Following a review of the timetable in every year group, a school-wide adaptation is being made to homework. Currently, the setting and reviewing of homework takes between 30 to 60 minutes a week. This homework is then completed inconsistently, with some children putting a lot of time into their work and others not completing it all.  Therefore, the decision has been made that the hour currently used for homework would be better spent delivering an additional lesson. There are also two key areas of the curriculum where children really benefit from daily practice, so we feel it is better for parents and carers to really focus on these rather than trying to complete a wider set of homework where these two key aspects can be forgotten. From this September, each week we would like every child to complete the following:

1. Reading. Your child should read for 10 minutes or more every day. This reading activity needs to be recorded in your child’s reading journal, as this will ensure we can work together to track progress.
2. Times tables. This will not begin until January in Year 2, when children start being taught times tables. It comes in two parts. First, your child needs to spend time learning the times table that we have set them. Each child will have a different times table and their learning will be checked through the use of a weekly times table challenge. Second, your child is expected to complete a minimum of 10 minutes of TTRockstars activity over the course of the week. This will be in the form of Garage sessions, which will be set on Friday evenings and needs to be completed by the following Wednesday morning.  We will send you further details nearer the time.