Head Teacher<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>To monitor overall homework activity<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><strong>Teacher<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>Set appropriate homework via Google Classrooms<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>Monitor on-line engagement.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><strong>Parents<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>Encourage good homework practices<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>Support their child where necessary<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"114\"><strong>Pupils<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"435\"><strong>Complete tasks to the best of their ability<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>A guide on times spent for homework<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 164px\" width=\"632\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>Spelling<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"496\"><strong>5 minutes per night, three times\u00a0 a week<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>Mental maths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"496\"><strong>5 minutes per night, three times\u00a0 a week<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>Reading<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"496\"><strong>15 minutes per book. All pupils can access on-line Reading Books and activities via the Reading Eggs app.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"113\"><strong>Interdisciplinary Learning\/Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"496\"><strong>10 \u2013 30 minutes appropriate to the task<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><u>Google Classrooms<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All pupils now access homework online via Google Classrooms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Advises of the homework set for the week. If children wish feedback on homework, they can message their teacher or upload a picture of their work.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We give homework in order to: promote self reliance, self discipline and confidence. promote independent learning by encouraging the child to take responsibility for their personal progress. encourage parents, carers and the school to work in partnership for the benefit of the child. encourage children to realise that learning takes place outside the class. Roles and Responsibilities Role Responsibilities Head Teacher To monitor overall homework activity Teacher Set appropriate homework<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/school-information\/school-policies\/policies-a-h\/homework\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18975,"featured_media":0,"parent":634,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-455","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18975"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":614,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455\/revisions\/614"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/sl\/stmaryslanark\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}