Home Learning

Home learning, when tailored to meet each individual's needs, can be very beneficial. It promotes learner agency by encouraging children to take the initiative and responsibility for completing a task or practising something they want to get better at. It also provides parents with an opportunity to know what their child is learning, support them at home, and understand how they are progressing.

Home learning should be a positive experience. We want it to promote, not detract from learning. For example, too much homework can lead to stress and unnecessary pressure and a lack of balance in children's lives. Non-specific home learning unrelated to a child's next steps can end up being busywork rather than constructive learning.

We do encourage families to think about the following types of home learning. Children could :

• Practice reading to someone, with someone, or on their own.

• Practice sight words, spelling and basic facts using a recommended website or hardcopy materials.

• Access SchoolTalk learning and continuing some learning in an area they need to work on (highlighted yellow).

• Learn something new, like a musical instrument or game.

• Take part in afterschool sports and activities such as netball, cricket, touch rugby, or gymnastics