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Homework 

ST PAUL'S CATHOLIC   PRIMARY SCHOOL         GRACEMERE               

At St Paul's a variety of purposeful, relevant and well-structured homework tasks are selected to promote the achievement of the desired learning outcomes. 
We believe parental involvement is necessary to the success of homework and thus communication between school and home is essential for its success.

 The following table is a guide for teachers on the approximate activities and time students can be expected to spend on homework tasks each school night.

​​RECOMMENDED ACTIVITIES & TIME SPENT ON HOMEWORK WEEK

PREP

Semester One 

  • Initial Lit phonics revision, letter formation practice and basic number revision and formation

  •  Oral Language discussion cards – (Seesaw)

  • Tricky/Sight Words revision (Term 2)        

READING - being read to by a family member nightly

Semester Two

  • Initial Lit phonics tricky word revision,

  • Letter formation practice and basic number revision and formation.

  • Decodable home readers.

READING – reading home readers with adult assistance, being read to by a family member nightly

 

5 minutes per night – no more than 30 minutes per week

10 min Parent reading to child

Year 1/2

  • Daily reading to, with, and by family members

  • Revision of number concepts and number formation

  • Spelling activity

  • Tricky/Sight Words

  • Letter Formation

  • Sentence writing

  • Revision through educational games

  • Preparation for oral language show and shares

 

10 minutes per night – no more than 45 minutes per week

10 min assisted reading10 min Parent reading to child

Year 3/4

  • Daily independent reading and opportunities to develop essential reading skills for example predicting, comprehension, fluency, reading rate and expression.

  • Revision of number concepts and skills in real life situations

  • Spelling activity

  • Sentence writing

  • Revision through educational games

  • Extra-curricular activities

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15 minutes per night – no more than 1 hours per week

10 min assisted reading

15 min independent reading

Year 5/6

 

  • Student diaries are encouraged to be used in place of homework sheets (or transitioning from sheet to diaries).

  • Daily independent reading and opportunities to develop essential reading skills for example predicting, comprehension, fluency, reading rate and expression.

  • Revision of basic number concepts and developing problem solving strategies

  • Spelling activity

  • Sentence writing

  • Homework can be research based to prepare for future work, but research techniques must be taught in class prior to this request at home.

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30 minutes per night – no more than 2 hours per week

30 min independent reading

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