Homework
Homework Culture
Getting students ready for GCSE, further study and the world beyond school is vital and being able to organise themselves to complete review work, or homework is an important part of that. We believe that homework should be:
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Meaningful (not setting tasks for the sake of it, and in a way where the students can see the value)
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Manageable (in terms of both amounts for students but also staff workload)
Year 7
Once pupils are up and running with Bedrock and Sparx Maths, compulsory homework is set weekly via these two platforms on a Monday morning, with a deadline for submission on Sunday at 8pm. On Bedrock, pupils are expected to complete 20 points on either the vocabulary or the grammar sections. They should aim to rotate these each week. On Sparx they should either spend a minimum of 30 minutes or get 100%.
Year 8 & 9
Compulsory homework is set weekly on a Monday across Bedrock, Sparx Maths and Sparx Science with a deadline for submission on a Sunday at 8pm. On Bedrock, pupils are expected to complete 20 points on either the vocabulary or the grammar sections. They should aim to rotate these each week. On Sparx they should either spend a minimum of 30 minutes or get 100%.
Failure to complete homework across these platforms will result in a 60 minute Homework detention scheduled for Tuesday after school. Even if the homework is completed between the deadline and the detention, the student will still be required to attend. To support homework completion, homework clubs run every morning in room A6 from 8:00-8:45 am and on Monday and Thursday after school from 4-5pm in room A3.
Other subjects may wish to set homework. Completion of this homework will be reward based only, and no sanction will be issued if it is not completed.
Key Stage 4 (Year 10 & 11)
Homework is set across all GCSE subjects. This will be weekly from Monday to Monday for English, Maths and Science and will be set either weekly or fortnightly for other GCSE subjects. Homework failure in any subject will result in a 60-minute Homework detention on a Tuesday after school. Just like in Key Stage 3, completion of the homework after the cutoff time still warrants attendance at the detention.
BromCom will be used; to notify parents/carers when homework is set; to award house points for timely and well-done homework (1HP), reward exceptional pieces of homework (3HP) and to inform you about incomplete homework/detentions.
