Home learning

At Hawkesbury School we want all children to develop a love of learning and so home learning needs to be interesting and motivating. We encourage all children to engage in home learning activities which are inclusive.

At the beginning of each term, pupils in Years 1 to 6 receive a homework jigsaw that contains a range of activities covering different aspects of the National Curriculum. The tasks will be linked to the learning that is taking place in the classroom that term. Children can choose which task they would like to do each week. It is not compulsory to do all tasks on the jigsaw grid.

Children will be asked to bring in their homework every week. Teachers will monitor the completion of home learning and will offer support to families where it is not completed consistently.

All children are encouraged to read every day at home. This could be independent reading or reading to an adult. Reading materials might include fiction, non-fiction, newspapers and magazines. Children throughout their primary school years will benefit from having an adult reading a story to them. This will help them to access stories that may be too hard for them to read.

All children are also encouraged to practice spellings / phonics as well as times tables and number bonds to support learning in class.  There are termly spelling sheets that are handed out at the start of each term. Times tables and number bonds can be practiced using Times Table Rock Stars or Numbots.

Please note that in Year 6, children may have different homework. This will support them to prepare for their summer exams as well as their move to secondary school.

In Wren class, as well as daily reading, children practise their phonics with the support of the sound and tricky word books.