At Chace we believe that homework:
– is integral to learning and that the home – school partnership make our homework policy work through the active support of parents/carers.
– reinforces and complements learning in the classroom and beyond and promotes lifelong learning.
– provides teachers with information on which to base future planning and provides opportunity for assessment and feedback to students.
The school uses ‘Show my Homework’ to share homework tasks with the students. The amount of homework a child receives varies according to their age and the nature of the homework activity. We review annually how much homework students are being set but currently follow the guidelines below:
| Group | Time |
|---|---|
| Years 7-8 | 45-90 minutes a day (approximately 20-30 minutes a subject) |
| Year 9 | 1-2 hours a day (approximately 30-40 minutes a subject) |
| Years 10-11 | 1.5-2.5 hours a day (approximately 1 hour a subject) |
| Years 12-13 | 4-6 hours per subject per week |
The homework timetable below indicates the night on which students should complete their homework in each subject although homework may be set by the subject teacher a day or so beforehand, depending on when the nearest lesson occurs.
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Year 7 | French
RE Reading |
Science
Drama Music Reading |
Technology/ICT Geography Reading |
Maths English Reading |
History
Art Reading |
| Year 8 | Maths
Drama Music Reading |
History
Geography Reading |
French/Spanish
English Reading |
Science
Art Reading |
Technology/ICT
RE Reading |
| Year 9 | Science
Art Reading |
Maths
Technology/ICT Reading |
History
English Music Reading |
Drama
Geography Reading |
French/Spanish
RE Reading |
| Year 10 | Maths | Option B
Option C |
Science
RE |
English
Option D |
Option A |
| Year 11 | Maths
Option D |
Science | Science
Option A |
English
RE |
Option B
Option C |
Post-16 Homework – variable but at least 6 hours of extra-curricular study recommended per subject per week, including homework time.
Our homework policy can be found on the Policies page.