Homework is an opportunity for parents or carers to participate in their child’s education. Homework complements and reinforces classroom learning, and fosters good lifelong study habits.
At Beaumaris North Primary School, students and teachers are encouraged to demonstrate academic honesty, showing respect for their own and others’ work. Methods for citing references, listing resources and recognising the work of others are introduced as part of the inquiry process. Academic honesty is central to the expectations of the IB where students are encouraged to become lifelong learners presenting work that they value as their own.
Students are given the opportunity to develop skills, knowledge, understanding, reasoning and interpretation.
During the first term, Prep students will receive a Take Home Reader. Details of the reading program will be explained during the Prep Parent Information Evening.
We expect that children develop a regular pattern of reading at home. We encourage that regardless of the children’s ability, they all read orally at some regular time so that their voice clarity and expression can be monitored. Parents are encouraged to occasionally question and discuss the content of their children’s books.
A common question arising from Parent Teacher Interviews is ‘how can we assist our child in Maths at home?’
Here are some helpful hints and suggestions titled ‘Numeracy: Families working it out together, the opportunities are everywhere’. They are ideas/suggestions for families to reinforce mathematical concepts and understandings together, for Early Years (Prep to Year 2), Middle Years (Year 3 and 4) and and Later Primary Years (Year 5 and 6).
Numeracy: Families working it out together_Early Primary
Numeracy: Families working it out together_Middle Primary
At the beginning of each year, co-ordinators and teachers will decide the homework expectations for their year levels in accordance with the Department of Education & Training (DET) homework guidelines. Parents will be notified in writing of these expectations.
If difficulty is encountered by any student with any work set, parents are encouraged to share this information with the teacher (see Contacting Teachers). Homework can include projects, story writing, book reviews, going to the Library, reading a book, a newspaper or magazine article, making a collection, learning, spelling, oral and written research, learning number facts, creating art work, plays or songs – the possibilities are endless.
Parents can help children by:
