Homework

The Importance of Homework:

In line with our OBHS Habits, our aim at OBHS is to develop resilient, ambitious, life-long learners.

Homework is important to learning because it:

 

  • offers you the opportunities to research or prepare for new learning;
  • offers opportunities to practise skills learnt in class;
  • enables you to recap, revise and consolidate learning;
  • promotes an independent approach to learning which is key to you achieving well;
  • develops your effective time management and good organisational skills;
  • reinforces the value of studying and lifelong learning.

 

All homework is set on Go4Schools.

All homework will:

 

  • be recorded on Go4Schools with all relevant information and resources attached;
  • be of a volume that is realistic and manageable;
  • have an appropriate and realistic deadline set;
  • be matched to the age, skills and abilities of the student;
  • be valued by the teacher and student (i.e. marked and monitored);

 

Homework that is formally set will be planned by the teacher as an integrated part of the programme of study and will be relevant to the topic/s being studied in class.

The frequency by which homework will be set will vary at Key Stages 3 and 4.

Year 7, 8 and 9:

 

  • Core Subjects (English, Maths and Science): One piece of homework per fortnight.
  • Non Core subjects: One piece of homework per half-term.
  • Each piece of homework should take 20 – 30 minutes to complete.

 

For many subjects, these will be additional and optional tasks which you can use to support and further develop your learning. Please submit any additional work completed to your subject teacher.

 

Year 10 and 11:

 

  • All GCSE subjects: One piece of homework per fortnight.
  • Each piece of homework should take 30 – 60 minutes to complete.
  • Additional revision resources are available on each Subject's Microsoft Teams page for students to access.

 

Reading – we encourage students to be confident and enthusiastic readers as this will support you in all of your subjects. We would recommend that you read a minimum of 20 minutes a day. Children who find reading difficult should spend time reading a book with an adult/older child.

Exercise - it is government aspiration that all children take part in 5 hours of quality physical activity each week. Two of these hours take place in school as part of the curriculum. We would hope that you engage in at least 1 hour of additional exercise, whether as part of the school’s extra-curricular offer or elsewhere.

Instrument practice – this should be daily for all students with access to musical instruments.

Listening to music – you can broaden your knowledge of music by listening to a range of music genres.

Participation – making a positive contribution is a key. You should seek to engage in opportunities outside of the formal curriculum in music, sport and drama or opportunities to pursue a hobby or interest you do not have the opportunity to study at OBHS.

Cultural awareness – this can be fostered by visiting places of historical, scientific or cultural interest, reading newspapers or watching the news

Students must:

 

  • regularly check Go4Schools for homework set;
  • set aside enough time to complete their homework;
  • complete all homework tasks to the best of their ability;
  • actively seek support from their teacher/parent/carer if they do not understand a homework task;
  • hand in their homework on the due date, or to the teacher as soon after as possible if you are absent.

 

It is an expectation that all students will complete all set homework to the best of their ability at all times and hand in to their subject teacher by the specified deadline.

 

Failure to complete/hand-in homework:

 

  1. You will be given a 24-hour extension (at the teacher’s discretion).
  2. Break/ lunchtime detention with subject teacher.
  3. Break/ lunchtime detention with Curriculum Leader.

 

Student Homework Resources