Homework
Key Information:
Teachers set homework for you to complete regularly in their subjects.
This homework is there to support your learning, and to help you achieve the best results you can.
It is important you complete this homework to the best of your ability.
You will hand your homework in to your teachers in your lesson, or complete and submit your homework online.
- Homework tasks will be 30 minutes – 1 hour in length.
- English, Maths and Science will set 1 homework per week.
- Your other subjects will set 1 homework per fortnight.
Y7 Homework Timetables:
Support for your child’s homework:
Homework Club
If you need a place to complete homework or some extra support, Study Support is available every day after school in rooms 123P and 126P. These are both computer rooms, so you can access your homework if it has been set on TEAMs or is to be completed on an online platform.
Monday and Tuesday – 3.35-4.30pm
Wednesday to Friday – 2.40-3.40pm
The library
The library provides a space for students to study and is equipped with computers
- It is open every day at break, lunch, and after school until 1630 (apart from Thursdays for Reading Champion meetings after school)
Teachers
Pupils can ask teachers for support with their homework. If a pupil cannot find a teacher, they can email them. Teacher emails follow this format: Joe Bloggs - JBloggs@tbah.uk
Top Tips
- Do your homework on the day it is set wherever possible!
This means:
- You won’t forget about it or what you need to do
- You won’t end up with too much homework to do at the same time
- If you have a problem doing the homework you have time to speak to your teacher and solve the problem
- Issues with doing your homework will not be accepted if you haven’t tried to solve them
- If you find it hard to do homework at home, join a homework club to complete your homework at school at the end of the day
- You must be organised – if you need your login reset, speak to your teacher or if you lose the worksheet that you need for the homework, speak to your teacher. We are here to help!
Subject Breakdown
| Subject | Homework |
| Religious Studies | - The aim of homework in Religious Studies is to consolidate what has been learned in class or deepen it.
- Homework in Religious Studies will be given once a fortnight out of homework booklets.
- Students will receive a text to read in their homework booklets and will need to answer questions based on it.
- Students should begin by reading the questions, so they have it in mind when reading the text.
- They should then read the text while highlighting key information.
- Using this, questions should then be answered in their class books using full sentences.
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| Music | - Music homework is to practice! To make the best possible progress on their instruments, it is imperative that students practice regularly - little and often is best and we suggest a minimum of 15 minutes per day.
- Students will be given music to practice. We ask that you support your child by encouraging them to practice at home and consider supervising them in the beginning to help your child get into good habits.
- Students will have the opportunity to graduate on to metal/professional versions of their instruments if they show aptitude and demonstrate commitment to practice.
- Students are required to bring their instruments into school for their instrumental lessons and take their instrument home at the end of the day; no instruments should be left in school overnight.
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| Art | - Y7 students will have 1 hour of Art homework every fortnight.
- Homework will be given in a Homework Booklet with all the tasks for the half-term.
- Each task is split into two parts:
- Drawing task (30 minutes) – a practical activity to practise your skills.
- Critical understanding task (30 minutes) – research or written work to build your knowledge of artists and art ideas.
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| Science | -
For Science Homework students are expected to complete 10 questions on their Homework Booklet issued by their teachers -
Homework is set weekly. -
Students need to complete the 10 questions. This can take around 30 minutes to complete. -
The questions will be based on topics they are currently learning in the curriculum in the current term. -
Detentions will be issued if students do not complete all 10 questions or fail to bring their HW Booklet on the day its due -
Any issues please see you class Teacher and/or students can to Homework club held in the LRC every Monday after school. |
| Maths | - In maths, students should be completing homework each week on Sparx Maths: https://sparxmaths.com/
- This is an online homework platform which sets level-adjusted homework to each individual student and provides tutorial videos alongside each question.
- Students should be spending approximately 1 hour a week on their maths HW - if their HW is too easy or too difficult, Sparx will adjust the level of the questions to make them more suitable.
- The "XP Boost" and "Target" sections are optional and are recommended for students who finish the compulsory section quickly and are looking to challenge themselves.
- Students should be aiming for 100% completion each week, though teachers will be understanding if one or two of the questions are phrased confusingly and unsolvable.
- Please encourage your child to complete their homework early so they have enough time to ask the teacher for help or to adjust the level of difficulty manually.
- Students have been shown how to log in in class and should have written their login details in their planner. If they are unable to log in, they can click "Forgot Password" and it will send their teacher a link, which will enable them to reset their login details.
- For any further questions, you can contact me directly:
Mr Walker, KS3 Coordinator of Mathematics, Awalker@tbah.uk |
| Spanish | - Year 7 Spanish homework is checked fortnightly whereby students' complete vocabulary practice relating to the module they are working on in class.
- In the homework booklet, students must complete ‘look, cover write check’ style revision plus 4 translation and a GCSE style ‘photo description’ activity whereby they need to describe what is in the photo.
- On the day of their homework deadline, students will have to complete a vocabulary test based on the words from that fortnightly section of the homework booklet.
- Students will not receive a detention if they fail the in-class quiz but will need to show the teacher their homework booklet to provide evidence to see they have revised.
- For any further questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Head of Spanish
Aworthington@tbah.uk |
| Geography | The aim of homework in Geography is to extend the learning beyond what is taught in the classroom. The homework is set fortnightly as a booklet. The homework will assess what they have learnt that week. Tasks range from map skills, to data interpretation, to fieldwork practice, to creative writing and comprehension tasks. These tasks are designed to allow the students to be creative and apply their knowledge and understanding to new contexts. The homework The homework can be competed in the booklet, however, if students need more space to be creative they are free to use extra paper |
| History | -
The aim of homework in History is to reinforce and consolidate student understanding of the historical content from their lessons. We aim to help students recall key information, enhance their retention of the material over time, and promote active engagement with the subject. -
Homework in History will be set fortnightly in the form of knowledge retrieval quizzes on TEAMS. -
Each quiz will consist of knowledge from the current topic that students are studying, as well as questions referring to previous topics studied to ensure that there are opportunities for spaced retrieval and to allow students to make links between core concepts within the subject. -
Teachers will check that the homework has been completed every fortnight and analyse class results to address common misconceptions during lesson time. |
| English | - Y7 English Homework uses an online platform called Bedrock: https://app.bedrocklearning.org/
- Pupils log in by clicking the ‘Office 365’ option and then entering their Bridge email and password.
- Pupils need to complete 30 minutes and 20 points weekly. A progress bar at the top of the site tracks this – this ‘resets’ for pupils on a Monday, but not for teachers, meaning they can do their Bedrock at any point in the week window.
- All pupils need to do is click ‘Continue’ and then complete the tasks presented to them.
- The platform can be accessed on computers, tablets, and smart phones.
- If there are ever any issues, please screenshot the problem and send it to your English teacher.
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| Computer Science | - Y7 computer science is set every fortnight. Students are provided with an online link via their MS Teams class page.
- When clicked they will be presented with a MS Form quiz, which is a mix of multiple choice, open and closed questions.
- The homework should typically take 45 mins to complete.
- The homework can be accessed on computers, tablets, and smart phones with an internet connection.
- Students have been shown how to log in in class and should have written their login details in their planner. If they are unable to log in, they will need to inform their Computer Science teacher who will be able to request a password reset.
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