Homework
In order to further learning, each subject sets work for students to complete at home. Homework is set using Google Classroom. Google Classroom is available to students and tutors while parents have the opportunity to receive scheduled updates on homework set.
The following table provides an indication of the amount of homework students should expect to receive during Key Stages 3 and 4.
Homework: Key Stage 3 (Yrs 7-9)
| Subject | Quantity | Type | Wider Reading |
| Art | Twice per half term | Research tasks, practical tasks with a key focus on observational drawing techniques | Detailed in teacher feedback – individually set |
| Citizenship | Twice per half term |
Year 7 HW booklet once per term with a range and choice of research and challenge activities. Year 8 and 9 study tasks will be a variety of tasks including research of topical issues, discussion and questioning parents, developing arguments and debate points. |
Watch Newsround Read First News Routinely browse the websites for both these Try and watch the 6 o’clock news or read a local or national (quality) newspaper) |
| Computer Science |
Homework is set via Google Classroom Homework is set on a project by project basis, generally two homework activities per project
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Knowledge and comprehension of key terms for computer science, research tasks, summary questions & extended projects | Python Programming Language? |
| English | One piece per fortnight |
Reading or writing activity; spelling test words; Bedrock for Year 7 |
Wider reading lists are provided by the library and by individual teachers. Parents are free to reach out to English teachers for more personalised suggestions for their children. |
| Geography | One activity every two weeks | Homework booklet issued at the start of term. |
National Geographic magazine BBC Bitesize KS3 |
| History | An activity chosen by student every 2 weeks – will always be given one week to submit |
Homework menu – one per half term |
Textbook Yr7: Aaron Wilkes ‘Invasion, Plague and Murder – Britain 1066-1485’ Yr8: Aaron Wilkes ‘Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation.’ Yr9: Aaron Wilkes ‘Industry, Reform and Empire’, and ‘Technology, War and Identities.’ |
| Mathematics | Two pieces of homework are set on Hegarty Maths every week; second task is always related to prior knowledge revision. | Students are expected to watch video clips attached to the tasks, take notes and show their working in their exercise books. They should spend up to one hour on each task and aim to achieve their best score (ideally 80% or better) |
Student text book for practice exercises Video clips and practice quizzes on Hegarty Maths including "MemRi" and "Fix up 5" questions Other websites available: |
| Modern Foreign Languages | Twice per fortnight |
Learning vocabulary Listening activities |
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| Music | Approximately one homework per half-term unit, though there can be some variation in this, dependent on the project | Project based homework each half term | Many students have lessons on musical instruments in addition to standard curriculum work: these require daily practice |
| Religious Education | Once per half term |
Written, creative and research tasks. |
Bible stories (Mark’s Gospel) |
| Science | Once per fortnight |
Students will be required to use the online textbooks via the website Kerboodle. Their username is their normal login that they use for the school computers, their password is of their choosing and the institution code is gro4. Each week their teacher/s will designate the relevant pages that need to be read and students should answer the questions from those textbook pages. They need to bring this to lesson as evidence of completing their homework. Each term students will be sporadically set a homework task that is designed to spur their interest and engagement in the subject. |
Wider reading: |
| Technology | Resistant Materials and Food Technology: once per half term | Variety of tasks linked to schemes of work | Detailed in teacher feedback – individually set |
Homework: Key Stage 4 (yrs 10-11)
| Subject | Quantity | Type | Wider Reading |
| Art and Art Textiles | Weekly |
One varied practical task each week, including Artist responses and observational tasks, including photography and drawing |
Covered in HW Artist research tasks Extension tasks will be detailed in CW/HW feedback and will be individual |
| Citizenship | Once per week |
Typical activities will include research an issue, develop your own opinion, bring a case study, ask your parents, prepare an argument, develop a presentation, short and long answer exam question preparation |
Watch the news, read a quality newspaper, subscribe to the Week, discuss with your parents, create a twitter account and follow subject related people and journalists/ commentators, watch Question Time and current affairs programmes like Unreported World, Dispatches, Panorama |
| Computer Science |
Homework is set via Google Classroom One per two-week timetable cycle and ongoing coding challenges/ practice. |
Exam questions – exam technique Revision of computer science key terms and definitions Tasks set to support learning in the class – exam projects, coding exercises & challenges |
Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold Python Programming Language? |
| English | Once per week |
Research; Essay plans; Practice essays; Revision notes; Preparing presentations. All homework tasks require students to develop the knowledge and skills they need to succeed at GCSE |
Ongoing and will be part of the regular homework |
| Geography | Weekly |
Exam questions – exam technique Revision of geographical vocabulary Tasks set to support learning in the class |
National Geographic magazine Geographical Review |
| History | Weekly |
Tasks are usually GCSE exam questions/ timed essay preparation or revision for end of unit tests |
Medicine Through Time c1250 – present. ISBN 978-1-4718-6137-6 |
| Mathematics | Two pieces of homework are set on Hegarty Maths every week; second taks is always related to prior knowledge revision | Students are expected to watch video clips attached to the tasks, take notes and show their working in their exercise books. They should spend up to an hour on each task and aim to achieve their best score (ideally 80% or better) |
Student text book for practice exercises Year 11 students: Maths GCSE Target Book Video clips and practice quizzes on Hegarty Maths including "MemRi" and "Fix up 5" questions. Other available websites |
| Modern Foreign Languages | Three times per fortnight |
Learning vocabulary Extended writing tasks Grammar practise Listening activities Translations both ways |
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| Music |
Daily practice on instrument. With creative tasks, there will be short-term and long-term tasks. Short term tasks nearer the beginning of the course, and longer (eg complete and record a composition) tasks requiring strategic thinking as the course goes on. All these are ongoing. There will generally be one listening task per week |
Regular daily instrumental practice developing performing skills Some form of creative work project on the go at all times during the course Specific tasks relating to listening and also short-term practical tasks often relating to a specific technique |
Wider listening is necessary, and pupils keep a listening diary and have to speak sometimes about pieces they have encountered and analyse what appeals to them |
| Physical Education |
At least one hour (generally 90 minutes) of homework shall be set per theory lesson of GCSE PE. As a minimum, homework will be set on a weekly basis. |
GCSE PE homework will be set according to the lesson content being covered and will aim to recap prior learning, extend the learning from the lesson and consolidate learning in relation to answering exam based questions. There is always an extension based task to all GCSE PE homework |
Students can use the following websites to further their understanding of certain topics: |
| Religious Education |
Twice per half term (Year 10) Every other week (Year 11) |
Past essay questions/ Research tasks/ Revision for knowledge tests |
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| Science |
Three homework tasks over the fortnight. |
Students will be required to use the online textbooks via the website Kerboodle. Their username is their normal login that they use for the school computers, their password is of their choosing and the institution code is gro4. Each fortnight their teachers of Biology, Chemistry and Physics will designate the relevant pages that need to be read and students should answer the questions from those textbook pages. They need to bring this to lesson as evidence of completing their homework. |
Wider reading: |
| Technology:
Food Technology and Resistant Materials |
Weekly | Research based tasks, design task and folder completion. All tasks will include analysis of existing products and written responses |
Exam Board revision guides Student shared area |
