Homework
In the Physical Education Department, homework is not set until pupils opt for a GCSE, Cambridge Technical/National or A Level course. For those for whom it is set, it is conceived and implemented by departmental staff as an important element in pupil learning.
WHY IS HOMEWORK IMPORTANT?
1. It can help pupils to make more rapid progress in learning.
2. It can allow pupils to develop the practice of working on their own without the constant presence of the teacher or other pupils on the one hand and the external discipline of things such as the timetable or the bells on the other. This way of working is vital at the later stages of secondary education and after.
3. Work at home can provide the quiet and private conditions needed for creative and thoughtful work of all kinds.
4. It can allow valuable practice of skills learned in the classroom.
5. It can allow pupils to use materials and other sources of information that are not always available in the classroom.
6. It can involve parents and others in the pupils' work for their mutual benefit.
7. It can give opportunities for long term research and other work.
8. It can form an important part of the pupil's notes.
9. This gives pupils valuable experience of working to dead lines and facilitates staff with their marking schedules.
10. It forms a link with the methods of study crucial to success at Secondary School.
HOW DOES THE SCHOOL HELP PUPILS ORGANISE THEIR HOMEWORK?
1. Each pupil is given a homework diary at the beginning of the year. It says when the homework for each subject area will be set and when it is due in. It is normal practice to give up to a week to complete homework to allow flexibility.
2. The Physical Education Department will try to make sure that instructions concerning homework are clear to everyone in the class, and that all pupils have plenty of time to copy down what is expected.
3. The Physical Education Department aims to mark or respond to homework regularly, and in a way that is helpful to pupils.
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DOES
1. For the academic courses the Department will normally set up to 1 hour's homework each week per theory lesson. The school homework policy outlines the value of homework. Homework is one vehicle for implementing some of the aims of the Department.
2. Each form/group has a homework timetable detailing when each piece is set and to be given in. The few days allocated for completion gives the pupil flexibility for research, planning his/her time or resolving any problems before the completion date.
3. The Department expects completed homework to be given in on time. This gives pupils valuable experience of working to deadlines and facilitates staff with their marking schedules.
4. If homework is not given in appropriate action is taken:
a) pupils may be told to attend a lunch time study/test session to complete the work.
b) the pupil will be issued with an after school detention to be held on a Monday evening, lasting for 30 minutes. In both cases, the negative behaviour will be recorded on Facility.
Homework missed due to absence is still expected to be completed.
5. Homework tasks should be commensurate with the ability of the students and vary:
a) revise in preparation for a test (not always written);
b) reinforce work covered in class to be sure all students are able to complete such work independently;
c) complete an exercise started in class, e.g. writing up notes on videos;
d) carry out project/investigation work as this tends to take classwork and homework to complete.
e) carry out preparatory work for a forthcoming task or lesson-activity, e.g. acquiring information from a library, watching a television programme,
recording observations from a match in the locality or conducting surveys to provide data for enquiries;
f) help in assessment and planning of future targets;
g) support the development of independent learning using a variety of tasks and techniques outlined in the scheme of work.In Years 10-13, all students following the Department's academic courses will, in addition to completing any specific homework tasks, need to undertake work at home in order to fulfil the coursework requirements laid down by the Examination Board. The necessarily strict adherence to coursework deadlines means that students will be required to engage in research, collect/record information, and/or prepare, continue or evaluate work in their own
time. The nature of much of the work involved, together with the specialised resources and facilities sometimes required means that, for some students they may not always be able to be completed homework at home. Accordingly, for all students appropriate facilities will be
made available during most lunchtimes and, on certain occasions, at the end of the school day.
6. Marking homework forms an integral part of our assessment - see the Assessment policy. We aim to return marked homework to the pupils as soon as possible, for inclusion in that specific module of work and whilst the exercise is fresh in the pupil's mind.
WHY IS HOMEWORK IMPORTANT?
1. It can help pupils to make more rapid progress in learning.
2. It can allow pupils to develop the practice of working on their own without the constant presence of the teacher or other pupils on the one hand and the external discipline of things such as the timetable or the bells on the other. This way of working is vital at the later stages of secondary education and after.
3. Work at home can provide the quiet and private conditions needed for creative and thoughtful work of all kinds.
4. It can allow valuable practice of skills learned in the classroom.
5. It can allow pupils to use materials and other sources of information that are not always available in the classroom.
6. It can involve parents and others in the pupils' work for their mutual benefit.
7. It can give opportunities for long term research and other work.
8. It can form an important part of the pupil's notes.
9. This gives pupils valuable experience of working to dead lines and facilitates staff with their marking schedules.
10. It forms a link with the methods of study crucial to success at Secondary School.
HOW DOES THE SCHOOL HELP PUPILS ORGANISE THEIR HOMEWORK?
1. Each pupil is given a homework diary at the beginning of the year. It says when the homework for each subject area will be set and when it is due in. It is normal practice to give up to a week to complete homework to allow flexibility.
2. The Physical Education Department will try to make sure that instructions concerning homework are clear to everyone in the class, and that all pupils have plenty of time to copy down what is expected.
3. The Physical Education Department aims to mark or respond to homework regularly, and in a way that is helpful to pupils.
WHAT THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DOES
1. For the academic courses the Department will normally set up to 1 hour's homework each week per theory lesson. The school homework policy outlines the value of homework. Homework is one vehicle for implementing some of the aims of the Department.
2. Each form/group has a homework timetable detailing when each piece is set and to be given in. The few days allocated for completion gives the pupil flexibility for research, planning his/her time or resolving any problems before the completion date.
3. The Department expects completed homework to be given in on time. This gives pupils valuable experience of working to deadlines and facilitates staff with their marking schedules.
4. If homework is not given in appropriate action is taken:
a) pupils may be told to attend a lunch time study/test session to complete the work.
b) the pupil will be issued with an after school detention to be held on a Monday evening, lasting for 30 minutes. In both cases, the negative behaviour will be recorded on Facility.
Homework missed due to absence is still expected to be completed.
5. Homework tasks should be commensurate with the ability of the students and vary:
a) revise in preparation for a test (not always written);
b) reinforce work covered in class to be sure all students are able to complete such work independently;
c) complete an exercise started in class, e.g. writing up notes on videos;
d) carry out project/investigation work as this tends to take classwork and homework to complete.
e) carry out preparatory work for a forthcoming task or lesson-activity, e.g. acquiring information from a library, watching a television programme,
recording observations from a match in the locality or conducting surveys to provide data for enquiries;
f) help in assessment and planning of future targets;
g) support the development of independent learning using a variety of tasks and techniques outlined in the scheme of work.In Years 10-13, all students following the Department's academic courses will, in addition to completing any specific homework tasks, need to undertake work at home in order to fulfil the coursework requirements laid down by the Examination Board. The necessarily strict adherence to coursework deadlines means that students will be required to engage in research, collect/record information, and/or prepare, continue or evaluate work in their own
time. The nature of much of the work involved, together with the specialised resources and facilities sometimes required means that, for some students they may not always be able to be completed homework at home. Accordingly, for all students appropriate facilities will be
made available during most lunchtimes and, on certain occasions, at the end of the school day.
6. Marking homework forms an integral part of our assessment - see the Assessment policy. We aim to return marked homework to the pupils as soon as possible, for inclusion in that specific module of work and whilst the exercise is fresh in the pupil's mind.