Homework

Homework **__Homework Guidelines for Parents/Caregivers ROOM 15__ Students will have homework that fits the following criteria: ** **If students have completed all the set homework they need to be encouraged to:**
 * **finishing work and follow up exercises**
 * **research and project work**
 * **learning and going over the days work**
 * **work relating to the world around them**
 * **reading set books or personal choice**
 * **read for personal enjoyment**
 * **read regularly**
 * **read the newspaper**
 * **watch the TV news**
 * Students need to plan ahead to ensure they complete all tasks on time. This means the time they allocate to their homework needs to be early in the night and they need to complete the homework without distractions. Music, Dance, Sport and other extra curricular activities are done over and above ‘homework’ commitments. Homework in most cases during the year will be given out on Mondays and will be required to be completed by Friday.

Please let students do their own work. ** **If they can’t do it, I need to know. Students must learn to:**
 * **manage their own time**
 * **listen to instructions and follow them**
 * **do their own researching**
 * **do their own processing of information**


 * Guiding students is very helpful. Ask questions that will guide your child in the right direction. However the work must be authentic i.e. students own work.

They need to be** **reading for at least 15 minutes each night (Reading Contract, perhaps before bed) and they should only** **spend another half an hour on the rest of their homework (completely on task without any breaks or TV watching). If they are spending more than this, please just write a quick note in their diary that they have spent half an hour working hard and then they should stop. ** **//__Finally:__// I am aware that we all have busy lives and on special occasions there is no time for homework. I am very reasonable and in these circumstances your child will not be punished for incomplete work. The work missed will be caught up. I do not want children up at 9 or 10pm at night distressed because homework is not completed. If this is the case,** ** write me a note in the homework diary explaining why the home work was not completed. Similarly if your child does not understand what to do, then it means I have not delivered the instructions clearly enough and I need to go over it again (Please encourage your child to ask more questions when instructions are given, if they have not fully understood what is asked of them.) They should all be able to complete their homework without any problems. Please let me know if there are concerns. Communication between home and school is incredibly important.

Ms Doull**