English - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Assigning students to independent reading on SPARX Reader offers several benefits. This digital platform personalises reading experiences by recommending texts suited to each student’s reading level and interests, encouraging a greater engagement and enjoyment in reading. The approach promotes regular reading habits, improving literacy skills, vocabulary and comprehension over time. Additionally, SPARX Reader tracks progress and provides data-driven insights, helping teachers identify areas where students may need additional support, thus enhancing targeted learning interventions. Overall, this implementation fosters a love for reading while systematically building essential language skills.

Maths - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Using Sparx Maths tasks to be set on a weekly basis on the following criteria:

·         consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class.

·         personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework.

·         personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity with lower prior attaining groups.

The insights section of Sparx Maths reviewed weekly in class for areas to address/challenge and link home learning back to classroom learning.

Science - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

As part of our commitment to enhancing the learning experience for our Key Stage 3 students, home learning tasks will be set using Sparx Science. These assignments will be closely linked to the concepts and topics covered in recent lessons, providing students with the opportunity to reinforce their understanding of key ideas from both current and earlier units of study.

To further support their learning journey, additional resources and materials will be shared on the class Teams page, ensuring that students have access to a wide range of tools to aid their studies.

The insights section of Sparx Science will then be reviewed on a weekly basis to identify specific areas requiring additional focus or challenge. This will facilitate a seamless integration of home learning with classroom learning, enabling students to build upon their knowledge progressively and effectively.

Geography - Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Every third lesson, students are given a worksheet to complete in their geography homework booklet. These activities will range from identifying key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in upcoming lessons, to practising and revisiting key geographical skills. In Geography it is essential that students understand the meaning of these words so they can fully access the lessons and make progress. The home learning can be completed by students using the internet/ a dictionary to investigate the list of words or geographical skills at home.

History - TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 7 home learning overview: All KS Home Learning will be linked to the 5 Year Plan, MTP, STP and Curriculum documents (See Resources). For Y7 we will focus on introductions to the following:

Identifying and Describing: this focuses on the key parts of future GCSE learning. Students will complete home learning on the aspects of Being British that involve their own families and heritage (major change this year).

The focus will be on 4- and 8-Mark style questions to build familiarity with using sources, interpretations and evidence. Themes will be on:

·         Being British (6 Tasks)

·         Empire Building (3 Tasks)

·          North American Slave Trade (3 Tasks)

·         Genocide of Indigenous Peoples (3 Tasks)

·         Colonialisation (3 Tasks)

Each of these will be assessed through home learning specifically related to the key criteria of the AQA structure of History and our Learning Objectives

Pupils should extend and deepen their chronologically secure knowledge so that it provides a well-informed context for wider learning. Pupils should identify significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends. They should use historical terms and concepts in increasingly sophisticated ways.

AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the period studied.

AO2: Explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.

MFL - LanguageGym

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

A Sentence Builder is given to pupils in week 1 to take home for self-quizzing and to memorise key chunks of French/Spanish over the half-term. They will be tested in phase 1, 2 and 4 of each consecutive lesson.

They will be tested on the new language in Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing Assessments in HT1,3 & 5 and STAR MARK in HT2, 4 & 6.

www.languagegym.com tasks are set and tracked fortnightly

Resources are available on TEAMS for each class.

Music

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

HT1: 2 x Rhythm quiz: teams,

HT2: Pitch/Kbd: learn EGBDF/FACE, rhythm quiz

HT3: Chords+Melodies: Learn Major = +5+4, Minor = +4+5, Learn most common chords = 1, 4, 5, 6, key vocab retrieval

HT4: Theme and Variations: Key vocabulary quiz, Listening/comparing task

HT5: Intro to ukulele: Listening/key vocabulary task

HT6: Superheroes and Villains: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz

Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Food- preparation of ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity for students to get to grips with the new routines and becoming a more confident chef. This includes some weighing and measuring, plus students organising safe transport and storage of food in the storerooms at the start of the school day, plus collection of ingredients from the food rooms at the end of the school day. Students will extend their knowledge of ingredients and techniques used through research and evaluation activities.

Art- Students are set tasks that build upon and extend the topics covered in lessons: The Formal Elements of Art. Activities include observational drawing using tone and mark making, colour theory, pattern design and developing literacy through spellings and artists analysis.

Design Technology- students are set research tasks that help prepare their knowledge and understanding for following lessons in topics such as the environment, materials and equipment and user trial/testing to review success of practical outcomes.

PE - TEAMS

Set for each activity block

Home learning frequency is every 5-weeks in line with curriculum plan for Physical Education. Here students complete 1x sporting activity quiz and 1x body systems/promotion of lifelong participation topic content quiz. All quizzes have a comprehension task to support the quiz which allows students to develop their reading and writing skills within a sporting context.

ICT

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

The learning activity must be planned to link to the learning in the classroom or be a retrieval activity.

Revision activities can be set

Homework is set by the teacher responsible for the year group.

Homework which is set is for all classes.

Individual class homework is set if teachers deem that misconceptions need to be looked at more.

The use of research and low stake quizzes are used to identify any missing gaps in their learning from the classroom.

Homework booklets are used for homework; this supports the school literacy policy as students will need to read and comprehend a piece of text in order to answer the questions. Some topics will support curriculum content and others will provide cultural capital from within the STEM Environment.

English – SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Assigning students to independent reading on SPARX Reader offers several benefits. This digital platform personalises reading experiences by recommending texts suited to each student’s reading level and interests, encouraging a greater engagement and enjoyment in reading. The approach promotes regular reading habits, improving literacy skills, vocabulary and comprehension over time. Additionally, SPARX Reader tracks progress and provides data-driven insights, helping teachers identify areas where students may need additional support, thus enhancing targeted learning interventions. Overall, this implementation fosters a love for reading while systematically building essential language skills.

Maths - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Using Sparx Maths tasks to be set on a weekly basis on the following criteria:

·         consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class.

·         personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework.

·         personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity with lower prior attaining groups.

The insights section of Sparx Maths reviewed weekly in class for areas to address/challenge and link home learning back to classroom learning.

Science - Booklet & Forms

1x Home learning activity per week

As part of our commitment to enhancing the learning experience for our Key Stage 3 students, home learning tasks will be set using Sparx Science. These assignments will be closely linked to the concepts and topics covered in recent lessons, providing students with the opportunity to reinforce their understanding of key ideas from both current and earlier units of study.

To further support their learning journey, additional resources and materials will be shared on the class Teams page, ensuring that students have access to a wide range of tools to aid their studies.

The insights section of Sparx Science will then be reviewed on a weekly basis to identify specific areas requiring additional focus or challenge. This will facilitate a seamless integration of home learning with classroom learning, enabling students to build upon their knowledge progressively and effectively.

Geography - Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Every third lesson, students are given a worksheet to complete in their geography homework booklet. These activities will range from identifying key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in upcoming lessons, to practising and revisiting key geographical skills. In Geography it is essential that students understand the meaning of these words so they can fully access the lessons and make progress. The home learning can be completed by students using the internet/ a dictionary to investigate the list of words or geographical skills at home.

History - TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 8 home learning overview: All KS3 Home Learning will be linked to the 5 Year Plan, MTP, STP and Curriculum documents (See MLIR). For Y8 we will focus on introductions to the following:

·         How did life change in Britain?

·         Factories and human rights

·         Railways and canals

·         Whitechapel case study

·         Poverty, health, and government responsibility

This means that we will develop IDEA further by introducing new ways to develop evidemce and how to use it within the context of AQA AO1-4. Home Learning will be based on 8 and 12 mark style AQA questions, research and reading on the following topics:

Industrialisation

Local History (this will involve research in to local Luddites and events of the 19th century).

Suffrage and UK Rights

WW1 and the Impact of global issues

home learning will specifically link to local and national issues of representation and democracy that links to our cohorts, looking at WW1 though the lens of our current cohort

They should pursue historically valid enquiries including some they have framed themselves, and create relevant, structured and evidentially supported accounts in response. They should understand how different types of historical sources are used rigorously to make historical claims and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed. Teaching should equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement.

AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the period studied.

AO2: Explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.

MFL - LanguageGym

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

A Sentence Builder is given to pupils in week 1 to take home for self-quizzing and to memorise key chunks of French/Spanish over the half-term. They will be tested in phase 1, 2 and 4 of each consecutive lesson.

They will be tested on the new language in Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing Assessments in HT1,3 & 5 and STAR MARK in HT2, 4 & 6.

www.languagegym.com tasks are set and tracked fortnightly

Resources are available on TEAMS for each class.

Music

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 8 home learning overview:

HT1: Royal fanfares watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz

HT2: Ukuleles: A song for Christmas: listening tasks – different songs/versions for different classes (studying different Christmas songs)

HT3: World Percussion: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz – different for different classes (Djembe/taiko)

HT4: Music and Faith: Key vocabulary quiz

HT5: Music for Dance: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz

HT6: Got the Blues: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz

Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Food- preparation of ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity for students to become a confident chef.  This includes some weighing and measuring, plus students organising safe transport and storage of food in the storerooms at the start of the school day, plus collection of ingredients from the food rooms at the end of the school day. Students will extend their knowledge of ingredients used through research and evaluation activities.

Art- tasks set reinforce the techniques used in class and build upon the skills developed in year 7.  There are opportunities to practice observational drawing, composition, stylised sketches, application of colour theory, typography using perspective and still life photography.

Design Technology- students are set research tasks that help prepare their knowledge and understanding for following lessons in topics such as materials, equipment and designer and user trial/testing to review success of practical outcomes.

PE – TEAMS

Set for each activity block

Year 8 home learning overview:  Home learning frequency is every 5-weeks in line with curriculum plan for Physical Education. Here students complete 1x sporting activity quiz and 1x body systems/promotion of lifelong participation topic content quiz. All quizzes have a comprehension task to support the quiz which allows students to develop their reading and writing skills within a sporting context.

ICT - Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

The learning activity must be planned to link to the learning in the classroom or be a retrieval activity.

Revision activities can be set

Homework is set by the teacher responsible for the year group.

Homework which is set is for all classes.

Individual class homework is set if teachers deem that misconceptions need to be looked at more.

The use of research and low stake quizzes are used to identify any missing gaps in their learning from the classroom.

Homework booklets are used for homework; this supports the school literacy policy as students will need to read and comprehend a piece of text in order to answer the questions. Some topics will support curriculum content and others will provide cultural capital from within the STEM Environment.

English - Via Booklet

1x Home learning activity per week

The Year 9 homework booklet provides a bridge between the home learning completed in Years 7 and 8, and the homework completed in Years 10 and 11. Students are once more asked to engage with a series of non-fiction extracts, and unseen poems, and continue to explore and retain Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary, through a series of comprehension tasks that are specifically designed to promote independent learning habits. The texts are carefully selected, so that they enrich what the students are studying as part of the curriculum. This ensures that students foster a deeper level of understanding of English Language and Literature, and are able to apply this further contextual knowledge to exam style questions.

Maths - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Using Sparx Maths tasks to be set on a weekly basis on the following criteria:

·         consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class.

·         personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework.

·         personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity with lower prior attaining groups.

The insights section of Sparx Maths reviewed weekly in class for areas to address/challenge and link home learning back to classroom learning.

Science - Booklet & Forms

1x Home learning activity per week

As part of our commitment to enhancing the learning experience for our Key Stage 3 students, home learning tasks will be set using Sparx Science. These assignments will be closely linked to the concepts and topics covered in recent lessons, providing students with the opportunity to reinforce their understanding of key ideas from both current and earlier units of study.

To further support their learning journey, additional resources and materials will be shared on the class Teams page, ensuring that students have access to a wide range of tools to aid their studies.

The insights section of Sparx Science will then be reviewed on a weekly basis to identify specific areas requiring additional focus or challenge. This will facilitate a seamless integration of home learning with classroom learning, enabling students to build upon their knowledge progressively and effectively.

Geography – Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Every third lesson, students are given a worksheet to complete in their geography homework booklet. These activities will range from identifying key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in upcoming lessons, to practising and revisiting key geographical skills. In Geography it is essential that students understand the meaning of these words so they can fully access the lessons and make progress. The home learning can be completed by students using the internet/ a dictionary to investigate the list of words or geographical skills at home.

History - TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

All KS3 Home Learning will be linked to the 5 Year Plan, MTP, STP and Curriculum documents (See MLT TEAM). For Y9 we will focus on introductions to the following:

The Interwar Years: Home learning on wider culture and media to support 9 Protected characteristics

WW2 in both Europe and Asia: again specifically through the lens of our cohorts

The Holocaust: building upon the surveys about misconceptions and challenging denial and deliberate downplaying of the issue

Civil Rights in the USA and UK: home learning on specific individuals and events (Emmett Till, MLK and Selma) that will link to our Big Screen

IDEA will now develop to reach all 4 key skills by reviewing and developing analysis, linked to the explanations, descriptions and knowledge that have been developed in Y7 and Y8

Home Learning will also develop wider skills in GCSE 12- and 16-mark questions.

AO3: Analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) to make substantiated judgements, in the context of historical events studied.

AO4: Analyse, evaluate and make substantiated judgements about interpretations (including how and why interpretations may differ) in the context of historical events studied.

MFL - LanguageGym

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

A Sentence Builder is given to pupils in week 1 to take home for self-quizzing and to memorise key chunks of French/Spanish over the half-term. They will be tested in phase 1, 2 and 4 of each consecutive lesson.

They will be tested on the new language in Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing Assessments in HT1,3 & 5 and STAR MARK in HT2, 4 & 6.

www.languagegym.com tasks are set and tracked fortnightly

Resources are available on TEAMS for each class.

Music- TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

HT1+HT2: Listen to the song 10 times (x2!), comparing original/cover versions, key vocabulary/retrieval task, literacy task with article

HT3: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz – advert music

HT4: Watch/listen/quiz task, key vocabulary quiz – Blue Planet, John Williams

HT5: Baroque – Harpsichord homework, key vocabulary quiz, watch/listen quiz

HT6: Key vocabulary quiz, listening

Drama

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Term 1: Retrieval quiz x2, key vocabulary quiz x2

Term 2: Retrieval quiz, key vocabulary quiz

Term 3: Retrieval quiz x2, key vocabulary quiz x2

Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Food- preparation of ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity in both theory and practical skills. This includes some weighing and measuring, plus students organising safe transport and storage of food in the storerooms at the start of the school day, plus collection of ingredients from the food rooms at the end of the school day. Students will extend their knowledge of ingredients used through research and evaluation activities.

Art- tasks set reinforce the techniques used in class and build upon the skills developed in year 8. There are opportunities to develop observational drawing techniques learned in class, adding tone through mark making, drawing facial features and proportions, stylised portraits, idea generation, students will complete research into careers within Art.

Design Technology- students are set research tasks that help prepare their knowledge and understanding for following lessons in topics such as design, innovation and materials.

PE – TEAMS

Set for each activity block

Home learning frequency is every 5-weeks in line with curriculum plan for Physical Education. Here students complete 1x sporting activity quiz and 1x body systems/promotion of lifelong participation topic content quiz. All quizzes have a comprehension task to support the quiz which allows students to develop their reading and writing skills within a sporting context.

ICT - Booklet

 1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

The learning activity must be planned to link to the learning in the classroom or be a retrieval activity.

Revision activities can be set

Homework is set by the teacher responsible for the year group.

Homework which is set is for all classes.

Individual class homework is set if teachers deem that misconceptions need to be looked at more.

The use of research and low stake quizzes are used to identify any missing gaps in their learning from the classroom.

Homework booklets are used for homework; this supports the school literacy policy as students will need to read and comprehend a piece of text in order to answer the questions. Some topics will support curriculum content and others will provide cultural capital from within the STEM Environment.

English - Via Booklet

1x Home learning activity per week

Students often find revision overwhelming and struggle to know where to begin. The Year 10 homework booklet guide students through a range of Language and Literature skills that are thematically linked to the text they are studying within their English lessons. Tasks provide are designed to promote independent learning habits which increase in challenge as the year progresses.

Students are also guided through exam questions, and wider reading resources, to further support their retention and application of skills and knowledge. Through the booklet, students are able to apply and strengthen the skills and knowledge taught through the curriculum into their own, independent practice, ensuring they are ready for GCSE and beyond.

Maths - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Using Sparx Maths tasks to be set on a weekly basis on the following criteria:

·         consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class.

·         personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework.

·         personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity with lower prior attaining groups.

·         In preparation for and following mock examinations bespoke exam questions may be set as homework

The insights section of Sparx Maths reviewed weekly in class for areas to address/challenge and link home learning back to classroom learning.

Science - Booklet & Forms

Combined Science 1x Home learning activity per week 

Biology, Physics, Chemistry 1x Home learning activity per week per subject.

As part of our commitment to enhancing student learning in Key Stage 4, home learning will be structured around Sparx Science tasks that are directly linked to the concepts being taught in recent lessons. This approach allows students to consolidate their understanding of both current and previous topics, facilitating a deeper mastery of the subject matter.

In addition to the Sparx Science tasks, students may also be assigned supplementary homework aimed specifically at honing their exam technique. This practice is essential as it prepares students for the rigours of their forthcoming assessments. Furthermore, a variety of additional learning resources will be made available on the class Teams page, ensuring that all students have access to a wide range of materials to support their studies.

Each week, we will utilise the insights available through Sparx Science to pinpoint areas where students may benefit from further challenge or clarification. By effectively linking home learning back to classroom instruction, we aim to create a cohesive learning experience that promotes academic growth and confidence in the subject.

Geography – Booklet

1x Home learning activity per week

Students are given a revision booklet to complete an activity each week which consists of revision tasks that can be completed alongside their class work and books, to aid retrieval. This will link to content they have recently been taught in lessons.

History - TEAMs

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Students will have two areas to cover: Health and the People (HT1 to HT3) and Restoration England 1660-1685.

For Health and the People Home Learning will focus on AO1-4. This will be specifically aimed at the 7 themes for this part of the course.  Students will study the importance of the following factors: (All 7 are recurring themes throughout the Topic and units)

·         War

·         superstition and religion

·         chance

·          government

·          Communication

·         science and technology

·         the role of the individual in encouraging or inhibiting change.

Students will also have Home Learning based on the following key questions:

This option focuses on the following questions:

·         Why has there been progress in the health of the British people?

·         How and why has the pace and scale of medical development varied at different times?

·          What impact has medical progress had on people and society?

·         How and why have different factors been more important than others for individual medical developments?

·         What is the significance of key individuals or events in the history of medical development?

Assessment will be Formative every lesson, checked against Learning Objectives (see below). There are also low stakes quizzes and Question documentation that focus on the key information that the students must know for their GCSE exams.

Summative assessment happens every two weeks with a RED zone GCSE Question. At the end of each topic there will be a formal exam style assessment that produces a GCSE grade.

In Year 11 all students will sit a summer GCSE exam that covers all topics taught so far. This will give a GCSE grade for the year and will assist with set placements and intervention.

For Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-72 this will focus on AO1-2 specifically as the largest part of the awards for this GCSE are knowledge, content and its application. We will focus on Q2, Q3 and Q4 with Q1 covered solely in lessons. 100Q and Revision materials will be used to support each home learning task.

·         Focus on Political/Cultural and Social changes that took place between USSR and USA because of conflict and tension

·         Character of major figures: Stalin/Khrushchev, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Castro

·         Focus of differing political ideologies: Capitalism and Communism

·         Focus on nature of power in USSR/Warsaw Pact

·         Moral argument – weapons of mass destruction (Arms Race)

·         Moral argument – spying/espionage

For Restoration England (1660-1685) the Home Learning will be based upon the Historic Environment packs and the written and visual sources contained within them. 2023’s topic will be Jamaica and the Restoration. This will focus on the sources and will involve research of specific evidence to fulfil the criteria from AQA. This will link very closely to the Y7-9 courses and is one of the reasons why we have changed the Historic Environment Module for 23-24

Assessment will be formative every lesson, checked against Learning Objectives (see below). There are also low stakes quizzes and question documentation that focus on the key information that the students must know for their GCSE exams. This will be directly related to the Home Learning.

Summative assessment happens every two weeks with a RED zone GCSE Question. At the end of each topic there will be a formal exam style assessment that produces a GCSE grade.

In Year 10 all students will sit a summer GCSE exam that covers all topics taught so far. This will give a GCSE grade for the year and will assist with set placements and intervention. (See Assessment Reporting and Reporting Document 23-24)

MFL - LanguageGym

Sentence builders printed and on TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

• Pupils receive a variety of home learning per fortnight. These are:
• Teachers set exam style tasks fortnightly for reading, writing and speaking skills in week 2
• Students are encouraged to use revision guides/links from Oak National Academy (https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-4/subjects/french),
• BBC bitesize (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zc7xpv4)
• GCSE Pod to close gaps in knowledge through note taking and creation of flashcards.
• www.languagegym.com tasks are set week 2.
• Exam practice booklets given at various points during KS4 Half-terms to cover Themes studied.

Resources are available on TEAMS for each class.

Art, Design & Technology - Coursework Art Portfolio

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Homework plays a very important role in helping students to develop as young artists and designers.  Working independently, away from the classroom environment allows students to develop their skills and ideas in a personal way and build an individual approach to their work.

Art- Homework at GCSE is always related to and forms part of the students’ current coursework. Each project is part of their portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to their final grade. Homework tasks include visual research e.g.; taking photographs outside of the academy, observational studies, material experiments, reviewing and refinements and artist/designer analysis tasks.

Photography- Homework at GCSE is always related to and forms part of the students’ current coursework. Each project is part of their portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to their final grade. Homework tasks include visual research, artist/designer analysis tasks, take images, use online photo editor packages such as Photopea and present the work completed in class. On some occasions, this homework might be ‘flipped’ in nature, where students carry out learning ahead of covering the topic in class. Students will be expected to take photos outside of the academy.

Food and Hospitality and Catering- homework focuses on recapping knowledge from the lessons using the online platform SENECA, knowledge organisers, and GCSE bite size. Answering past paper exam questions and creating revision resources. Practical activities include practicing and research cooking skills, organising ingredients in order to be prepared for practical lessons, time management and sourcing recipes.

Computing and Enterprise - Online E-Portfolio, Class Book

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Computer Science

• E-Portfolio/books - any exam questions not completed, needs to be completed at home before the next lesson.
• Students who miss a lesson are to complete the missed work on the E-Portfolio for homework and given a 1-week deadline
• Each topic has an E-Portfolio which is separate to lesson work, and this is completed at home at end of each work as the E-Portfolios are based on lessons taught.
• The use of SMART Revise – Online tool.  This will help monitor student progress as well students monitoring, they're on progress.

BTEC DIT, Enterprise and iMedia

• Students use homework to complete coursework either by improving it or by completing missed work.
• BTEC DIT & Enterprise coursework is online and shared with teacher allows easy checking of any work that is completed.
• During Exam preparation for iMedia E-Portfolio is also provided.  For DIT & Enterprise homework is set by the individual teacher for that course, based on lesson outcomes

PE – TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks.

Each topic within GCSE PE and BTEC Sport has a supporting TEAMs quiz/comprehension tasks for students to complete to support with retrieval practice strategies and exam specific-subject knowledge content.

RE

1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks.

Year 10’s are given a homework booklet based on either a past topic to aid retrieval practice, a new upcoming topic to lay the foundations or a topic they are currently studying in lesson.

Term 1 – Students were studying theme A

Term 2 – Students are studying Theme B

Term 3 – Students will be given a home learning booklet around Theme C

Citizenship - Booklet

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 10’s are given a homework booklet based on either a past topic to aid retrieval practice, a new upcoming topic to lay the foundations or a topic they are currently studying in lesson.

Term 1 – Students were studying theme A – Living together in the UK but were given homework around Theme B Democracy at work in the UK.

Term 2 – Students are studying Theme B Democracy at work in the UK but are given a home learning booklet around Theme A Living in the UK.

Term 3 – Students will be given a home learning booklet around Theme C – How the law works whilst also studying this in class.

Health & Social Care - Coursework

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Students are given homework tasks linked to the completion of their coursework every week. This will all depend on the class teacher and the ability of the students.

English – Booklet

1x Home learning activity per week

Since students complete a full suite of mocks at the end of Year 10, their Year 11 teacher begins the year with beneficial data that informs their planning, moving forward. We know that students often find revision overwhelming and struggle to know where to begin, so their teacher will set a range of revision activities and exam style tasks, which suits the needs of their class, and ensures that they are able to make progress, following the mock data. The class teacher will carefully guide students through the steps of revision, for each of their Literature texts and basic Language Skills. Using heavily researched and tested methods regarding recall and retention, students are asked to re-read their Literature texts, identify relevant quotations, and context, engage in a series of tasks designed to help commit these to memory and build a set of flashcards. Revision is also supported by GCSE Pod, which the class teacher will use efficiently, again with the aim of supporting recall and retention of texts, contexts and quotations, due to the closed-book nature of the exam.

Students are also guided through exam questions, and wider reading resources, to further support their retention and application of GCSE skills and knowledge, and beyond.

Maths - Online - SPARX

1x Home learning activity per week

Using Sparx Maths tasks to be set on a weekly basis on the following criteria:

·         consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class.

·         personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework.

·         personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity with lower prior attaining groups.

·         In preparation for and following mock examinations bespoke exam questions may be set as homework

The insights section of Sparx Maths reviewed weekly in class for areas to address/challenge and link home learning back to classroom learning.

Science - Booklet & Forms

Combined Science 1x Home learning activity per week 

Biology, Physics, Chemistry 1x Home learning activity per subject per week.

As part of our commitment to enhancing student learning in Key Stage 4, home learning will be structured around Sparx Science tasks that are directly linked to the concepts being taught in recent lessons. This approach allows students to consolidate their understanding of both current and previous topics, facilitating a deeper mastery of the subject matter.

In addition to the Sparx Science tasks, students may also be assigned supplementary homework aimed specifically at honing their exam technique. This practice is essential as it prepares students for the rigours of their forthcoming assessments. Furthermore, a variety of additional learning resources will be made available on the class Teams page, ensuring that all students have access to a wide range of materials to support their studies.

Each week, we will utilise the insights available through Sparx Science to pinpoint areas where students may benefit from further challenge or clarification. By effectively linking home learning back to classroom instruction, we aim to create a cohesive learning experience that promotes academic growth and confidence in the subject.

Geography – Booklet

1x Home learning activity per week

Students are given a revision booklet to complete an activity each week which consists of revision tasks that can be completed alongside their class work and books, to aid retrieval. This will link to content they have recently been taught in lessons. This will ensure they are chunking their revision into small, manageable chunks across the whole year to support their preparation for the mock exams in November, January and their final exams in the Summer.

History - TEAMs

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Students will study two units   Germany Democracy to Dictatorship (Germany 1890-1945 HT1-3) Conflict and Tension during the Cold War (1945-1972 HT 4-6)

For Germany (1890-1945) the Home Learning will be based upon the Home Learning packs and the written and visual sources contained within them. This will focus on the sources and will involve research of specific evidence to fulfil the criteria from AQA. HT1 of Y11 will be focused on the 8-mark questions and 12-mark bullet point question.

For Conflict and Tension during the Cold War Home Learning will focus on AO1-4. This will be specifically aimed at the key events and consequences for this part of the course.   Therefore, the GCSE will be structured chronologically in Y11. Students will be able to understand how WW2 links to the Cold War and the long-term consequences of Nazism.  All GCSE students will be focussed upon the four learning objectives AO1 to AO4. Students will study the importance of the following issues:

·         The Origins of the Cold War (45-49)

·         The Development of the Cold War (50-63)

·         The Transformation of the Cold War (64-72)

For Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-72 this will focus on AO1-2 specifically as the largest part of the awards for this GCSE are knowledge, content and its application. We will focus on Q2, Q3 and Q4 with Q1 covered solely in lessons. 100Q and Revision materials will be used to support each home learning task.

·         Focus on Political/Cultural and Social changes that took place between USSR and USA because of conflict and tension

·         Character of major figures: Stalin/Khrushchev, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Castro

·         Focus of differing political ideologies: Capitalism and Communism

·         Focus on nature of power in USSR/Warsaw Pact

·         Moral argument – weapons of mass destruction (Arms Race)

·         Moral argument – spying/espionage

Assessment will be Formative every lesson, checked against Learning Objectives (see below). There are also low stakes quizzes and Question documentation that focus on the key information that the students must know for their GCSE exams.

Summative assessment happens every two weeks with a RED zone GCSE Question. At the end of each topic there will be a formal exam style assessment that produces a GCSE grade.

In Year 11 all students will sit a summer GCSE exam that covers all topics taught so far. This will give a GCSE grade for the year and will assist with set placements and intervention.

Y11 Students 24-25

Students will have two areas to cover:

Germany, 1890–1945 (Unit 1, HT 1-3), Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-72 (Unit 2, HT3-5).

For Germany, 1890–1945

Implementation: students will follow the AO1-4 Questions for Home Learning in three parts for Germany (Q1-3, Q4 and 5, then Q6) as the basis for the knowledge requirement for the exam. This will be three home learning tasks that will be based upon the 100Q sheet, relevant topics and revision. TEAMS will be used to distribute and assess Home Learning. Each Home Learning task will have specific criteria against which it will be assessed. (All students will have access to this.

Revision will be focused on specific AO and question types and use the 100Q to prepare.

·         Focus on Political/Cultural and Social changes that took place in Germany 1890-1929

·         Character of major figures: Kaiser/Hitler/Stresemann

·         25 Points of the NSDAP

·         Revolutions and Revolts from Left and Right: their outcome

·         Issues of Race/Gender/Suffrage

·         Issues of Proportional Representation and Dictatorship

·         Issues of Racism and the reaction of the German people to political, economic and social stress

MFL Language-Gym

Sentence builders printed and on TEAMS

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Pupils receive a variety of home learning per fortnight. These are:

• Teachers set exam style tasks fortnightly for reading, writing and speaking skills in week 2
• Students are encouraged to use revision guides/links from Oak National Academy (https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-4/subjects/french),
• BBC bitesize (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zc7xpv4)
• GCSE Pod to close gaps in knowledge through note taking and creation of flashcards.
• www.languagegym.com tasks are set week 2.
• Exam practice booklets given at various points during KS4 Half-terms to cover Themes studied.

In addition to the above KS4 overview, from HT1 in Y11, students receive 6 speaking questions for Foundation and 8 speaking questions for Higher to answer on a sub-theme at home in their HOMEWORK book in preparation for the speaking mock in HT3. These are then reviewed and practised in lessons and at home for the real GCSE Speaking exam in May.

Art, Craft and Design - Coursework & portfolio

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 10 and 11 home learning overviews:

Homework plays a very important role in helping students to develop as young artists and designers.  Working independently, away from the classroom environment allows students to develop their skills and ideas in a personal way and build an individual approach to their work.

Art- Homework at GCSE is always related to and forms part of the students’ current coursework. Each project is part of their portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to their final grade. Homework tasks include visual research e.g.; taking photographs outside of the academy, observational studies, material experiments, reviewing and refinements and artist/designer analysis tasks.

Photography- Homework at GCSE is always related to and forms part of the students’ current coursework. Each project is part of their portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to their final grade. Homework tasks include visual research, artist/designer analysis tasks, take images, use online photo editor packages such as Photopea and present the work completed in class. On some occasions, this homework might be ‘flipped’ in nature, where students carry out learning ahead of covering the topic in class. Students will be expected to take photos outside of the academy.

Food and Hospitality and Catering- homework focuses on recapping knowledge from the lessons using the online platform SENECA, knowledge organisers, and GCSE bite size. Answering past paper exam questions and creating revision resources. Practical activities include practicing and research cooking skills, organising ingredients in order to be prepared for practical lessons, time management and sourcing recipes.

Health & Social Care - Coursework

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Component 3 work booklet.

Exam papers to complete.

Knowledge organisers and question booklet.

Citizenship - Booklet 

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 11’s have been given revision guides for all themes to aid revision.

Term 1 – Theme B work booklet was given out.

Term 2 – Work booklet around different style exam questions.

Term 3 – Different revision techniques booklet.

PE

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Home learning frequency is set each time students change topics within lessons. Usually every 2-3 lessons depending on the content. Each topic within GCSE PE and BTEC Sport has a supporting TEAMs quiz/comprehension tasks for students to complete to support with retrieval practice strategies and exam specific-subject knowledge content.

RE

1x Home learning activity every 2  weeks

Year 11’s have been given revision guides for all themes to aid revision.

Term 1 – Theme B work booklet was given out.

Term 2 – Work booklet around different style exam questions.

Term 3 – Different revision techniques booklet.