Homework
At Aureus, we believe homework is an essential part of learning. Homework develops study habits and independent learning. Research shows that homework also benefits factual knowledge, self-discipline, attitudes to learning, problem-solving skills and time management. We want to encourage our students to become independent learners and be able to self-regulate their own learning. If Homework is effective, it can lead to accelerated progress and research has shown a significant impact on secondary school students.
Parents and Carers can become the guardians of their child’s Google Classroom and receive summaries of work set and submitted and ongoing deadlines. If you require any assistance with Google Classroom, please contact your child’s coach in the first instance.
Nature
The nature of Home learning will vary between subjects, year groups and topics. The most effective tasks are those which are frequent, short and focussed and knowledge which is integral to lessons for example, we use recall checks at the beginning of every lesson. Some home learning may be embedding memory recall to support revision.
Frequency
Each Subject will set Home learning, designed by their own department to best suit their curriculum at each Key Stage. For frequency of each subject’s Home learning please refer to our guidelines below.
Duration
Home Learning duration guidance:
| Key Stage | Length of task |
|---|---|
| At KS3 the core subjects will set homework once a week, and other subjects once a fortnight. | Homework tasks will be no longer than 30 minutes |
| At KS4 all examined subjects will set homework once a week | Homework tasks will be approximately one hour |
Homework Club
In order to support students with homework, we offer a Homework Club after school, in the library, every Tuesday and Thursday until 4pm. Students can also access support during break or lunch from their classroom teachers.
Setting Homework
Homework will be set via Google Classroom as an assignment or a quiz. It is the responsibility of the student to click ‘Hand in,’ even if the work does not require a document being uploaded on Google Classroom and will be checked in the lesson.
Parents and Carers can become the guardians of their child’s Google Classroom and receive summaries of work set and submitted and ongoing deadlines. If you require any assistance with Google Classroom, please e-mail Googleclassroom@aureusschool.org.
We want to encourage students to continue to use our Knowledge Organisers provided on the school website to support memory recall. If students do not have access to internet at home, please ask your teachers to provide hard copies of work for Home learning or students can access Google classroom during the school day at break times.
Click here to view a parents and carers guide for accessing Google Classroom
