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Humphrey Perkins School values the importance of appropriately challenging homework, in order to consolidate learning and prepare students well for future work to come
Teachers value the importance of homework and the contribution it has towards learning and progress; teachers are expected to assess, reward and give formative feedback to students around the quality of homework and where appropriate, highlight strategies for improvement. Students are expected to complete homework activities to the best of their ability, in their exercise books, as part of the main body of their work, and should clearly date and title the activity, ‘Homework’.
In Years 9, 10 and 11, Homework is set weekly for all subjects. Each piece of KS4 homework should take approximately 30-45 minutes of focussed concentration to complete and each homework activity is set in addition to exam and formal assessment revision. Homework for Years 7 and 8 is set weekly in Maths, English, Humanities, Languages and Science; each activity should take approximately 30 minutes of focussed concentration to complete. All homework timetables are available on the school’s website.
Humphrey Perkins recognises the value of our students reading regularly. In addition to homework set by subjects there is an expectation that all of our students allocate at least 20 minutes a day to reading at home. Our library is stocked with a huge variety of books which our students can utilise.
Pupils will be set a different amount of homework each week in relation to their Year Group.
Years 7 and 8: At least 5 per week, maximum of 7
Years 9, 10 and 11: At least 8 per week, maximum of 9 per week
Subject
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Frequency
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English
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Years 7 – 11 once per week
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Humanities
(History or Geography)
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Years 7 – 11 once per week
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Languages
(French or Spanish)
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Years 7 – 11 once per week
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Maths
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Years 7 – 10 once per week
Year 11 once per fortnight – complete GCSE paper
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Science
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Years 7 – 9 once per week
Years 10 and 11 once per week for Double Science, twice per week for Triple Science
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PE
(GCSE PE only)
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Years 7 – 9 none
Years 10 – 11 once per week
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Creative
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Years 7 – 10 homework set when appropriate
Year 11 once per week
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