Home Learning
Students will be given home learning regularly at The Sutton Academy.
Learning takes place inside and outside the classroom. It is The Sutton Academy’s policy to set home learning using ClassCharts. It should support students, be clear, be planned, meaningful, and be set regularly.
What is Home Learning?
- Home learning refers to any learning activities which students are asked to do outside lesson time, be it at home or in the academy.
- Home learning should not prevent students from participating in enrichment activities after academy hours such as sport, academic or creative.
- Home learning should not impact adversely on the home life of each student.
- The academy recognises that the environment in which students complete home learning varies significantly, so will make every effort to help the home create conditions conducive to learning or to provide alternative arrangements within the academy.
In Years 7, 8 & 9, the number of subjects per evening varies depending upon the teaching timetable within school.
| Subject | Frequency |
|---|---|
| English | One Sparx Reader task each week and one written task |
| Maths | One Sparx Maths task each week |
| Science |
One Tassomai task each week made up of four daily goals |
| History | Once a week |
| Geography | Once a week |
| RE | Once a fortnight |
| Art | Once a fortnight |
| Music | Once a fortnight |
| Technology | Once a fortnight |
| Computer Science | Half termly project |
| PE | Half termly project |
Years 10 & 11
There is an expectation at Key Stage 4 that all subjects will set home learning at least once a week, however additional home learning may be set by discretion of the classroom teacher and this will be based around controlled assessments, mock exams and coursework deadlines.
Sixth Form
At Key Stage 5, students are set independent study tasks which will be completed as part of Home Learning, Directed Study and Silent study. Completion of these tasks is essential to ensure students are adequately prepared to achieve well in their final assessments.
For each subject, Key Stage 5 students are set one weekly Home Learning task which will be submitted either electronically or in class, and marked by the class teacher. This task will be decided by the teacher but should take the students approximately 1 hour to complete.
In addition, students will be set one Directed Study task a week which will be completed and shown to the subject teacher. This task will not be collected in for marking, but the teacher wll ensure that it has been completed to the expected standard. Failure to do so, will mean this task will have to repeated and shown to the teacher during the next lesson. This task will be decided by the teacher but should take the students approximately 1 hour to complete. Appropriate tasks could include, creating of revision materials or knowledge organisers. Students should complete this task during allocated Directed Study periods, and this will be monitored by the Assistant Director of Sixth Form.
Finally, students will also be set one Silent Study task a week. This task will not be submitted or monitored by the subject teacher but is expected to be completed by the student to the expected standard. Teachers who staff designated Silent Study periods will monitor completion of these tasks. These tasks should be wider reading, study and may extend students beyond the curriculum covered during lessons. This task will be decided by the teacher but should take the students approximately 1 hour to complete.
All independent learning tasks will be set on Class Charts each week and will be clearly identified on the homework calendar as either a Home Learning Task, Directed Study Task or Silent Study Task.
Students must remember to:
- Log into ClassCharts on a daily basis to check their personal home learning planner.
- To ask staff if home learning is not clear and to attend home learning support sessions in specific subject areas / Home Learning Club if required.
- To undertake all home learning tasks to the best of their ability.
- To hand in all home learning by the due date.
- It is the student’s responsibility to seek help if required
Parents can log in to check what home learning has been set, and when it needs to be submitted.
Home Learning clubs and IT facilities are provided at lunch or after school if students are unable to access online.
(If there is a genuine reason for not doing part of or all of the home learning, an explanatory note must be provided).