Homework Overview 2022-23
The learning activity will be planned to link to the learning in the classroom or be a retrieval activity.
Sometimes revision activities may be set.
Home learning booklets may be provided for some subjects as well as the use of online learning platforms such as SparxMaths, GCSEpod & Language-Gym
Year 7 - Overview of Homework
Each activity is expected to be for a maximum of 45 minutes
You will have one piece of home learning a week for English, Maths and Science. All other subjects will set one piece of home learning every 2 weeks. I
Complete the weekly Homework Schedule in your Student Planner for the term ahead, indicating when you should expect to receive Homework, allowing to plan your time outside of the Academy accordingly.
| English - Via Booklet | Maths - Online - SPARX | Science - Booklet & FORMS |
| 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week |
| You will be presented with 25 fictional extracts, a series of accompanying comprehension questions, and vocabulary tasks to complete for home learning in English. The homework booklets are designed to expose you to an array of challenging texts, with increasingly higher reading ages. | Maths home learning tasks are set weekly on Sparx based on the following criteria for you: 1. Consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class. 2. Personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework. 3. Personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity for you. |
You will be provided with a homework booklet each half-term in science. The first homework of each half-term is a pre-topic 20Q task set via MS Forms to assess your prior learning. The remaining homework’s are literacy-based. The booklet contains an article or piece of text with follow-up comprehension questions relating to a key topic in science. This allows you to further develop your knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. |
| Geography - Booklet | History - TEAMS | MFL - LanguageGym |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| Every third lesson, you will be given a worksheet with a range of key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in your upcoming lessons. Part one of home learning is for you to use the internet or a dictionary to investigate the list of words at home and write down a definition of each word. Part two is to use the words accurately in a full sentence. | Your home learning will focus on introductions to the following: Identifying and Describing: this focuses on the key parts of future GCSE learning. You will complete home learning on the aspects of Being British that involve your 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) |
You will complete language activities fortnightly on Language-Gym where you will gradually expand your command of a wide range of vocabulary and sentences. You will equally develop your speed of recognition which will improve speaking and listening fluency. Tracker sheets will also be given at the start of each half-term to give you the opportunity to learn key words and phrases on a particular topic at home. In the last week of the half-term, you will be tested in class. These activities will aid revision and retrieval which are essential for success in language learning. |
| Music -TEAMS | Performing Arts- TEAMS | Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| In music you will be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught and you will also be set a variety of listening homework’s. | In drama you will be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught. |
In food you will be asked to prepare ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity for you to become a more confident chef. This will include some weighing and measuring activities. You will extend your knowledge of ingredients and techniques used through research and evaluation activities.
In art you will be set a range of tasks that build upon and extend the topics covered in lessons: The Formal Elements, Tone, Line, Shape & Form. Activities include observational drawing using tone, adding colour, facial proportions plus developing literacy through spellings and artists analysis. Video links are provided for tutorials.
In Product Design the activities will extend your understanding of the design and making processes to research areas of your project in greater depth to inspire your designs and responses(e.g, considering the celebration card market and research into manufacturing processes). |
| PE - TEAMS | ICT - Booklet | RE |
| Set for each activity block | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | One extended project per term |
| In PE you will be set a home learning activity every 5-weeks in line with the different topics. You will 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 you to develop your reading and writing skills within a sporting context. |
Each homework you will learn about new developments in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. These fields are known as STEM. For each homework, there is a text article, followed by comprehension questions to complete. Homework will be discussed and marked as a class. Learning Objectives:
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Year 8 - Overview of Homework
Each activity is expected to be for a maximum of 45 minutes
You will have one piece of home learning a week for English, Maths and Science. All other subjects will set one piece of home learning every 2 weeks.
Complete the weekly Homework Schedule in your Student Planner for the term ahead, indicating when you should expect to receive Homework, allowing to plan your time outside of the Academy accordingly.
| English - Via Booklet | Maths - Online - SPARX | Science - Booklet & Forms |
| 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week |
| You will be presented with 25 fictional extracts, a series of accompanying comprehension questions, and vocabulary tasks to complete for your home learning in English. The homework booklets are designed to expose you to an array of challenging texts, with increasingly high reading ages. | Maths home learning tasks are set weekly on Sparx based on the following criteria for you: 1. Consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class. 2. Personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework. 3. Personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity for you. |
You will be provided with a homework booklet each half-term in science. The first homework of each half-term is a pre-topic 20Q task set via MS Forms to assess you’s prior learning. The remaining homework’s are literacy-based. The booklet contains an article or piece of text with follow-up comprehension questions relating to a key topic in science. This allows you to further develop your knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. |
| Geography - Booklet | History - TEAMS | MFL - LanguageGym |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| Every third lesson, you will be given a worksheet with a range of key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in your upcoming lessons. Part one of home learning is for you to use the internet or a dictionary to investigate the list of words at home and write down a definition of each word. Part two is to use the words accurately in a full sentence. | Your home learning 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 |
You will complete language activities fortnightly on Language-gym where you will gradually expand your command of a wide range of vocabulary and sentences. You will equally develop your speed of recognition which will improve speaking and listening fluency. Tracker sheets will also be given at the start of each half-term to give pupils the opportunity to learn key words and phrases on a particular topic at home. In the last week of the half-term, You will be tested in class. These activities will aid revision and retrieval which are essential for success in language learning. |
| Music -TEAMS | Performing Arts- TEAMS | Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| In music you will be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught and you will also be set a variety of listening homework’s. |
In drama you will be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught. |
In food you will be asked to prepare ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity for you to become a more confident chef. This will include some weighing and measuring activities. You will extend their knowledge of ingredients and techniques used through research and evaluation activities.
In art you will be set a range of tasks that build upon and extend the topics covered in lessons and from Year 7. You will build on your knowledge of mark making and colour theory through a series of tasks. The activities allow you to develop your observational drawing skills using a range of techniques.
In textiles homework is used to extend your understanding of the design and make journey creating a cushion or piece of textiles artwork. The activities will allow you to explore and carry out market research, a product analysis and research into decorative techniques and care labelling. |
| PE - TEAMS | ICT - Booklet | RE |
| Set for each activity block | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | One extended project per term |
| In PE you will be set a home learning activity every 5-weeks in line with the different topics. You will 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 you to develop your reading and writing skills within a sporting context. |
Each homework you will learn about new developments in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. These fields are known as STEM. For each homework, there is a text article, followed by comprehension questions to complete. Homework will be discussed and marked as a class. Learning Objectives:
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Year 9 - Overview of Homework
Each activity is expected to be for a maximum of 45 minutes
You will have one piece of home learning a week for English, Maths and Science. All other subjects will set one piece of home learning every 2 weeks. In Year 9 you will get home learning for your option subjects.
Complete the weekly Homework Schedule in your Student Planner for the term ahead, indicating when you should expect to receive Homework, allowing to plan your time outside of the Academy accordingly.
| English - Via Booklet | Maths - Online - SPARX | Science - Booklet & Forms |
| In Year 9 your homework booklet provides retrieval learning from years7 & 8 and prepares them for the curriculum in Years 10 and 11. You will be asked to engage with a series of fiction extracts, and continue to explore and retain Tier 3 vocabulary. Youwill also be introduced to a series of other text types, including non-fiction and poems. You are not only asked to complete comprehension tasks, but are asked to develop your writing skills, using the extracts as models. | Maths home learning tasks are set weekly on Sparx based on the following criteria for you: 1. Consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class. 2. Personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework. 3. Personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity for you. |
You will be provided with a homework booklet each half-term in science. The first homework of each half-term is a pre-topic 20Q task set via MS Forms to assess your prior learning. The remaining homework’s are literacy-based. The booklet contains an article or piece of text with follow-up comprehension questions relating to a key topic in science. This allows you to further develop your knowledge and understanding of the curriculum. |
| Geography - Booklet | History - TEAMS | MFL - LanguageGym |
| Every third lesson, you will be given a worksheet with a range of key geographical terms and unfamiliar words which will be used in your upcoming lessons. Part one of home learning is for you to use the internet or a dictionary to investigate the list of words at home and write down a definition of each word. Part two is to use the words accurately in a full sentence. | Your home learning will focus on introductions to the following: The Interwar Years WW2 in both Europe and Asia The Holocaust Civil Rights in the USA and UK: Home Learning will also develop wider skills in GCSE 12 and 16 mark questions which focus on the assessment criteria below: 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. |
You will complete language activities fortnightly on Language-gym where you will gradually expand your command of a wide range of vocabulary and sentences. You will equally develop your speed of recognition which will improve speaking and listening fluency. Tracker sheets will also be given at the start of each half-term to give pupils the opportunity to learn key words and phrases on a particular topic at home. In the last week of the half-term, you will be tested in class. These activities will aid revision and retrieval which are essential for success in language learning. |
| Music -TEAMS | Performing Arts- TEAMS | Art, Design & Technology TEAMS & Booklet |
| In music youwill be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught and you will also be set a variety of listening homework’s. | In drama you will be set 20 questions to retrieve key information that you have been taught. | In food you will be asked to prepare ingredients for recipes that are building in complexity in preparation for study at GCSE. This includes some weighing and measuring. You will extend your knowledge of ingredients used through research and evaluation activities. In art the tasks set reinforce the techniques used in class and build upon the skills developed in year 8. There are opportunities to practice adding shade through mark making, develop observational drawing techniques learned in class and developing literacy and numeracy through the use of key words in preparation for study at GCSE. In textiles homework is used to extend your understanding of your design and make journey creating a cushion or piece of textiles artwork. The activities will allow you to explore and carry out market research, a product analysis and research into decorative techniques and care labelling. |
| PE - TEAMS | ICT - Booklet | |
| In PE you will be set a home learning activity every 5-weeks in line with the different topics. You will 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 you to develop your reading and writing skills within a sporting context. |
Each homework you will learn about new developments in the world of Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics. These fields are known as STEM. For each homework, there is a text article, followed by comprehension questions to complete. Homework will be discussed and marked as a class. Learning Objectives:
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Year 10 - Overview of Homework
Each activity is for a maximum of 60 minutes
In Year 10 you have one piece of home learning a week for core subjects and every 2 weeks for the other GCSEs and vocational subjects.
Complete the weekly Homework Schedule in your Student Planner for the term ahead, indicating when you should expect to receive Homework, allowing you to plan your time outside of the Academy accordingly.
| English - Via Booklet | Maths - Online - SPARX | Science - Booklet & Forms |
| 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week |
Combined Science 1x Home learning activity per week Biology, Physics, Chemistry 1x Home learning activity per week per subject. |
| In English your home learning will be around revision. The Year 10 revision homework booklets will guide you through the steps of revision, for each of your Literature texts. The activities include: Recall and retention, you will be asked to re-read your Literature texts, identify relevant quotations, and context, engage in a series of tasks designed to help remember them and build a set of flashcards. Revision by using GCSE Pod, which the booklet directs students to 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. You will be guided through exam questions, and wider reading resources, to further support your retention and application of GCSE skills and knowledge, and beyond. |
Maths home learning tasks are set weekly on Sparx based on the following criteria for you: 1. Consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class. 2. Personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework. 3. Personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity for lower prior attainers. 4. Following the mocks exams pinpoint booklets will be used in the following weeks. |
You will be set weekly homework in science. GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy classes the first homework of each half-term is the pre-topic 20Q task set via MS Forms.
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| Geography - TEAMS | History - TEAMs |
MFL - LanguageGym Sentence builders printed and on TEAMS |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| You will be given an assignment on TEAMs in geography to complete with a selection of self-marking questions to answer which link to the content you have recently been taught in lessons. This will further support your ability to recall key knowledge and understanding to apply to a range of GCSE questions. |
In Year 10 you will have three areas to cover: Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-72 (Unit 2, HT3-5) - 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. Norman England, c1066–c1100 (Unit 3, HT6) - the Home Learning will be based upon the Historic Environment packs. 2022 will be Yorkshire’s position in the Norman era. This will focus on the sources and will involve research of specific evidence to fulfil the criteria from AQA. |
You will be set fortnightly sentence builders to learn and test these in a no/low-stakes manner to aid revision and retrieval. You are also encouraged to use revision guides/links from BBC bitesize or GCSE Pod to close gaps in knowledge through note taking and creation of flashcards. There will also be access to Language-gym where activities will be set, where you can learn/practice/revise key language independently and in an engaging way. Your scores are updated after each session to encourage participation. |
| Art, Design & Technology - Coursework Art Portfolio | Citizenship - Booklet | Health & Social Care - Coursework |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| Your art home learning is always related to and forms part of your current coursework project. Each piece of coursework is part of your portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to your final grade. Homework tasks include visual research, observational studies, material experiments, reviewing and refinements and artist/designer analysis tasks. | In Year 10 you will be provided with a homework booklet based on either a past topic to aid retrieval practice. The theme for each term is shown below: 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. |
You will be given homework tasks linked to the completion of your coursework every week. The theme of the homework will depend on which aspect of the specification you are covering in your lessons. |
| Food preparation & nutrition and Hospitality & Catering, TEAMS & Revision Booklets | Photography - TEAMS & Coursework | Computing and Enterprise - Online E-Portfolio, Class Book |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| In Food Preparation and Nutrition and Hospitality and Catering, the homework set for you 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, time management and sourcing recipes. | Your photography home learning is always related to and forms part of your current coursework project. Each piece of coursework is part of your portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to your 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. |
In Computer Science you will complete a variety of homework tasks as outlines below: - E-Portfolio/books – you should complete any exam questions or coursework identified in the lesson. - If you misses a lesson you are to complete the missed work on the E-Portfolio for homework and are 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. In BTEC DIT, Enterprise and iMedia you will either complete coursework by improving it or by completing missed work. The work is online for you to complete. |
| Music - TEAMS | Drama - TEAMS | PE - TEAMS |
| 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. |
Year 11 - Overview of Homework
Each activity is for a maximum of 60 minutes
In Year 11 you have one piece of home learning a week for core subjects and every 2 weeks for the other GCSEs and vocational subjects.
Complete the weekly Homework Schedule in your Student Planner for the term ahead, indicating when you should expect to receive Homework, allowing you to plan your time outside of the Academy accordingly.
| English - Booklet | Maths - Online - SPARX | Science - Booklet & Forms |
| 1x Home learning activity per week | 1x Home learning activity per week |
Combined Science 1x Home learning activity per week Biology, Physics, Chemistry 1x Home learning activity per subject per week. |
| In English your home learning will be around revision. The Year 11 revision homework booklets will guide you through the steps of revision, for each of your Literature texts. The activities include: Recall and retention, you will be asked to re-read your Literature texts, identify relevant quotations, and context, engage in a series of tasks designed to help remember them and build a set of flashcards. Revision by using GCSE Pod, which the booklet directs students to 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. You will be guided through exam questions, and wider reading resources, to further support your retention and application of GCSE skills and knowledge, and beyond. |
Maths home learning tasks are set weekly on Sparx based on the following criteria for you: 1. Consolidation (retrieval) of work completed in class. 2. Personalised interventions to challenge the strengths and fill the gaps in the areas for development identified from previous homework. 3. Personalised times tables tasks included within each homework to develop automaticity for lower prior attainers. 4. Following the mocks exams pinpoint booklets will be used in the following weeks. 5. ‘Nine Topics to Nail Down’ issued in the lead up to GCSE examinations to support with revision. |
Homework is set weekly for you in science. GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy classes the first homework of each half-term is the pre-topic 20Q task set via MS Forms. |
| Geography - TEAMS | History - TEAMs |
MFL Language-Gym Sentence builders printed and on TEAMS |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| You will be given an assignment on TEAMs in geography to complete with a selection of self-marking questions to answer which link to the content you have recently been taught in lessons to content you were taught in Year 10 to help them retrieve information you learnt last year. This will further support your ability to recall key knowledge and understanding to apply to a range of GCSE questions. |
In Year 11 you will have a variety of themes for your home learning in history. |
You will be set fortnightly vocabulary to learn and test these in a no/low-stakes manner to aid revision and retrieval. You are also encouraged to use revision guides/links from Oak National Academy , BBC bitesize or GCSE Pod to close gaps in knowledge through note taking and creation of flashcards. There will also be access to Language-Gym in HT4 where activities will be set, where you can learn/practice/revise key language independently and in an engaging way. Your scores are updated after each session to encourage participation. From half term 3 onwards, you will receive speaking and writing questions to answer at home in preparation for the speaking exam in May and Writing exam in June. These are then reviewed and practiced in lessons. |
| Art, Craft and Design - Coursework & portfolio | Citizenship - Booklet | Health & Social Care - Coursework |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| Your art home learning is always related to and forms part of your current coursework project. Each piece of coursework is part of your portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to your final grade. Homework tasks include visual research, observational studies, material experiments, reviewing and refinements and artist/designer analysis tasks. | Citizenship homework will focus on you developing your knowledge and understating of the course content through different revision activities. The resources that you be provided for your homework are listed: Term 1 – Theme B work booklet Term 2 – Work booklet covering different style exam questions. Term 3 – Different revision techniques booklet to consolidate learning. |
Health and Social care homework will focus on you developing your knowledge and understating of the course content through different revision activities. The resources that you be provided for your homework are listed - Component 3 work booklet. Exam papers to complete. Knowledge organisers and question booklet. |
| Food preparation and nutrition and Hospitality and Catering - TEAMS, Revision booklets | Photography - TEAMS Coursweork | Computing and Enterprise - Online E-Portfolio and Class book |
| 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks | 1x Home learning activity every 2 weeks |
| In Food Preparation and Nutrition and Hospitality and Catering, the homework set for you 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, time management and sourcing recipes. | Your photography home learning is always related to and forms part of your current coursework project. Each piece of coursework is part of your portfolio work submission and therefore each homework task contributes to your 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. |
In Computer Science you will complete a variety of homework tasks as outlines below: - E-Portfolio/books – you should complete any exam questions or coursework identified in the lesson. - If you misses a lesson you are to complete the missed work on the E-Portfolio for homework and are 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. In BTEC DIT, Enterprise and iMedia you will either complete coursework by improving it or by completing missed work. The work is online for you to complete. |