Homework plays an important role in the reinforcing of new skills your child has learnt during the school day. At St John’s all pupils from Reception through to Upper 5 (Year 11) will be required to carry out homework.
Kindergarten
All children in Kindergarten will be given a reading book, notebook or diary. This will contain details of reading and/ or homework and when it is to be returned to school.
Reception;
Reading each evening except swimming day, plus worksheets as necessary and weekly sightwords/ spellings.
Lower Kindergarten;
Reading each evening, plus ten minutes spellings, tables and worksheets.
Upper Kindergarten;
Reading each evening, plus fifteen minutes of another subject.
Junior School
All Junior children are required to read to an adult for 20 minutes per night, plus practise their weekly spellings and their times tables (using the Times Tables Rock Stars program online). Alongside this, each year group have additional homework as outlined below;
| Form 1 (Year 3) 20 minutes homework plus 20 minutes reading per night | |
| Monday | Spellings and Mental Arithmetic corrections |
| Tuesday | Times tables worksheet |
| Wednesday | Spellings revisions sheet |
| Thursday | English Skills Book |
| Friday | Mental Arithmetic |
| Lower 2 (Year 4) 30 minutes homework plus 20 minutes reading per night | |
| Monday | Spellings and Mental Arithmetic corrections |
| Tuesday | Maths Sheet |
| Wednesday | English Comprehension |
| Thursday | Problem Solving Worksheet |
| Friday | Mental Arithmetic |
| Upper 2 (Year 5) 35 minutes homework plus 20 minutes reading per night | |
| Monday | Spellings and Mental Arithmetic corrections | (and research homework for a whole week) |
| Tuesday | Verbal OR non-verbal reasoning |
| Wednesday | English Comprehension |
| Thursday | Maths Sheet |
| Friday | Mental Arithmetic |
| Lower 3 (Year 6) 40 minutes homework plus 20 minutes reading per night | |
| Monday | Comprehension and Mental Arithmetic corrections |
| Tuesday | Science |
| Wednesday | Maths sheet |
| Thursday | Spellings |
| Friday | Mental Arithmetic |
Senior School
In Senior School pupils are issued with a student planner in which details of all homework should be noted daily. The diary should be checked on a daily basis and can be used by parents and subject teachers for comments. The planner must be signed by parents at the end of each week to indicate that the work has been completed.
Below are two examples of an Upper 3 (Year 7) and Lower 5 (Year 10)
| UPPER 3 (YEAR 7) EXAMPLE HOMEWORK TIMETABLE | |
| Monday | Science | Computing |
| Tuesday | French | Geography |
| Wednesday | History | Art |
| Thursday | English | RE | Spanish |
| Friday | Food Tech. | Music | Maths |
| LOWER 5 (YR 10) EXAMPLE HOMEWORK TIMETABLE | |
| Monday | Statistics |
| Tuesday | English | Physical Education |
| Wednesday | Science | Spanish | Computing |
| Thursday | Maths | History |
| Friday | Physics | Computing |
Art – As and when required
Spanish – Twice a week
Science –Teachers will change on rotation throughout the year; homework will vary.
