Home Learning
At Beckfoot Upper Heaton, our setting of homework is underpinned by three key ideas:
1. Homework consolidates learning that has taken place in school and is relevant to the curriculum. It gives students a chance to practise and reinforce skills and knowledge that they have acquired in class. This independent learning helps students to make progress.
2. All students can access homework. Homework provides an appropriate level of challenge for all students and enables everyone to succeed. Homework does not cap our students but gives them an opportunity to extend their learning.
3. Homework enables students to develop and build resilience, independence, creativity, inquisitiveness and confidence. This helps our students to become life-long learners.
Homework will often utilise the Knowledge Organisers given to students. This knowledge will then be tested in recall activities during morning meetings in school.
All students are expected to complete homework weekly. Detentions will be issued for non-completion of homework.
All homework is recorded by the students in their planners.
Homework: subject summary KS3
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Subject |
Typical activities |
Duration of activities |
Frequency |
Feedback |
Additional support / materials |
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English |
Literacy 1-5 Extended writing |
45 minutes each week |
Set each week by the English teacher |
Literacy 1-5 is self assessed in lesson Extended writing is Red/Amber/Green rated by teacher AtL1 on Class Charts for excellent work |
BBC Bitesize English Knowledge Organisers Book in The Bag – Reading book |
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Maths |
Online tasks set on MathsWatch.co.uk and all students have their log in details. |
30-60 minutes each week |
Set each week by the Maths teacher |
Auto-marked and feedback given on online platform.
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Maths Knowledge Organisers
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Science |
Currently: Recall and retrieval based homework. Proposed: online task set on Educake – 1 hour per week. |
30-60 minutes
60 minutes |
Every two weeks
Every week |
Self-assess homework on due date Auto-assessed using online platform. |
Science knowledge organisers and BBC Bitesize. |
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Languages |
Introducing predominantly vocabulary learning. Students to receive vocabulary trackers compromising the top 60 words for the topic in question |
30 minutes |
Once every two weeks |
Key vocabulary incorporated into lessons and tested. |
Vocab lists |
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Geography |
Use of knowledge organisers- a quiz task, a key words task using look, cover, write & check and also highlight and encourage students to engage in reading around the topic by identifying a book to read/ website to have a look at. |
30 minutes |
Once every 2 weeks |
Key words/ knowledge from quizzes tested in ‘do now’ activities. |
Knowledge organisers BBC Bitesize Reading list- attached to the task linking in with the SOL KS3_Reading_Suggestions.pdf (geography.org.uk) BCC news – keep up to date |
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History |
Use of knowledge organisers – short written task and knowledge recall quiz |
30 minutes |
Once every 2 weeks |
Quiz in lessons / do now activities |
BBC Bitesize Knowledge organisers |
|
RE |
Use of knowledge organisers –key words/ quizzes – knowledge retrieval |
30 minutes |
Once every 2 weeks |
|
BBC Bitesize |
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CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FACULTY |
homework is not formally set other than for end of unit assessments at which point students are asked to prepare and revise, using knowledge organisers and class notes. |
30-60 minutes |
Week prior to end of unit assessments |
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Knowledge organisers Class work / notes |
Homework: subject summary KS4
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Subject |
Typical activities |
Duration of activities |
Frequency |
Feedback |
Additional support / materials |
|
English |
Literacy 1-5 Extended writing |
45 minutes each week |
Set each week by the English teacher |
|
BBC Bitesize English Knowledge Organisers Book in The Bag – Reading book |
|
Maths |
Online tasks set on MathsWatch.co.uk and all students have their log in details. |
30-60 minutes each week |
Set each week by the Maths teacher |
Auto-marked and feedback given on online platform.
|
Maths Knowledge Organisers
|
|
Science |
Currently: Exam-style questions.
Proposed: online task set on Educake – 1 hour per week in combination with exam-style questions. |
30-60 minutes
60 minutes |
Every two weeks
Every week |
Self-assess homework on due date Auto-assessed using online platform. Self-assess exam-style questions using mark scheme |
Science knowledge organisers and BBC Bitesize. CGP AQA GCSE Revision guide. |
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Languages |
Key vocab practice and exam practice – use of revision guides / revision packs. Revision question cards.
|
45- 60 minutes |
Every week |
|
Revision guides Revision packs |
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History |
Focuses on knowledge retrieval activities and exam questions. Students have revision packs for relevant units with tasks to complete |
45 minutes – 1 hour |
Every week |
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Revision guides Knowledge Organisers Revision Packs |
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Geography |
Focuses on knowledge retrieval activities on previous units –use of revision packs incorporating unit knowledge organisers and revision activities and exam questions . |
45 minutes – 1 hour |
Every week |
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Revision guides Tutor2 you –links to revision webinars on YouTube Knowledge Organisers Revision Packs |
|
RE |
Focuses on knowledge retrieval activities and exam questions. Students have revision packs for relevant units with tasks to complete |
45 minutes – 1 hour |
Every week |
|
Revision booklets Revision guides |
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CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FACULTY – Computer Science |
Students are set homework for the theory units at the end of each lesson, to be completed for the following lesson. The homework set is usually to watch a video and make notes when instructed on content that is going to be delivered the following lesson. |
30-60 minutes
|
After every theory-based lesson |
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Online package used to support home learning
Online videos |
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CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FACULTY – Creative Media and Enterprise
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Varies depending on the unit being completed and assessment. For exam units, exam questions, tasks from knowledge organisers have been set previously. |
45-60 minutes |
As required |
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Exam questions Knowledge organisers Revision book – if provided |
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CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FACULTY – OCR Sport |
Homework is now set on class charts and also students are expected to attend period 6 when asked to do so. |
30-60 minutes |
As required |
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Exam questions Knowledge organisers Classcharts |
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CREATIVE AND TECHNICAL FACULTY – Art / Engineering |
Students have been provided with 'packs' to support homework and home learning. They are asked to complete tasks and additional work to support their portfolio of evidence. |
45-60 minutes (but can vary) |
Art – ongoing portfolio development
Engineering – as set |
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Packs provided Task sheets / Art book Exam questions Knowledge organisers
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L O G O N T O Y O U R E M A I L S
ClassCharts - Home Learning
We introduced a new tool called ClassCharts for students, teacher and parents to support home learning in the Summer Term 2020. This enables you to:
- See exactly what homework you have been set
- Check the date it was set and when it is due in
- See a weekly calendar / overview of homework set
- See which teacher set the homework
- Access any information, attachments or detail provided how to complete the homework set
- Receive feedback for completed work
- Contact your teachers for help with work set
How Do I Access This Information?
You can do this in two ways:
- By accessing the public homework calendar on the school website (click on the ClassCharts logo above)
- Download the ClassCharts Student app, or access the ClassCharts website (login details have been emailed to you)
Advice for Learning at Home
Without your teacher giving you instructions, showing you how you might complete a task, giving you feedback and advice throughout the lesson, you might find it hard to work as effectively as you do at school. The following advice is to help you do your very best when working from home.
- Don’t worry if you can’t complete all the work during normal school hours. We understand that this might not be possible and that you may be sharing your devices with other members of your family.
- Expect to work a bit slower and give yourself time limits where appropriate. Without your teacher pestering you to stay focused, you might find it harder to complete as much work as you would in a classroom environment. We are aware that some students will find it harder to be focused at home, but just try and do your best and let your teacher know if you need extra support.
- If you can, try to work without other distractions so that you can fully focus on the task in hand if possible. Take regular breaks and give yourself rewards after completing tasks.
- If you need to talk to your teachers about your work, you can email them any relevant questions you might have about a particular topic or task.
- Any work you do on paper, look after it! If you want to upload written work for feedback, you can take a picture and upload it as an attachment through ClassCharts.
- Do speak to your parents about your work. Share what you have done, what you have learnt.
