Homework

Parental support is vital to children’s learning. It is proven that children who establish an early homework habit, particularly those who learn with their parents, are more successful at school.  However, it is important to remember the need to balance work and play activities. There must still be time for children to play, follow hobbies and other outside interests.
All children at the ICS primary school will be encouraged to read /share books at home on a regular basis.  UK Guidelines for Homework expect that every child will read, or be read to, for 10-20 minutes every day. This is based on research which shows how important reading is to a child’s success at school. Parents have an important role to play by encouraging reading at home and supporting our Home-School reading partnership. Younger children will choose a book to take home each day. This will be recorded in their home reading book.  Older children will still be expected to read to themselves every day; ideally they should still read to or with an adult at least once a week and will be given specific reading tasks from time to time.
We also set other homework on a regular basis.

Typical homework activities are:

The following table shows what you can expect in our school. The UK Guidelines for the amount of time spent on homework tasks are shown in the left-hand column but we set homework to suit the learning and purpose rather than slavishly follow guidelines. Not all children are the same, his means that some children may take longer to complete homework than the guidelines and sometimes they may complete it in a shorter time. This is usual; however, if your child is experiencing either of these on a regular basis please contact your class teacher who, if necessary, will adjust the homework set.