Homework & Supporting Your Child
At Totley All Saints, we believe that the education of your child is a partnership and want your child to enjoy and progress in their learning whilst being supported at every opportunity.
In order to help you help your child, we would encourage you to read with your child on a daily basis, help and support them with their homework as well as make learning fun in everyday ways as they grow and experience new things.
Homework
Whilst the government no longer prescribes a set amount of time for homework, the benefits of parental help with homework have long been acknowledged.
Homework should never be seen as something which limits family time & opportunities for play and sport. What we want is for parents and school to work together to help our children in a relaxed and fun manner in order to boost our children’s overall confidence & progress. Previous guidelines used to suggest an hour a week for five to seven-year-olds, gradually rising to 2.5 hours per night for pupils aged between 14 and 16.
At Totley All Saints, we like our children to read regularly, to complete given spelling and Maths tasks as well as to do optional home learning quizzing (teachers share knowledge organisers so that key vocabulary and learning can be revisited at home).
Homework should never cause anxiety for a child or family, and class teachers are always available for help, advice or to discuss any issues that you may have.
Home Reading & Spellings
Home Reading is so very important! At Totley All Saints, we aim to ensure that every child leaves us not only with the necessary reading skills but also with a love of reading for life! Please see our Curriculum page for more information on Reading and what we do to foster its enjoyment.
You can also download our parent booklets on Helping Your Child With Reading (for all year groups) and Helping Your Child with Reading Parents Booklet for Higher Level (for Y6 or more able children).
You can also download our tricky word flashcards used in school to support the teaching of phonics, letter formation sheets and grapheme charts, which you can print off for use at home.
Red Words Y1&2 Common Exception Words
