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Curriculum >
 HOMEWORK POLICY
In Years 7-10 homework:
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Should include daily independent reading
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Should be coordinated across teachers to avoid unreasonable workloads for students – our teams play a perfect role here
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May include extension of class work, projects and assignments, essays and research
Types of homework
Homework should:
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Be appropriate to the child’s skill level and age
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Be interesting, challenging and, where appropriate, open-ended
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Be balanced with a range of recreational, family and cultural activities
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Be purposeful, meaningful and relevant to the curriculum
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Be assessed by teachers with feedback and support provided.
Types of homework that meet these requirements include:
Practical exercises – providing children with the opportunities to apply new knowledge, or to review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills, such as:
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Completing consolidation exercises for Mathematics
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Practising spelling words that relate to their own needs (personal spelling lists)
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Practising words or phrases learnt in Italian
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Reading for pleasure and reflecting on this
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Writing essays and other creative tasks
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Practising and playing musical instruments
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Practising physical activity skills.
Preparatory homework – providing opportunities for students to gain background information so they are better prepared for future lessons, such as:
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Reading English texts for class discussion poems, plays, novels, short stories, reference works)
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Researching topics for class work (asking questions of parents such as family timelines)
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Collecting newspaper articles
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Revising information about a current topic.
Extension assignments – encouraging students to pursue knowledge individually and imaginatively, such as:
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Completing a reading log
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Making or designing an art work such as post cards
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Completing Science investigations exercises
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Researching local news
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Finding material on the internet
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Monitoring advertising in a newspaper.
Teachers at Fitzroy High School will help their students by:
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Setting regular homework to help students establish a home study routine
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Setting varied, challenging and meaningful tasks related to class work that are appropriate to the child’s learning needs
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Giving children enough time to complete homework, taking into account home obligations and extra-curricula activities
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Assessing homework and providing timely and practical feedback and support
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Making effective use of homework diaries
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Coordinating the allocation of homework by the team
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Helping children develop the organisational and time management skills needed for them to e responsible for their own learning
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Ensuring that students have good information skills
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Ensuring that parents and caregivers are aware of the school’s homework policy
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Developing strategies to support parents to become active partners in homework.
This policy can be downloaded in Word format
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