Subject

What?

How often?

Time spent?

English

Reading

CGP workout

Spelling Shed: 3 games for year 5, 5 games for year 6.

Weekly

5 x 20 minutes

10 minutes

Approx 20 minutes

Maths

Skills booklets

TT Rockstars

Weekly

30 minutes

15 minutes

Design Technology

Research task

Key vocabulary

KS2 Food and Nutrition

Source and weigh out ingredients for practical lessons. 

(The school provide ingredients for Pupil Premium students).

1 per half term

15 minutes

Geography

Research menu sheets for each unit. Students complete one or more of these tasks.  

Revision for assessment.

1 per term

1 hour minimum

History

Historical investigation booklets: create, practise and investigate.

Optional holiday homework

Subject

What?

How often?

Time spent?

English

Reading

CGP workout: 1 for year 7, 1 for year 8.

Spell Zone followed by extension CGP book.

Weekly

5 x 10 minutes

10 minutes

20 minutes

Maths

Sparx maths

Weekly

45 minutes

Science

Consolidation of learning in school

Weekly

30 minutes

Modern Foreign Languages

• Vocabulary learning, followed by in-class checks. Parents need to sign their HLB to say they have witnessed their child learning their vocabulary. 

• Grammar tasks.

• Assessment preparation. This could be spoken questions/answers to rehearse or a written piece to practice, in preparation for their assessments.

30 minutes weekly

History

The home learning programme will focus on key historical terms, second-order concepts and Tier Two vocabulary, ensuring that students develop both subject specific understanding and the broader literacy skills needed for success in history and across the curriculum. 

Students will be given a small, manageable set of key terms and Tier Two vocabulary each half term. They will use techniques such as Look–Cover–Write–Check, flashcards and oral rehearsal to learn both spellings and definitions. Teachers will check understanding through short key- term quizzes in lessons, assessing both spelling and definition recall.

1 per half term

30 – 45 minutes

Design Technology

Research task

Key vocabulary

KS3 Food and Nutrition

Source and weigh out ingredients for practical lessons. 

(The school provide ingredients for Pupil Premium students).

1 per half term

30 minutes

Art

It is an expectation that all students studying art in KS3 will spend time each term developing their sketchbook research. The key focus is to build technical skills and knowledge of key art processes. Students may be asked to draw, research or take reference photographs for their lessons.

1 per half term

30 minutes

Geography

Research menu sheets for each unit. Students complete one or more of these tasks.  

Revision for assessment.

1 per term

1 hour minimum