Home Learning Overview
At SLPS, we want pupils, families and carers to be excited to share their home learning, furthering their knowledge at home. More importantly, being enthused to share that with their teacher and their peers. This is where we believe this new approach will truly thrive!
All home learning will focus on the three key areas of: Reading, Spelling and Times Tables. These three areas are essential for all children to engage with their learning and provide the framework for learning in school to be enhanced.
Below are examples of what home work can look like...
At SLPS we believe that reading for pleasure can be a huge step to unlocking a pupil's potential. We want to encourage pupils to discover a wide range of texts and fall in love with reading and share their passion. Ultimately, allowing them to access all areas of the curriculum at their appropriate level.
We believe that using reading records is still the best way for families and pupils to do this, however similarly to home work we believe that using seesaw can help pupils share their reading journey but offer them a variety of ways to do so.
Families have the flexibility to respond by writing in the reading record as normal.
Spellings will be sent home weekly. Weekly tests will take place following regular lessons to ensure patterns and rules are embedded into writing.
To encourage parents and carers to support learning times tables at home we have a paid subscription for Times Tables Rockstars.
Pupils will have accessed the software in school, but they will also be given log ins so that they can practise at home.
Using TTRS, we select specific tables that we want the pupils to work on. We also use the ‘HCAT maths on a page’ and each pupil’s ‘personalised heatmap’ for guidance on what times tables the children in our classes need to be focusing on.
What if my child has forgotten their login for Times Table Rockstars?
All class teachers have access to their logins for digital platforms. If you child requires a new login, these can be easily given to your child.
Will my child get into trouble for not doing homework?
No, children will not be in trouble if they have not completed a task. Of course we would like to encourage families to engage in extending their learning and reading at home. We can offer lunchtime homework clubs for anyone unable to complete their homework to offer support and time for them to complete it.
Do I only have one week to complete homework or reading record entry?
Home learning is expected to be completed within a week of the deadline.
I don't have access to digital resources, can I still do home learning?
Yes! Reading records can still be brought in to school and shared with class teachers. Work done on paper can still be brought in.What are the benefits of using digital resources?
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