Purpose of homework at The Wells Academy

The Wells Academy places a strong emphasis on the importance of homework throughout all years within the academy. Homework is work that is set to be completed outside the timetabled curriculum. It is important in raising pupil achievement.

Homework will encourage and challenge pupils to:

• Develop their subject knowledge
• Develop their independent study skills
• improve retention and recall of key facts in preparation for examinations.

What homework will students receive?

Pupils will be given a copy of each Knowledge Organiser for every subject they study at the start of each half term. A Knowledge Organiser is an A4 sheet of paper containing all the important facts, key subject specific terminology and vocabulary we expect our pupils to know. Pupils are required to produce a minimum of one side of A5 of self-quizzing on each Knowledge Organiser per week in order to practise and retain facts from a unit of work.

Teachers need to check that knowledge has been committed to long-term memory through a short weekly quiz, made up of recall questions from a variety of subjects, based on information from the Knowledge Organisers. This will help pupils to prepare for their summative assessments in each of their subjects each term.

How often will students receive homework?

Pupils are expected to complete homework each evening, consisting of self-quizzing from the Knowledge Organisers of two subjects. Completing work outside of lessons is important to consolidate and master learning and helps pupils to develop their organisational skills. Pupils will record their self-quizzing in their homework books for tutor to check each morning.

KS3 Homework Timetable  (Year 7 - 9)

Pupils in Key Stage 3 are expected to spend 1 hour per day studying two subjects (30 mins each) outside of the classroom.

 Knowledge organisers

Click this link to access the knowledge organisers which are used for homework.