Policy
As a Catholic Christian community, we educate all to live the gospel of Jesus Christ as successful, creative and confident, active and informed learners; empowered to shape and enrich our world. To enact this, St Catherine’s School aims to improve literacy and numeracy standards and provide purposeful and meaningful opportunities for real - life learning in an inclusive and supportive environment..jpg)
Policy
As a Catholic Christian community, we educate all to live The Gospel of Jesus Christ as successful, creative and confident, active and informed learners, empowered to shape and enrich our world. To enact this, St Catherine’s Primary School recognises that homework is an integral part of teaching and learning. The Homework Policy affirms the School’s commitment to ensuring that a consistent approach is taken to the use of homework as a learning tool.
Rationale
Homework complements and reinforces classroom learning while developing sound study habits and time management skills. Homework needs to be meaningful and relevant, catering to all intelligences and individual learning styles. Homework activities provide important opportunities for parents to share in their child’s education, strengthening communication between home and school.
Aims
At St Catherine’s School, homework may be set by a student’s individual teacher, specialist teacher, or collaboratively by the teachers for a given year level.
Homework may be given to:
- Encourage independent learning
- Assist students to form effective study habits
- Assist students to develop time management skills and the meeting of deadlines
- Teach students that learning can occur anywhere, not just in the classroom
- Provide students with an opportunity to review and reinforce learning from within the classroom
- Encourage extension activities that build upon classroom learning
- Assist with preparation for upcoming classroom learning
- Allow parents and caregivers the opportunity to participate in the learning process by being directly involved with their child’s education and to demonstrate positive attitudes to learning
- Establish homework that is balanced and allows time for family, recreation, and community and cultural activities
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