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AtDartonCollegeweknowthatforgreatlearningtohappen,learnersneedtodevelopanindependentapproachtotheirlearning;
greatlearninghappenswhenlearningtakesplacebothatschoolandathome.Homelearningcantakemanyforms:itcanbeapre
learningactivitytoenablelearnerstograspkeyconceptsbeforealesson;itcanbeanopportunityforthemtoconsolidateorreviewlearningthat
hastakenplaceintheclassroom;itcanbeaninvestigationoranopportunitytobecreative.
Inresponsetoparentalcommentslastyear,wehavelookedtoimprovethedietofhomelearningopportunities,bothintermsofqualityand
consistencyofsetting.Wehavereviewedthedietofhomelearninggiventolearnersacrossallsubjectstoensurethattheyhavearangeof
activitiesthatarewellplannedandarerelevanttotheirlearning.Aswellashomeworkinmoretraditionalformats,wewillbeimplementinggoogle
classroomandotherICTopportunitiesinordertomakehomeworkmoreengagingandaccessible.Toimprovehowwecommunicatethistoyou,
fromMonday5thOctober,youwillbeabletoseefulldetailsofhomeworkthatyourchildhas,aswellashandingindates,usingournewGoogle
Calendar.Detailsofthiswillfollow.
Rewards:
Learnerswillreceiveameritforhomeworkthatiscompletedtoanacceptablestandardasjudgedbytheteacher.Theywillrecieve2meritsfor
homeworkthatisoutstanding.YoucanseesomeofouroutstandinghomeworkontheHomeworksectionoftheDartonCollegeblog.
Consequences:
A20minutelunchtimesubjectdetentionwillbeissuedifhomeworkisnotcompletedbythedeadline.Ifhomeworkisnotcompletedbytheextended
deadlineasgivenbytheteacher,thiswillescalatetoahalfhourafterschooldetention.Ultimatelyanhourafterschooldetentionwillbeissuedif
homeworkisstillnotcompleted.
SomehomeworkwillrequiretheuseofICTeithertoaccesssourcematerialsortocompletethetask..SchoolICTfacilitiesareavailableduring
BreakfastClub,lunchtimeandafterschool.
Overview
Subject
English
Maths
Science
MFL
History
Geography
RE
Creative
Performance
KS3
Fortnightly
Fortnightly
Halftermly
Weekly
Fortnightly
Fortnightly
Halftermly
Fortnightly
Notset
KS4
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
KS3:
English:AlllearnersinEnglishhaveahomeworkbookinwhichtheywillcompletetasks.Thesewillbesetoneweekandhandedinthenextfor
marking.Homeworkbooks,alongwiththenexttaskwillbereturnedtolearnersthefollowingweek.
Maths:Somehomeworkwillbesetusingmymaths,butlearnersmayalsogethomeworkonworksheets,whichwillbecolourcodedtoindicatethat
theyareahomeworksheet.Thesewillbesetoneweekandmustbecompletedbythefollowingweek.Teacherswillthenhaveoneweektoensure
thathomeworkischeckedandmarked.
Science:Alllearnerswillcomplete4projectsperyearandtheylastaround6weeks.Projectsaredesignedtoencouragelearnerstobecreative,
investigativeandorganised.Someprojectshavebeencollaborative.TowardstheendofYear9,learnerswillbegivenaresearchprojectbasedon
aControlledAssessmenttask.Thiswillusuallytakearound4weekstocomplete
History:HomeworkwillgivelearnersanopportunitytopractiseGCSEskills;thiscouldbeextractinginformationfromasource,lookingatideasin
contextorproducingapieceofextendedwritingLearnerswillbegivenahomeworkbookinwhichtodotheirhomework.
Geography:Avarietyofhomeworktaskswillbeset.Thiscouldincludeprelearning,writtentasks,shortprojectsoratakeawaystylehomework
wherelearnerscanchoosetheirowntask
MFL:Thishomeworkissetweeklytoensurethatlearnersregularlypractiseskills.However,atKS3,thehomeworkshouldtakearound20minutesto
complete.Thesemightincludelearningvocabularyforatest,orcompletionofasmallnumberofsentences.
RE:Learnerswillcompleteapieceofextendedwriting
Creative:Learnerswillhavehomeworklinkedtotheircreativesubject.Thiswilloftenincluderesearchorgatheringofideas.
Performance:Duetothepracticalnatureofthissubject.homeworkisnotsetatKS3
KS4:
English:Alllearnerswillhaveweeklyhomework.ThiswilleitherbeEnglishlanguageOREnglishliterature,dependinginwhatisbeingstudiedin
classatthetime.Homeworkcouldbepre-reading,quickanalysis,extendedwriting,courseworkcompletionorexampractice,dependingonthe
contextofthelessons
Maths:Somehomeworkwillbesetonmymaths,butwemayalsousehomeworkbookletswithquestionsontopicsthathavebeentargeted.GCSE
pastpapersmayalsobegivenfromtimetotime.
Science:learnerswillhavebookletsandwillcompletealonger25markquestionweekly.Thesewillbemarkedinclass.Periodically,exampapers
willalsobeissued.
History:Longerexamquestionsareseteverytwoweeks.Shorteronlinetaskswillbesetintheinterimweeks.
Geography:HomeworkwillbelinkedtothepractiseofGCSEskills.Thiswillincludepastpaperquestions,onlinetasksandextendedwriting.
MFL:TaskswillbesimilartoKS3butwillbelongerandmoredemanding,GCSEpastpaperpractisewillalsoformpartoftheMFLhomeworkdiet
RE:Learnerswillbegivenahomeworkbookletwhichwillspecifywhattaskstheyneedtocomplete.
Creative:LearnerswillbeexpectedtoworkontheirGCSEportfoliosaswellasreviseforexams.Itmaybethatlearnersneedtodothisinschoolat
lunchtimeorafterschool.
Performance:LearnerswillbesetworkthatenablesthemtorevisefortheirGCSEpaperfortheirperformancesubject.