KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL - HOMEWORK AT KS4 2020-2021
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KING EDWARD VII
SCHOOL
HOMEWORK AT KS4
2020-2021Department Department Policy on Details of when homework is set
Homework
ART • Work produced at home • Extension work under the
relating to current project. controlled assessment
This activity can be as straight framework is set and
forward as completing or encouraged at regular intervals
adding to a piece of practical throughout Y10 and Y11.
work that has been started in
lessons or conducting on- • There are specific times when
going research into the work the emphasis is on a particular
of other artists/designers to assessment criteria, e.g. early
feed back and inform class in the academic year, the focus
work. It might, however, be will be on AO3 (recording and
more complex and involve observation).
practical and conceptual
elements spread over a
number of weeks.
• Own time can be at home or
in school at lunchtime of after
the school day has finished.*
*With COVID risk
assessments this will need to
be with permission from staff
and require invitation to
maintain safety.
BUSINESS • Homework is set regularly
using Show My Homework.
The format will usually be
multiple choice tests, assessing
the key learning that is
happening in class.
• Tests will also be set using
Show My Homework.
• This applies to both Y10 and
Y11 groups.COMPUTER Y10
SCIENCE • Homework is used to reinforce
concepts covered during lesson • All students are expected to
time. receive weekly homework
of up to 40 minutes. This
could include revision for
• In addition, there are half-termly assessments
opportunities available to and completing
deepen and improve assignments at certain
understanding during times of the year.
Computing Club. Y11
• Moreover, time will allocated for • All students are expected to
completing project work during receive weekly homework of
certain times of the year. up to 40 minutes. This could
include revision for half-
termly assessments and
completing assignments at
certain times of year.DRAMA • Component 1 (Written Exam) Y10 and Y11
Preparation for examination-style
When studying this component,
answers explaining how you
would perform and design students can expect one piece of
extracts from the set text (The written work a week.
Crucible by Arthur Miller) and
also analysis and evaluation of a
Live/Digital recording or
streaming of a professional
Theatre performance.
• Component 2 (Devising and
Performing Original Drama) Tasks for this component often run
Students keep a weekly ‘diary’ or over as an extended period of time
‘log’ of their devising process and e.g. scripting devised drama, learning
there will be a periodic review of lines etc. This will not be repeated on
these by staff. These notes will Show My Homework each week as
eventually be written up into a
students are encouraged to be self-
piece of extended coursework.
They will also be expected to set motivated and organised.
themselves research and
development homework tasks to The written coursework is completed
support their devising work. through a mixture of homework and in
Homework will also take the form class tasks. One to one support is
of rehearsals at lunchtime and available to enable students to
after school rehearsals with their achieve highly.
group.
DRAMA
Continued • Component 3 (Texts in Practice
– Practical) Staff will be available to support and
Students will be expected to learn direct rehearsals that take place
their lines, carry out research into outside of lesson time. Contact is
their chosen play and it’s made with parents when students do
playwright, style and genre, and
not produce homework or are late
book the studio for rehearsals at
lunchtime and after school. handing it in. Non-attendance at
rehearsals is also treated as non-
completion of homework.ENGINEERING • Homework will be set as A homework task can be expected
necessary to coordinate with for at least each half term.
practise engineering tasks. Homework will include:
• Pupils will be given notice of • Completion of 2 components
the homework given and will be consisting of 5 Assignments over
told in advance of the the course of Y10. These can be
deadlines. Pupils should check worked on in school and at home
on Show My Homework and in order to meet the deadlines.
Google classroom for the
details of each set homework
• Revision into Engineering theory-
task.
based areas in readiness for the
component 3 Exam in Y11.
ENGLISH Y10 and Y11 Y10 and Y11
• Homework will be set regularly • Frequency will be based on the
and tailored needs of the course and the
towards examination group your son or daughter is
preparation. Tasks may include in. Frequency could therefore
researching a topic, reading range from more than one
fiction and non-fiction, piece per week at times for
answering questions based on groups working at a faster pace
work in class and planning or to a lesser amount for
writing practice exam those working at a steadier
questions. Learning useful rate.
quotations from set texts for • Learning useful quotations from
Literature. set
texts for Literature.FOOD • Regular organisation for Y10/11
PREPARATION practical lessons essential for
& NUTRITION all students. • Preparation and
• Sensory evaluations organisation for practical
sometimes expected to be lessons. Students work on
carried out after practical theory tasks that need
sessions – students are shopping, recipes
expected to have comments researched etc. Students
from home. are expected to complete
work unfinished.
• Relevant revision
work/questions to consolidate Y10/11
classwork set periodically.
• Working on NEA 1 & 2.
• Practising the recipes relating • Recap on theory learned.
to topics being studied in
• Most of this year’s work is
lesson time will greatly improve
individually organised, but
‘making’ skills in preparation for
students do not progress
coursework.
well with projects and
cannot meet deadlines,
unless they carry out
questionnaires, surveys,
evaluations etc., as well as
organisation and
preparation for practical
lessons.
FRENCH/ GCSE – Homework is set regularly Frequency of the homework set
GERMAN/ and is an integral part of the will vary throughout Key Stage
SPANISH course. It allows students to 4, depending on the topic being
consolidate learning and to studied or the proximity of
prepare the ground for the next mock/speaking exams.
lesson. Frequency is likely to range
from every lesson to once
every two weeks depending on
Tasks include: Written work, the pace of learning of the
learning, research, reading group and expected/target
comprehensions and grammar grades.
exercises.
Students’ maturity and
application will be reflected in
Homework may also comprise of their final grade at GCSE.
work on specific language sites Parental support with this is
such as Kerboodle. Students will important.
be provided with a user name and
password to access the site.GEOGRAPHY • Homework is set as deemed • Completing
appropriate by the class classwork/homework as
teacher related to classwork, appropriate, approximately on
exam revision, exam practice a weekly basis.
and geographical/ • Revision for end of topic tests.
field work skills. • Revision for internal and
external
examinations (mocks and final
exams) with past paper
questions
as preparation.
• Quizzes
GRAPHIC Y10
DESIGN • Homework is set as necessary • Revision tasks in preparation
to ensure full completion of Y10 for Y10 trial exams.
projects and to complete • Completion of Y10 projects
research section of controlled
assessment during Y10 / 11. Y11
• Various important deadlines
• After school catch up sessions during GCSE Controlled
to take place between assessment project – three
Christmas and Easter. interim markings before final
hand-in date in March.
Y10 and Y11
HEALTH & • Homework may be set but no
SOCIAL CARE more than once a week as • Homework will be set when
appropriate to extend, reinforce appropriate to ensure students
and enhance learning. are fully prepared for external
exams e.g. practice exam
• The course has 2 internally questions will be set to
assessed components worth reinforce learning in class.
60% of the final grade,
deadlines will be given for • When students are in the
assessments to be completed process of completing
and submitted to the class coursework this will generally
teacher. Deadlines will be be in the form of research
shared on Show My tasks to support completion of
Homework. their coursework.
• Opportunities are made
available for learners to access
additional support
in health and social care
outside normal lesson times.HISTORY • Homework is set weekly and is • All students are issued with a
geared towards consolidating practise exam questions
and extending learning from booklet. Students will be set
lessons, as well as improving regular examination practise
examination technique. questions throughout the year.
• Short revision quizzes are set
• Roughly one hour of homework regularly using
is set per week. Showmyhomework to
consolidate knowledge and to
• All homework is recorded on support regular revision
Showmyhomework. throughout the year.
• Other tasks may also be set
depending on the learning
aims at different stages in the
year.
MATHS
• All students are expected to Y10 & Y11
receive relevant and regular
homework. • Homework in Maths will
ordinarily be set at least
• Homework in Maths may be set once a week.
on paper, electronically or
using an online platform such • Pupils will receive feedback
as Maths Watch. on homework in a timely
manner.
• Homework is used to review,
reinforce and revise key Y11
concepts covered during
lesson times. • Students are expected to
undertake a significant
• It is sometimes appropriate for amount of independent
homework to be self or peer revision, particularly in the
marked, or marked run up to GCSE exams.
electronically, but staff will keep Past papers and revision
records of attainment and guides/workbooks are
completion of homework tasks. available.Y10
MUSIC PERFORMING:
• All students will have a
• ALL GCSE Music students deadline for their first
should aim to practice their composition in May, set by
main instrument/voice at Music in the Round
least 5 times every week. project leaders.
Regular practice is • Y10 will have a trial
essential to achieve performance exam in
success in the final June.
examination. Y11
• Student must attend • Preparation for the
regular instrumental or Composing Unit starts in
singing lessons on a September.
weekly basis. • Y11 Performance exam is
in February.
COMPOSITION:
Additional comments:
• Composing homework will • Personal practice on their
be set instrument or voice will be
as required throughout the discussed in lessons but
course and will range from may not be set on Show
short composing exercises My Homework each week
to work on longer projects. as it should be ongoing.
• Pupils will need to • All Y10 and Y11 music
download the free notation students should
software MuseScore to participate in at least one
complete these tasks. of the lunchtime/after
school Ensembles.
• Pupils will also need to
make sure that they have • Students who participate
logged in to Bandlab; an in these activities almost
email will be sent to pupils always achieve higher
at the start of Year 10. grades in their GCSE
Music exam.
LISTENING:
Upper School
• This will include listening Ensembles
performances by 2020-2021 (Subject to
professional performers, COVID restrictions)
including YouTube
recordings. Concert Band
Brass Ensemble
• Pupils will be set listening Senior Choir
homework using Focus on
Barbershop
Sound.
A Cappella
String EnsemblePE • All students are expected to • Homework is extension work
practice sport in their own time. that students can and should
undertake on a regular basis.
• Homework will be set every Additional research using
other week and will be in the books, the internet will be
form of extension tasks to helpful to support class room
consolidate learning or exam work.
questions based on the content
of the lesson • All tasks are on the MLE.
• All tasks are available on the • Frequency will be based on
MLE. the needs of the course and
the group your son or
daughter is in. Frequency
could therefore range from
more than one piece per
week at times for groups
working at a faster pace to a
lesser amount for
those working at a steadier
rate.
RE • All students are expected to Y10/11
receive relevant and regular
homework. • Frequency will be based on
• Homework is used to the needs of the course.
complete content not covered Frequency could therefore
during lesson times, review, range from one piece per
reinforce and revise key week to one piece every other
concepts that are covered week.
during lesson times.
• Learning keywords
Homework may include:
• Extended reading task e.g.
• Learning key words (Literacy newspaper article from the
Focus). MLE/Research task or
• Extended reading task e.g. specimen exam question
newspaper article from the
MLE/Research task or • Revision for Y11 Trials
specimen exam question.
Additional comments:
• Revision for end of module
assessment (evaluation Y10 are on approx. 9 week
focus). rotation x 2 through RE/PSHE
departments.Y11 are back in mixed form
groups for the duration of Y11.
RESISTANT • Homework is set as necessary Y10
MATERIALS to ensure full completion of
Y10 projects and to complete • Revision tasks in preparation
research section of controlled for Y10 trial exams.
assessment during Y10 / 11. • Completion of Y10 projects.
• After school catch up sessions Y11
to take place between
Christmas and Easter. • Various important deadlines
during GCSE Controlled
Assessment project – three
interim markings before final
hand-in date in March.SCIENCE • Appropriate to extend, • Homework will be set on
reinforce and enhance average once every 4
learning. lessons.
• Homework can be from a • During assessment periods
range of types e.g. syllabus this will include self-directed
specific work to reinforce the revision.
lesson content, exam
questions, revision for end of
unit testing and examination
preparation for GCSE
exams. This will include online
homework (e.g. Doddle).
• The marking of homework will
vary depending on what will be
most helpful for the students’
learning, which will include
teacher marking, peer marking
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