Home Learning at our school

Our Home learning Intentions:

As we continue to navigate through the pandemic, we are aware that our children need to make accelerated progress to catch up to age expected levels.

All learning is reliant on the basic and vital skills of: reading, writing and mathematics. Children learn best by constant repetition and rehearsal.

The essential core therefore of our home learning intention, is for children to rehearse daily: reading, writing and mathematics.

We view education as a holistic process. We encourage children to talk about their learning at home and explore further topics of both interest and involvement. Additionally, learning is not just about academics. Essentially, children need to learn and mange a variety of skills to thrive in society and in the next steps of their educational journey.

Teachers produce an optional task sheet every term, for children to explore and participate in at home. This sits alongside the essential components of our home learning: reading, writing and maths. The grid has four levels, illustrated with sheep, a link to our vision! Level 1 are easier options going up to harder or more time-consuming options. Teachers will circulate this activity to grid to parents at the end of week one in each new term.

Our home learning policy details the expectation in each year group. We do not allocate specific timings, but share with you the fact that children can be expected to concentrate for no longer than one minute for each year of their life. Therefore, if your child is 5 years old, we advise no longer than 5 minutes on each task, ten years of age, ten minutes on each task.