Pleasefindbelowourupdatedinformationonhomework

AtDartonCollegeweknowthatforgreatlearningtohappen,learnersneedtodevelopanindependentapproachtotheirlearning;
greatlearninghappenswhenlearningtakesplacebothatschoolandathome.Homelearningcantakemanyforms:itcanbeapre
learningactivitytoenablelearnerstograspkeyconceptsbeforealesson;itcanbeanopportunityforthemtoconsolidateorreviewlearningthat
hastakenplaceintheclassroom;itcanbeaninvestigationoranopportunitytobecreative.

Inresponsetoparentalcommentslastyear,wehavelookedtoimprovethedietofhomelearningopportunities,bothintermsofqualityand
consistencyofsetting.Wehavereviewedthedietofhomelearninggiventolearnersacrossallsubjectstoensurethattheyhavearangeof
activitiesthatarewellplannedandarerelevanttotheirlearning.Aswellashomeworkinmoretraditionalformats,wewillbeimplementinggoogle
classroomandotherICTopportunitiesinordertomakehomeworkmoreengagingandaccessible.Toimprovehowwecommunicatethistoyou,
fromMonday5thOctober,youwillbeabletoseefulldetailsofhomeworkthatyourchildhas,aswellashandingindates,usingournewGoogle
Calendar.Detailsofthiswillfollow.

Rewards:
Learnerswillreceiveameritforhomeworkthatiscompletedtoanacceptablestandardasjudgedbytheteacher.Theywillrecieve2meritsfor
homeworkthatisoutstanding.YoucanseesomeofouroutstandinghomeworkontheHomeworksectionoftheDartonCollegeblog.

Consequences:
A20minutelunchtimesubjectdetentionwillbeissuedifhomeworkisnotcompletedbythedeadline.Ifhomeworkisnotcompletedbytheextended
deadlineasgivenbytheteacher,thiswillescalatetoahalfhourafterschooldetention.Ultimatelyanhourafterschooldetentionwillbeissuedif
homeworkisstillnotcompleted.

SomehomeworkwillrequiretheuseofICTeithertoaccesssourcematerialsortocompletethetask..SchoolICTfacilitiesareavailableduring
BreakfastClub,lunchtimeandafterschool.

Overview

Subject

English

Maths

Science

MFL

History

Geography

RE

Creative

Performance

KS3

Fortnightly

Fortnightly

Halftermly

Weekly

Fortnightly

Fortnightly

Halftermly

Fortnightly

Notset

KS4

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

KS3:

English:AlllearnersinEnglishhaveahomeworkbookinwhichtheywillcompletetasks.Thesewillbesetoneweekandhandedinthenextfor
marking.Homeworkbooks,alongwiththenexttaskwillbereturnedtolearnersthefollowingweek.

Maths:Somehomeworkwillbesetusingmymaths,butlearnersmayalsogethomeworkonworksheets,whichwillbecolourcodedtoindicatethat
theyareahomeworksheet.Thesewillbesetoneweekandmustbecompletedbythefollowingweek.Teacherswillthenhaveoneweektoensure
thathomeworkischeckedandmarked.

Science:Alllearnerswillcomplete4projectsperyearandtheylastaround6weeks.Projectsaredesignedtoencouragelearnerstobecreative,
investigativeandorganised.Someprojectshavebeencollaborative.TowardstheendofYear9,learnerswillbegivenaresearchprojectbasedon
aControlledAssessmenttask.Thiswillusuallytakearound4weekstocomplete

History:HomeworkwillgivelearnersanopportunitytopractiseGCSEskills;thiscouldbeextractinginformationfromasource,lookingatideasin
contextorproducingapieceofextendedwritingLearnerswillbegivenahomeworkbookinwhichtodotheirhomework.

Geography:Avarietyofhomeworktaskswillbeset.Thiscouldincludeprelearning,writtentasks,shortprojectsoratakeawaystylehomework
wherelearnerscanchoosetheirowntask

MFL:Thishomeworkissetweeklytoensurethatlearnersregularlypractiseskills.However,atKS3,thehomeworkshouldtakearound20minutesto
complete.Thesemightincludelearningvocabularyforatest,orcompletionofasmallnumberofsentences.

RE:Learnerswillcompleteapieceofextendedwriting

Creative:Learnerswillhavehomeworklinkedtotheircreativesubject.Thiswilloftenincluderesearchorgatheringofideas.

Performance:Duetothepracticalnatureofthissubject.homeworkisnotsetatKS3

KS4:

English:Alllearnerswillhaveweeklyhomework.ThiswilleitherbeEnglishlanguageOREnglishliterature,dependinginwhatisbeingstudiedin
classatthetime.Homeworkcouldbepre-reading,quickanalysis,extendedwriting,courseworkcompletionorexampractice,dependingonthe
contextofthelessons

Maths:Somehomeworkwillbesetonmymaths,butwemayalsousehomeworkbookletswithquestionsontopicsthathavebeentargeted.GCSE
pastpapersmayalsobegivenfromtimetotime.

Science:learnerswillhavebookletsandwillcompletealonger25markquestionweekly.Thesewillbemarkedinclass.Periodically,exampapers
willalsobeissued.

History:Longerexamquestionsareseteverytwoweeks.Shorteronlinetaskswillbesetintheinterimweeks.

Geography:HomeworkwillbelinkedtothepractiseofGCSEskills.Thiswillincludepastpaperquestions,onlinetasksandextendedwriting.

MFL:TaskswillbesimilartoKS3butwillbelongerandmoredemanding,GCSEpastpaperpractisewillalsoformpartoftheMFLhomeworkdiet

RE:Learnerswillbegivenahomeworkbookletwhichwillspecifywhattaskstheyneedtocomplete.

Creative:LearnerswillbeexpectedtoworkontheirGCSEportfoliosaswellasreviseforexams.Itmaybethatlearnersneedtodothisinschoolat
lunchtimeorafterschool.

Performance:LearnerswillbesetworkthatenablesthemtorevisefortheirGCSEpaperfortheirperformancesubject.