At Bishop Sutton and Stanton Drew Schools, we are reviewing our expectations for homework throughout the 24-25 academic year and will update our guidance as part of this process.

• Daily Reading at home is an expectation of all children and is the most effective tool in helping them progress with all aspects of learning. We encourage this by providing a range of books at an appropriate level and appealing reading diaries for them to complete. Children in KS2 will be expected to take responsibility for this as they can read and record in their diaries independently, so they will receive a sanction if they do not do this. Younger children, who rely on adults to hear them read, would not receive a sanction but parents will be asked in to discuss it if they are not reading frequently at home.
• Spellings and tables will be learned and practised through the course of the school day and children will be expected to practise at home for their tables challenge.  Spelling investigations and exercises will be a frequent part of their work in school and may be incorporated into their learning log work if appropriate. Learning set lists for weekly tests will no longer be a standard part of homework set.
• Children in Y5/6 are prepared for the demands of high school. This won’t necessarily be achieved by setting more homework, but by setting frequent and varied deadlines to encourage them to take responsibility for their own homework and working to different deadlines.

Maths games and online activities will be available if you and/or your children wish to do extra practice at home.