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At St Giles’, we believe that continued learning at home plays an important part in a child’s education. It consolidates and extends classroom learning and supports children to develop self-discipline and independence. Having listened to parents’ feedback, we appreciate that with busy lives, it can be a challenge to find sufficient time to complete some formal homework tasks. Having considered this, our homework requirements now focus on consolidation of basic learning, essentially reading, spelling, number bonds up to 100 and times tables.

Please see further guidance below:

Homework Expectations by Phase

	TASKS	TIMING AND FREQUENCY
EYFS	Read school book - record in and sign reading diary Letters and phonemes practice Numberwork – number recognition, counting objects, more/less than etc	5-10 minutes daily (or at least 5 times a week) 5-10 minutes daily 5-10 minutes daily
KS1	Read school book - record in and sign reading diary Spelling practice Number bonds / times tables practice	10 minutes daily (or at least 5 times a week) 5-10 minutes daily 5-10 minutes daily
LKS2	Read school book - record in and sign reading diary Spelling practice Number bonds / times tables practice	10-15 minutes daily (or at least 5 times a week) 5-10 minutes daily 5-10 minutes daily
UKS2	Read school book - record in and sign reading diary Spelling practice Number bonds / times tables practice English and Maths workbook activity	15-20 minutes daily (or at least 5 times a week) 5-10 minutes daily 5-10 minutes daily Approximately 30 minutes per week
At times, teachers may set projects to supplement the termly theme. These activities may be research or art based and you will have a number of weeks to complete them with your children. Unlike the reading, spelling and number work, there is not an expectation that these projects are completed. They are put in place for those parents who enjoy supporting the children with these sorts of activities.