Shirehampton Weekly and termly home learning (homework)
At Shirehampton Primary School we recognise that pupils who have spent a busy structured day at school need time to relax and unwind at home and have an opportunity to play. We believe that home learning activities should be set but should not promote resentment, friction and conflict. Home learning should be meaningful used to effectively consolidate and/or extend what is learned in school.
We hope that children will feel a sense of personal satisfaction in a task completed well and that their efforts will be recognised and praised both at home and at school. We appreciate parental support with this.
This approach aims to support children’s growing perception about their ability to complete a task outside the school environment. It also fosters the skills of independent learning necessary for future life.
You can view our Home Learning policy here.
Home learning will be written in your child's learning log on a Monday each week. The children will have a weekly skill to focus on at home, such as listening or being kind. We would like the children to be able to recognise their positive behaviours and feel confident to demonstrate these both in school and at home.
We will also send home your child's weekly phonics sound. The children focus on one sound a week to ensure that key skills are embedded before moving on. It is important that your child is able to recognise, say and write each sound so it would support your child to practise this at home. We will also send home the tricky words that we are learning at school. These are words that must be learnt by sight so it is useful to practise these on a regular basis!
Here are some useful links to help with your home learning: