In Year 6 the children are given homework each week. We encourage all children to keep up to date with any homework given as this will support them as they prepare for secondary school.

Maths, English and spelling homework will be set once a week on a Friday. The children must ensure that the work is fully completed. These details will be shared by the teacher each week. Children will be asked to record each piece of homework in their homework diary and so should have a record of the instructions given. As a rough guide, homework should take no longer than 30 minutes each evening.

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 We encourage all children to keep up with their home learning as it supports the work we do in school and is good preparation for secondary school.  If, for any reason, your child cannot complete their home learning, you should communicate this via their homework diary. If there is no communication the children will:

• Have the weekend to bring the completed homework into school

• If it is not in on Monday, the children will complete the homework during lunchtime in class with one of the UKS2 teachers. 

• If this happens twice in a half term, your child’s class teacher will discuss his/her concerns with you.
• If homework is not completed three times in a half term, children will have a discussion with the phase leader about the importance of completing homework and you will be contacted.

In addition to the above, in Year 6 children are required to practise their spelling and multiplication tables on a weekly basis.  The National Curriculum states that, by the end of Year 6, all children should be able to ‘perform mental calculations, including with…large numbers’.  This requires quick recall of multiplication and division facts.  These are tested in school using the 99 Club, which are differentiated tests to support learning.  A weekly spelling list will also be issued, in line with the word list contained in the National Curriculum. These words are tested weekly.

The children are also required to read for at least 15 minutes every evening. Please record the book read, page numbers and any comments you wish to make in the Homework Diaries.  Books sent home with children will be changed as appropriate, but children are also strongly encouraged to access their own preferred books in order to build further their reading for pleasure. Homework diaries should be signed weekly by the parents.

We also set the children a topic homework grid each term giving a selection of tasks they may choose from to complete which are in line with our topic. The children enjoy completing these tasks and showing them to the class at the end of term.

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