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Homework Overview by Subject and Key Stage 2015/2016

Subject If you have any queries please contact the subject leader listed below:

KS4

KS5

Art and Design Mr M Thompson [email protected]

KS4 students will be issued with project booklets. They will need to complete one piece of work per week from these booklets, either on paper provided, or homework sketchbooks. These will be marked once every three weeks.

KS5 students will have coursework and exam sketchbooks, in which they will be required to produce 3 pages of work per week. This may include sketches, studies, annotations, research or brainstorms. These will be marked in accordance with the Academy’s assessment policy.

Business Studies Miss N Lockwood [email protected] Mrs L Holden [email protected]

Year 9 Set weekly in line with topic. Will usually be set every 3rd lesson (end of the week) to be submitted the first lesson of the week – the development of a project with weekly tasks. Year 10/11 Students will use their homework time in three ways:

1. They will be expected to complete additional work for

Completion of coursework or research. Expectations set that this will be weekly and students have the facility of the ICT rooms to complete. Students will evidence what they have completed through the submission of their coursework (minimum will be for the 2 deep marks however frequency will vary depending on the topic covered in the unit).

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their coursework (This will involve them attending a session in school)

2. Reflections – students will reflect on their learning from the week. This will be a written piece but can be creative with images to express their understanding. It may be chosen that students reflect on a program (Dragons Den) to develop understanding of a topic (week to complete)

3. Research will form a big part of their independent work and as such this will be completed as homework in support of their lesson (in for the next lesson)

Homework can be set on a chosen date by the teacher to suit the needs of the lessons.

Computing Mr D Fitzgerald [email protected]

Homework for KS4 should be relevant to the needs of the students at the time homework is set. This could range from attending controlled assessment sessions to

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task sheets covering computing theory. Homework should be set once per week and should be completed in a timely manner. The recommended timescale for completion is one week, however this will be at the discretion of the teacher i.e. if a homework is set that will take longer than one week to complete then this will be taken into account when the teacher sets homework and will be recorded in homework diaries for each week it effects. Teachers should not set homework for extended periods of time that does not have regular hand in’s.

DBE Mr N Sharp [email protected]

Homework set every two weeks with one week to complete. Tasks will vary – practise drawins, using sketch-up, analysing buildings, design generation, attending a catch-up session etc… therefore format will vary. All work will receive a mark and be added to prep work folder, marked with H/W in top right corner.

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English Language Miss L Barr [email protected]

1 hour per week Year 10 Homework packs with weekly tasks attached Year 11 iGCSE revision pack, speaking and listening preparation

3 hours per week Essays, research projects, etc.

English Literature Miss L Barr [email protected]

1 hour per week Year 10 Revision packs in relation to the texts being studied Year 11 Revision packs for literature texts

3 hours per week Essays, research projects, etc.

Food Technology Miss G Ryder [email protected]

Student will have weekly homework set and be given a week to complete the task. Homework could be revision, coursework tasks or work which needs to be done for the next lesson.

No group.

Geography Mr C Simmons [email protected]

Year 10 – 45 minutes Exam based questions

180 minutes All homework for KS5 will be based






Year 11 – 60 minutes Exam based questions. Longer mark / more questions than Year 10. Homework will be set on the first lesson for each class of that week and returned no later than the same lesson a week later.

on exam papers / questions or coursework. Homework will be set on the first lesson for each class of that week and returned no later than the same lesson a week later.

History Mr C Simmons [email protected]

Year 10 – 45 minutes Exam based questions Year 11 – 60 minutes Exam based questions. Longer mark / more questions than Year 10. Homework will be set on the first lesson for each class of that week and returned no later than the same lesson a week later.

180 minutes All homework for KS5 will be based on exam papers / questions or coursework. Homework will be set on the first lesson for each class of that week and returned no later than the same lesson a week later.

ICT Mr P Provins [email protected]

Year 9 To be set once a week on the first available lesson. Homework due in on the next ICT lesson. Homework will be set in relation to the scheme of work / topics studied in lesson to further develop KSU of our current programme od study. Please see the ICT KS4 Curriculum Forecast.

Year 12 & 13 Students will be asked to complete a further 3 hours of their ICT studies. Students will be using their PLCs and lesson resources to help develop their current assignment, which may require investigation, creating digital products, testing, writing up feedback and so on.




Year 10 To support our learners with their ongoing controlled assessment I will give the students the opportunity to research around the scenario and try out their skills before their actual controlled assessment. Actual tasks / activities will vary depending on the group / progress made. I would like to see homework set once a week preferably their last lesson of the week and to be handed in the following week. I would also like to include intervention sessions as part of the homework setting process. Year 11 I will like to give the students the opportunity to research around the assignment brief and try out their skills before their actual ICT lesson. Actual tasks / activities will vary depending on the group / progress made. I would like to see homework set once a week preferably their last lesson of the week and to be handed in the following week. I would also like to include intervention sessions as part of the homework setting

Students are also encourages to attend the ICT Department KS5 catch up / intervention sessions on a weekly basis. I would like to see this as part of the homework setting process. Homework / extended learning will be set once a week, due in the following week and reviewed on a regular basis by the Sixth Form ICT staff.


process.

Maths Miss M Sterecka [email protected]

45 minutes homework per week. Using PiXL material and Corbett Maths and past exam paper questions based around PLC areas for development. Year 9 Statistical projects. Year 10 Some homework given to Statistics ready for GCSE. Year 11 If they attend intervention, do not have to complete a weekly homework. 3 night window for homework. Set on a Monday due Thursday. Homework self or peer marked in lesson. Skills for life – independence – students expected to research any questions they are unsure of, or seek advice from peers or teachers before they hand in lesson (can be emailed)

Maths at Greenacre (as the majority of the course is at WGS) 1 hour per week (split over two lessons – as homework given at the end of the session). Students have a disc instead of a text book so the need to complete the textbook questions after each session. Past paper questions also set if appropriate. Homework due in following lesson. Marked in lessons after discussion of any issues that have arisen. Skills for life – independence – students expected to research any questions they are unsure of, or seek advice from peers or teachers before they hand in lesson (can be emailed)



Media Mrs T Chilmaid [email protected]

Year 9 Termly projects based on different areas of Media i.e. film, magazine, newspaper etc. Year 10 Term 1 – weekly independent research to support learning of topic: Soap Opera (may include being asked to watch soap operas at home). Term 2 – a mixture of independent research and, when appropriate, intervention in order to ensure the completion of controlled assessment: analytical assignment. Term 3 – intervention in order to ensure the completion of controlled assessment: storyboard. Term 4 – intervention in order to ensure the completion of controlled assessment: evaluation. Term 5 – intervention to complete and improved controlled assessments. Term 6 – weekly independent research to support learning of topic: TV comedy (may include being asked to watch TV comedy at home).

Year 12 & 13 (Greenacre Academy only) For the whole year students are expected to complete both individual research for their practical coursework and ensure that all deadlines are met, using intervention as appropriate. (Separate Homework is set by WGS for the examination units).



Year 11 Term 1 – weekly independent research to support learning of topic: thriller films (may include being asked to watch thriller films at home). Terms 2 & 3 – intervention in order to ensure the completion of controlled assessment: practical production and evaluation. Term 4 – weekly revision and/or intervention of exam topic – Action Adventure. Term 5 – weekly revision and/or intervention of exam topic – TV Comedy. Term 6 – weekly revision and/or intervention iof exam topics – Action Adventure / TV Comedy. Where weekly homework is set students should be given one week to complete all tasks set.

MET 2 and MET 3 Mr N Sharp [email protected]

OCR GCSE Computing One piece of theory based homework per week to prepare them for their exam or intervention as their teacher see fit.

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If intervention is attended instead the teacher will use ‘n’ in their tracker to denote this and if the student has not attended this will count as failure to complete the homework.

PE Mr R Ellerington [email protected]

Year 10 Weekly once the class have started to prepare for the end of Unit 1 exam. Year 11 Project x2 investigation into the effects of exercise on the body.

BTEC Ensure deadlines are met for the completion of coursework as and when set by the class teacher.

Performing Arts Mrs T Kelly [email protected]

Photography Mr M Thompson [email protected]

KS4 students will be issued with project booklets. They will need to trim, mount and annotate one research image per week from these booklets in the homework book provided. These will be marked once every three weeks.

KS5 students will have coursework and exam books, in which they will be required to produce 5 pages of work per week. This may include research, annotations, brainstorms, contact sheets, photos and manipulations. These will be marked in accordance with the Academy’s assessment





policy.

Public Services Mr D Malia [email protected]

3 hours per week every week. Tracking documents, track completion of individual assignments.

One of the potential homework tasks:

1. Continuation of coursework set in class

2. Coursework set as homework

3. Research to aid coursework

RE Mr S Uddin [email protected]

Year 10 – Homework will be set as and when appropriate at the teacher’s discretion. Year 11 – Homework will be set as and when appropriate at the teacher’s discretion. The recommended timescale for completion is one week, however this will be at the discretion of the teacher i.e. if a homework is set that will take longer than one week to complete then this will be taken into account when the teacher sets homework and will be recorded in homework diaries for each week it effects.

180 minutes All homework for KS5 will be based on exam papers / questions or coursework. Homework will be set on the first lesson for each class of that week and returned no later than the same lesson a week later.

Science Miss C Bailey




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Social Sciences (Law & Psychology) Mr D Wise [email protected]

GCSE Psychology Homework will be set weekly for a 2 day turnaround. Homework will take up to one hour and will involve practising long answer questions and essays.

BTEC Law Homework will be based on the assignments given with discreet deadlines which are outlined on each assignment brief. Homework may include research in preparation of an assignment and will last up to 3 hours per week. A weekly turnaround will be expected unless outlined on an assignment brief. A Level Psychology Homework will be set weekly for a one week turnaround. Work will be set to last up to 3 hours and will be in a range of formats such as research, essays, exam questions and revision materials.



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