Home Learning Expectations
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Home Learning Expectations 2025
It’s important that we work together as a team, so you can support your child where it is most important - beyond the school gate, supporting your child’s learning at home. A great deal of thought has been put into our home learning expectations. There is a range of tasks and activities which will allow the children to practise what they have learnt in school and extend their knowledge with your support. At no point should home learning ever become a battle or take over your home life. It is vital that children have time to be a child – playing and enjoying time with their family and friends. Every child is different – if you feel that our expectations aren’t quite right for your child, please talk to us and we can adapt them to suit your child. They are NOT set in stone.
Reading – Five times a week. They will need to record their reading in their reading records. Reading is the key to all education and the most important aspect of our home learning. Learning to read is just like learning to play a musical instrument – a little and often. This ensures that the skills become embedded into the children’s long-term memory. Sharing bedtime stories is also a vital part of helping your child to become a competent reader and writer. By reading regularly to children, you will unlock their imagination and their desire to read.
Spelling and Phonics– You will find a list of the spellings the children need to learn in this book.
Maths - Firstly, we would like you to have fun playing games, baking and do practical things with your children that involve some element of Maths. Maths is everywhere. As the children move up through the school, they should also complete the following tasks:
Magma Maths (Y1 Onwards) – Each week the children will be set a task to complete. This is something you should do with them. Talking through the task is an important aspect.
TT Rockstars (Y2 Onwards) – At least five times a week for 5 minutes. It is vital that your child knows their tables inside out and back to front. By the end of Year 4, it is expected that every child will know their times tables. Like Reading, times tables are often better practised a little and often rather than in once a week.
Study Theme Work – Each half term your child will be given a list of possible tasks they need to complete linked to their study theme. There will always be a wide selection of tasks to provide the children with some choice. The children should choice one or two which particularly interest them. It's important that the children focus on something they are passionate about. There is no expectation that they will complete all of them. Please don’t do these tasks for the children – it’s pointless, a waste of your time and your child won’t gain anything from it. Instead work together, supporting and helping your child if needed. As the children move up through the school, you should encourage your child to complete these tasks on their own in preparation for High School. These should then be brought into school on the last Monday of each half term.
We understand that families have busy lives and things happen out of our control, so there will be times when you haven’t been able to complete all the tasks set. Just let us know. The key to successful home learning is getting into a routine – put a timetable together for your family. One that works for you. This will help your child get into good habits for High School. Every child is different – some need a break when they get home, others prefer to get it out of the way. It’s important you find out what works for you.
