Homework

Daily Homework at Saint Martin's

daily Prep/homework

All pupils are expected to do homework/Prep each evening. It will comprise of some or all of the following:

Reading (at least 20 minutes each evening)
Memorising Knowledge Organisers*
Maths practice
Other work set by the class teacher

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Reading

Reading is THE most important way in which a pupil can develop their academic potential. Reading, at least 20 minutes every day, will over the course of a child’s life time have a huge impact on their progress across all subjects.

Knowledge Organisers

Knowledge Organisers ‘Higher-order thinking is knowledge-based: The almost universal feature of reliable higher-order thinking about any subject or problem is the possession of a broad, well-integrated base of background knowledge relevant to the subject’. E D Hirsch

*Knowledge Organisers include around 40-50 key facts for each unit of work. For example: exact facts, dates, events, equations, formulae, vocabulary, characters, concepts and precise definitions that all pupils are expected to master in long-term memory.
Pupils are expected to memorise all the information in the Knowledge Organiser
Each lesson pupils have low-stakes quizzes to help embed the ideas in long term memory ‘if nothing has been changed in the long-term memory, nothing has been learned.’ (Kirschner, Sweller & Clark)
All pupils should have a Knowledge Organiser File for their sheets

Maths Practice

BBC Lower School Maths
BBC GCSE Maths
Times Tables

Self Quizzing

Self Quizzing a a technique all pupils use to help them memories key knowledge, usually from their Knowledge Organisers. The video demonstrates how the Self-quizzing books can be used.