Homework
Homework and Reading Expectations
All homework will be given on a Thursday and is due the following Tuesday. The tasks vary slightly depending on the year group your child is in, which you can see in the tables below.
A Homework Web is shared each half term. These give ideas of additional activities you may wish to complete at home; including places you may like to visit. These activities are optional and are designed to support and extend the learning taking place in class. You might choose to enjoy a craft activity on a rainy Sunday, or explore one of our oracy activities together over dinner. While there is no requirement to share completed homework, we always love seeing what the children have created — so please feel free to share work with your child’s class teacher or email it to office.echelford@lumenlearningtrust.co.uk.
Reading is an important skill, which we develop through all years in school. All children should have their reading book and reading record in school each day to support with this.
| Reading & Phonics | Maths | |
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| Reception |
Little Wandle reading sheet in blue homework folder Reading 10 minutes per day: please record when they read in their reading record book.
Children are able to change their reading book on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. |
Maths sheet to complete in their blue homework folder Children are expected to play on Numbots for 5 minutes per week at home |
| Reading | Spelling & Grammar | Maths | ||
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| Year 1 & 2 |
Reading 10 minutes per day: please record when they read in their reading record book.
Children will bring home three reading books which will all be changed every Monday. |
A task will be set for the children to complete in their Grammar and Spelling CGP book. The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. |
A task will be set for the children in their CGP book.
The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. Children are also expected to play on Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars for 5 minutes per week at home. |
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| Year 3 & 4 |
Reading 10 minutes per day. Please record when they read in their reading record book.
Children will bring home a school reading book which they are responsible for changing in their class library once finished. |
A task will be set for the children to complete in their Grammar and Spelling CGP book. The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. |
A task will be set for the children in their CGP book.
The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. Children are also expected to play on Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars for 5 minutes per week at home. Children are also expected to play Times Table Rock Stars for 10 minutes per week at home. |
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| Year 5 |
Reading 10 minutes per day: please record when they read in their reading record book.
Children will bring home a school reading book (or their own book if they are a free reader). They are responsible for changing in their class library once finished. |
A task will be set for the children to complete in their Grammar and Spelling CGP book. The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. |
A task will be set for the children in their CGP book.
The page numbers for the CPG book are emailed out to parents and carers on a Thursday. Children are also expected to play on Numbots or Times Table Rock Stars for 5 minutes per week at home. |
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| Year 6 |
Reading 10 minutes per day: please record when they read in their reading record book.
Children will bring home a school reading book (or their own book if they are a free reader). They are responsible for changing in their class library once finished.
A reading task will be set for children to complete in their Reading CGP book |
A task will be set for the children to complete in their Grammar and Spelling CGP book |
A task will be set for the children to complete in their Maths CGP book.
An arithmetic task which focuses on key concepts the children need support in, leading up to their SATs. |
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Page numbers for their homework can be found in the weekly email sent to parents and, to develop independence, we encourage the children to write the date in each book on a Thursday morning.
We ask that you encourage your child to complete this homework, with your support if needed. Please do not complete your child’s homework for them. We would rather know if they have found it difficult so we can adapt it and support them further at school. If homework is regularly not completed, your class teacher will contact you to discuss if there is any further support they can offer to ensure homework is a positive and beneficial experience for your child.
For our children in Years 5 and 6, we begin to develop their independence and ownership of completing their homework tasks. This helps to prepare them for the increased expectations when they move to secondary school. Year 5If daily signing of their reading record has not been completed, they will miss 5 minutes of their break time. If a child does not bring in or fully complete their homework on Tuesday, they will be given one extra evening to complete it and if they do not, they will miss 5 minutes of their break time. Year 6If homework tasks are not completed, including daily signing of their reading record, they will miss 5 minutes of their break time. If a child does not bring in or fully complete their homework on Tuesday, they will be given one extra evening to complete it and if they do not, they will spend 15 minutes on Wednesday lunchtime completing what they can in that time. Homework WebsHomework Webs are personalised to each year groups learning for the term and can be accessed via our schools website. These are designed to give additional opportunities to enhance and develop your child’s learning through Oracy support, crafts ideas and places to visit. |
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