Homework and stretch

Homework

Evidence from the Education Endowment Foundation shows that completing homework can add 5 months of progress for students, so it is crucial that it is completed.

The main homework which is due Tuesday - Friday is Read, Cover, Write, Check homework based on knowledge organisers (documents containing the key knowledge for each subject). This is to embed the habit of regular revision, and the knowledge links to what students are studying during lessons, and quizzes in our Morning Meetings every day. Students have to read, cover, write out and check with green pen a specified section of the knowledge organiser of a specific subject each day on a page of A4 lined paper from their refill pad, which we have provided.

You can check what section and subject are due when on the homework timetable, which is also summarised below.

The success criteria are as follows:

· Full name, advisory and subject at the top of the page

· Writing on every line; no lines skipped

· Green pen - checking and changing

· Correct subject and section completed

· When there are two subjects, a line drawn to separate the subjects rather than a line skipped

Monday - Sparx Maths

Tuesday – Sparx Reader and English RCWC

Wednesday -

Thursday – Sparx Science

Friday - Geography and History (half a page of each)

Stretch homework is set on a Monday each week in Stretch and is due the following Monday. It is preparation for an independent presentation on a topic they find interesting.

Sparx Maths, Sparx Reader and Sparx Science are online homework programmes which are set each week. Students have seven days from when the homework is set to complete it.

Students have been taken through the Read, Cover, Write, Check process several times, and if they are still unsure, they should attend homework club - which runs after school every day - or speak to their advisor.

Students are also expected to complete 30 minutes of independent reading per day. Please record the page number your child is up to in their planner.

Do not hesitate to contact us if you need any support with homework.

Stretch

Stretch projects help to develop students’ autonomy and love of learning. Each student explores an area of interest within a given theme and exhibits their work for assessment at the end of each cycle. These projects will take place in Robust Reading sessions for students in Year 7 and Year 8.

For each project students will:

· choose an area of interest within a theme

· research their area of interest

· prepare a speech on their chosen area of interest

· prepare a presentation aid to support their speech

· perform their speech to their advisory

By the end of the year, every student will have crafted a beautiful speech, alongside their presentation aid (an A2 presentation board or A4 presentation aid) which will summarise the key points of their Stretch speech as well as including any additional information or supporting pictures that might help with the explanation of the speech.

All students will deliver their stretch projects in front of their advisories.

Advisories will then select an individual to represent them as finalists.

Final exhibitions:

The pinnacle of the stretch projects for each cycle is the final exhibition and stretch final. The final exhibition is a chance for all students to celebrate the hard work and commitment they have shown across the project as well as an opportunity to learn from their peers.