The P–12 curriculum, assessment and reporting framework specifies that schools must develop a school homework policy in consultation with the school community. This Policy has been developed following teacher professional development and consultation with teachers, students Prep-Year 6, parents and carers.
Purpose of Homework
Research indicates that homework is effective in supporting learning when it:
- is clearly related to class work
- is appropriate to particular years of schooling
- is varied and differentiated to individual learning needs
- consolidates, revises and/or applies students’ classroom learning
- develops students’ independence as learners through extension activities such as investigating, researching, writing, designing, making
- assists students to prepare for upcoming classroom learning, such as collecting relevant materials and information, completing surveys and audits
- is monitored by the teacher and frequent opportunities for feedback are provide
Homework tasks may include:
- Daily reading to, with and by parents/ caregivers or other family members
- Daily independent reading
- Practice of taught or known concepts such as reading, sight words, spelling or numeracy tasks/thinking and reasoning challenges
- Completion of CHOICE BOARD homework tasks