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, their Times Tables Rock Stars and EdShed online programmes to enhance their learning.  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
Wednesday English
Thursday Problem Solving and Research
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 Grammar and Mental Arithmetic corrections
Tuesday Topic Work
Wednesday Maths sheet
Thursday Spelling Sentences
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.  Academic 2023/24 Homework timetables will be updated at the beginning of September 2023.

U3R   HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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U3B HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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L4C  HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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L4O  HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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U4G  HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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U4B  HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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L5Ro & L5Ry HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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  U5H/ U5P/ U5B/U5A  HOMEWORK TIMETABLE 2023/24
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