Homework

__**Middle School Homework** __

The homework expectations in the MiddleSchool  are outlined below.

Your child should be spending no more than 20 to 30minutes in an evening on homework. The purpose of homework is to allow your child to practise work learnt at school ,work on skills such as time management, good study skills, independence and self management.

Although we outline the expectations below, we understand that sometimes it is not always possible to meet the requirements. We expect that parents will support their child in completing their homework to the best of their ability.

Children will be expected to do homework from Monday to Thursday each week. This year all homework with the exception of Oral Language will be done in the Homework Book. Books must be at school  for checking on a Friday. They will not go home over the weekend.

Signing - Homework must be signed by a parent or it will not be considered as complete.

**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Reading:__ **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Please record the title of the book each day. Encourage your child to do a little reading each night. This should be from the reading book sent home from the teacher (this should be the priority), a book at home, a library book or any other media that your child is interested in reading. If your child brings a book home from <span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> from their reading group, please ensure that it is returned the next day <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__.__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We often spend a few days on a book and need the book at <span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> to complete activities. Other activities such as reading to each other, to siblings or listening to a parent model good reading are also acceptable reading tasks.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Maths:__ **__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Your child will be asked to work on basic facts or times tables. They will be set work that is designed to meet their current needs in class. Please do not focus on times tables if their identified need is addition or subtraction.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Your child may also do maths activities on one of the <span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> endorsed websites such as Studyladder or Mathletics. If on occasion your child would rather do maths problems or practise what they have been learning in class, please allow them to teach you their new skill.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">__**Spelling:**__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Your child will be given words to learn at their level. Please get your child to practise them daily using a strategy that suits their learning needs. They will have peer - test on a Friday each week. Teacher tests will take place approximately every 5 weeks.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">__**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">__Oral Language:__ **__<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> There is a set oral language programme that each class uses. Your child is expected to share one day per week on the assigned topic. Please remind your child of their sharing day and assist them to be prepared. Children will be able to present this on google docs or google presentations. Most weeks they will also have the option of presenting it in other ways if they wish.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">Occasionally your child may come home with work that was not completed during class time. Please ensure that your child completes this work and that the books/work are sent back to <span class="il" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;">school <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline;"> the next day.