We interpret homework as work carried our in the home to
supplement the work presently studied at school. The work enables you as parents to take
an active part in your child’s education, a child learns during the whole of his/her
waking time, learning does not only take place in school, an important part of a
child’s education starts at home and carries on at home even when a child is in
school.
We see homework as a vital partnership between the home
and school, and we ask for parents’ support, for the benefit of the child.
Homework in the infant department usually comprises of a
reading exercise. The work set is often a parent and child activity.
Occasionally a home- school task is set to compliment the
theme or topic for the term; we ask that parents help their children to complete the task
with the minimum amount of help, this should be children’s work.
The work set for the home in the junior department will
be no longer than 30 minutes in duration and is not seen as imposing undue pressure on a
child.
A homework timetable will be given at the beginning of
each term. Every child will also be given a homework diary, which should be signed by a
parent or guardian.
It must be stressed that reading does not lose its
importance in the Junior Department, conversely it is seen as the most important activity
a child can involve him/herself in, especially in the light of so many different media
available to the children of the
Parents are informed of the focus for study at the beginning of each ½ term.