Homework Timetable. 7; 8; 9; 10 KS4 option blocks 7, 8, 9,10

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1 Homework Timetable Dark shaded cells show the lessons when homework should be set for English, mathematics, science, MFL, design & technology and option blocks. If homework cannot be set on this day (because of the way a class is split between two teachers, for example) then teachers are asked to discuss which day works best for their students and ensure that they all record the agreed day in their planners. Light shaded cells show the humanities blocks in Key Stage 3 and grey cells with white print show the science lessons in Key Stage 4. Because of the way these are timetabled it is difficult to be so prescriptive about when homework should be set but the expectation for each subject is set out clearly in the table below. Key: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday :B S Hu E M DT Hu MFL PE S Hu Hu M DT Hu E S MFL M PE PE E Hu Hu S Hu M Hu MFL Hu E 7:H S Hu E M Hu Hu MFL PE S Hu DT M Hu Hu E S MFL M PE PE E Hu Hu S DT M Hu MFL Hu E 7:T Hu Hu MFL S M E Hu S M PE E MFL E DT Hu M S Hu MFL DT S Hu Hu E PE PE Hu Hu Hu M 7:N Hu Hu MFL S M E Hu S M PE E MFL E Hu DT M S Hu MFL Hu S Hu Hu E PE PE DT Hu Hu M 8:BH Hu E M S PE PE DT DT M MFL Hu E Hu M MFL E S Hu M Hu S Hu E Hu Hu DT PE Hu Hu MFL 8:TN PE MFL DT DT E M Hu Hu E S M Hu M Hu PE PE E S Hu M Hu Hu MFL Hu S MFL E Hu DT Hu 9:BH E Hu M MFL Hu Hu E MFL Hu M S Hu PE PE S Hu M MFL S Hu PE E DT DT E S Hu DT M Hu 9:TN MFL DT S M Hu E Hu M Hu E MFL S PE PE Hu E DT DT Hu Hu PE MFL S M M E Hu Hu S Hu 10:A 8 PE S E 10 M M S 10 7 PE PE 7 E S 9 8 E S 9 8 E M S 10 E S M :B 8 M PE PE 10 S PE M 10 7 S E 7 S E 9 8 S E 9 8 S E M 10 S M E :A E S 9 7 M 10 M 7 S E 8 9 S 10 8 M S 7 9 E M PE S E E 8 10 S PE PE 11:B M E 9 7 S 10 S 7 E M 8 9 E 10 8 S E 7 9 S E M PE PE S 8 10 PE M S 7; 8; 9; 10 KS4 option blocks 7, 8, 9,10 DT E Hu M MFL PE S design & technology English Humanities (KS3 linear block): history, geography, RS, ICT, art, dance, drama, music, PE mathematics modern foreign languages physical education (no homework allocation) Science

2 English Key Stage 3 (Years 7 to 9) Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11) One homework task per week: Year 7: minutes Year 8: minutes Year 9: minutes Students are also expected to devote considerable additional time to personal reading for pleasure each week and parents are encouraged to help ensure students have a good supply of good quality reading material; the school's LRC and Wilmslow Library are able to assist with this. Year 7 students will participate in the Accelerated Reader programme as part of their focus on literacy. Mathematics Two homework tasks per week; each task should take On occasions teachers may choose to combine the two homeworks into a single larger piece of work, but there should normally be two relatively short tasks per week. Science One homework per week; each task should take Where classes are split, there may be more than one homework per week with the aim of a combined time of There should be one homework per week, each task should take minutes Students are also expected to devote considerable time to personal reading for pleasure each week and parents are encouraged to help ensure students have a good supply of good quality reading material; the school's LRC and Wilmslow Library are able to assist with this. Two homework tasks per week; each task should take minutes On occasions teachers may choose to combine the two homeworks into a single larger piece of work, but there should normally be two relatively short tasks per week. Three pieces of homework per week: One for each of biology chemistry and physics. For double science students this should be about 40 minutes per task and for triple/ separate science subjects this should be 60 minutes per task. Art One hour of homework every two weeks. One homework task will normally be set each week which should take students Additional time will need Business Studies N/A Year 10. One piece of homework per week that will take Learning key terms once a fortnight assessed and recorded in Progress Booklet. Written work is fortnightly from homework booklet. In addition a challenge task is set every half term in order to consolidate learning and enhance independent learning skills.

3 Business communication systems Computing and ICT Design & Technology Drama Geography N/A Students in Years 7 and 8 will be set one homework per week. The homework will be completed online using 'Yacapaca' (login details will be issued at the start of term ). Each homework should take between 20 and 30 If students are unable to access the internet from home, they should use the school s ICT facilities to complete homework either at lunchtime or after school. One homework task will normally be set each week This should take students Homework is set at least once every three weeks (once every three lessons). Tasks will be research based, or centred round the development of work for a subsequent lesson. Each unit of work will include a 3-4 week extended homework project. The students will record this in their planners so that parents can see what they have got to do over that period of time. For the remaining weeks of the unit teachers will set a minute homework once a week on the night that is designated in the school homework timetable. Assessed and recorded in progress booklet. half term Year 11 is similar to Year 10, however challenge tasks are replaced by additional examination practice using past paper questions. As above in business studies, however in place of challenge tasks students practise tasks on the computer. These can be done in school if the student does not have access to a PC at home. Students in Year 10 will be set one homework per week. Homework will issued to students in booklets to accompany each topic being studied for the summer examination. Each homework should take between 20 and 30 minutes to complete. Students in Year 11 will not be routinely set homework, however they may occasionally be asked to complete research or other tasks to support their controlled assessment work. In addition, students in both Year 10 and 11 will be expected to attend after school study support sessions to improve controlled assessment work when necessary. One task per week, expected to take Additional time will need to be devoted to preparation for assessments and One task per week, expected to take One homework task will normally be set each week which should take students Additional time will need History One homework task will normally be set each week One homework task will normally be set each week which

4 This should take students minutes should take students Additional time will need Media Studies Not studied at Key Stage 3 One homework task per week. Usually this will consist of preparation work for coursework, i.e. creating mock-ups/ storyboards, taking photographs/ filming for practical pieces and analysing existing media texts. Modern foreign languages (MFL) Music PE RS Years 7, 8 and 9 are assessed weekly on their vocabulary and grammar knowledge. Homework is to prepare for the test through independent revision. We recommended students revise daily for Music lessons at Key Stage 3 are predominantly practical. Homework may be set occasionally. Homework is not routinely set in core PE lessons but students will occasionally be asked to undertake research to prepare for a subsequent lesson. Year 7: Students should spend minutes completing each homework task, which will be set once every 3 weeks. Year 8: Students should spend minutes completing each homework task, which will be set once every 2 weeks. A project task will be set at some point in each of Years 7 & 8. Students will complete this over several weeks and should expect to commit 2-3 hours to it over that time. Year 9: One homework task will be set every week. Students should spend 20 minutes on the task set. For Years 10 and 11 we recommend that they revise minutes every day for their vocabulary tests. Additionally students will be set one further task per week on either reading, listening, speaking or writing, which should take no longer than 30 Additional time will need to be devoted to preparation for controlled assessments. One task per week, expected to take For GCSE PE one task will be set per week, expected to take Additional time will need to be devoted to preparation for One task per week, expected to take 40-60

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