Middle School Planner
MS Home Study Policy
Home Study Policy What is Home Study? Home study is an integral and important part of your son’s education, and this planner will help you in playing an active role in his studies and in his education. Each day your son should be involved in study at home. Home study consists of: Homework Task set by the teacher - major and minor tasks Reading at Home – minimum 15 minutes Organisation and planning – use of diary, revision notes, completion of work not finished in class
1. Major Homework Tasks Assignments are teacher-directed work that involves the student in a variety of ways: Practice Tasks providing students with opportunities to apply new knowledge, or review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills, e.g.: consolidation exercise e.g. Maths, revising information about a current topic, practising works or phrases learnt in a language other than English. Preparatory Tasks providing opportunities for students to gain background information on a unit of study so that they are better prepared for future lessons, e.g. background reading, researching topics for a class unit of work, collecting items e.g. geometric shapes. Extension Tasks encouraging students to pursue knowledge individually and imaginatively, e.g.: writing e.g. a book review, making or designing something e.g. an art work, investigations e.g. Science, Humanities, researching e.g. history, local news. Directed Revision is a structured, detailed and clear Homework Task. It is more than a direction to revise a topic or read a section from a book. Students will complete revision notes and/or a detailed worksheet that will double as revision notes. Directed Revision homework tasks are not marked and recorded. Major Homework Tasks are to be set by the Head of Learning Area and marked in accordance with College policy with the marks recorded in SEQTA. The Head of Learning Area is responsible for ensuring Major Homework Tasks are set and marked appropriately.
Home Study Policy