Homework
Independent Home Learning (IHL)
Rationale and Purposes of Independent Home Learning (IHL)
At Abbeywood Community School (ACS) we believe IHL is a key part of school life. It allows students to develop their skills and knowledge independently and makes the difference between good and great progress.
IHL has a range of purposes that include:
- Deliberate practice and consolidation of work done in class.
- Providing further stretch and challenge.
- Providing opportunities for independent work.
- Preparation for exams and tests.
- Preparation for future class work.
- Developing library skills and use of other learning resources outside of school.
- Allowing assessment of students’ progress and mastery of work.
- Developing students’ good learning habits: organisation, meeting deadlines, resilience, independence, creativity, responsibility.
- Providing opportunities for parents/carers to get involved with their child’s learning and creating channels for home-school dialogue.
IHL tasks are set at a frequency proportional to curriculum time.
In Years 7 and 8 IHL tasks should take about 20-30min to complete and are set weekly for core subjects and fortnightly for all other subjects
In Year 9 IHL tasks should take about 45-60min to complete and are set weekly for core subjects and fortnightly for all other subjects
- Years 10 and 11 Examination subjects tasks should take about 60-90 min to complete and are set weekly, plus additional revision and exam paper practice where necessary
- Post 16 tasks should be set on the “hour for an hour” principle.
Setting and submission of work
All IHL is set on ClassCharts and students are expected to check their timetable and ensure that work is submitted on ClassCharts before the deadline. Students who fail to submit their work will be required to complete the missing work in after school sessions.
Year 7 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1 | English | Maths | Science | MFL | RS |
Geography | ICT | Drama | |||
Week 2 | English | Maths | MFL | ||
History | Art | PD | |||
Year 8 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1 | English | Maths | MFL | ||
Geography | ICT | Drama | |||
Week 2 | English | Maths | Science | MFL | RS |
History | Art | PD | |||
Year 9 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1 | English | Maths | Biology | MFL | RS |
Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3 | Option 4 | Physics | |
Week 2 | English | Maths | Chemistry | MFL | RS |
Art | Option 2 | Option 3 | Option 4 | independent | |
Year 10 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1 | English | Maths | Biology | RS | Physics |
Business | MFL, | Option 3 | Independent | Independent | |
Sociology | |||||
Week 2 | English | Maths | Chemistry | RS | Independent |
Business, | MFL, | Option 3 | Independent | Independent | |
Art, PE, | Sociology | ||||
Drama, | |||||
Music | |||||
Year 11 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Week 1 | English | Maths | Biology | Independent | Physics |
Business | MFL, | Option 3 | Independent | Independent | |
Sociology | |||||
Week 2 | English | Maths | Chemistry | Independent | Independent |
Business, | MFL, | Option 3 | Independent | Independent | |
Art, PE, Drama, | Sociology | ||||
Music |
Subject | Outline of IHL Year 7-8 |
Art | IHL linked to classwork per term. |
Drama | IHL is linked to students learning in lessons. Task are varied, and will include line-learning for script-work; writing in role; review and analysis written work; research. IHL tasks will be assigned via the ClassCharts platform. |
English | Independent reading for pleasure and completion of weekly word booklet to develop use of cross curriculum academic vocabulary. |
Geography | All tasks set on ClassCharts (revision and quizzes) and specific assignments on Seneca. |
History | Students will be issued with the topic knowledge organiser, which also be available on the website. Students will be told which numbers on the knowledge organiser to revise and memorise over a two week period. They will then be tested on this content at the start of a lesson. |
ICT | All tasks set on ClassCharts (revision and quizzes). |
Maths | Students will be set a Hegarty maths task per week. This requires them to watch and take notes from the relevant clip and answer the quiz questions in their blue IHL book. |
MFL |
Weekly Learning Vocab check & Recall (KOs)/Peer-assessed writing/Reading /translation tasks (Termly). |
PD | Students to be given a project to work for IHL across each rotation which will last for the full 8 weeks. |
PE | Termly Knowledge Organiser given out. 10 question multiple choice quiz at the end of each term. |
RS | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and there will be regular in class testing on this. Class teacher will check that IHL has been completed. |
Science | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and specific tasks on ClassCharts. |
Subject | Outline of IHL Year 9-11 |
Art | Independent research and taking home sketch book to improve coursework. |
Biology | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and specific tasks on Seneca. In addition there may be further practice questions. |
Business | End of topic exam questions, exam board checking test at the end of each topic, Knowledge organiser recall. |
Chemistry | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and specific tasks on Seneca. In addition there may be further practice questions. |
Computing | Students will be making notes from video resources. |
Drama | |
DT | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and specific tasks on Seneca. |
English | Students will be given weekly revision tasks linked to current and prior learning. This will involve a combination of Seneca, ClassCharts and written revision tasks. Students will be given regular tests to check this revision. |
Food | Y10 topic based activities linked to exam preparation. Y11 Short projects to support coursework. |
Geography | Students will be set weekly tasks to assessment knowledge and understanding of current and prior learning. This will involve a combination of Seneca tests (assigned), ClassCharts tasks, GCSE revision book worksheets and exam questions. |
History | Students will be issued with the topic knowledge organiser, which also be available on the website. Students will be told which numbers on the knowledge organiser to revise and memorise over a two week period. They will then be tested on this content at the start of a lesson. |
ICT | Ongoing work to support coursework. |
Maths |
Students will be set a Hegarty maths task per week. This requires them to watch and take notes from the relevant clip and answer the quiz questions in their blue IHL book. In addition there may be further practice questions. |
MFL |
Weekly Learning Vocab check & Recall (KOs)/ Peer-assessed Theme based writing/translation tasks, reading comprehension and grammar (Every 2 weeks). |
Music |
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PE | Students will be given weekly revision tasks or coursework linked to current and prior learning. |
Physics | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and specific tasks on Seneca. In addition there may be further practice questions. |
Photography | Students will be given a ‘word of the week’ (WOW) where they will be asked to take a single photograph on a new theme each week, paying particular attention to composition. Additional IHL linked to coursework will be set when required. |
RS | Students will be given sections of knowledge organisers to learn and there will be regular in class testing on this. Class teacher will check that IHL has been completed. |