Homework

All subjects set homework on Arbor. Students should check this regularly and mark work as submitted to clear it from their to do list.

Sparx Homework

  • Homework is set every week for English, Maths and Science. These subjects all use the Sparx platform to set homework.
  • Sparx tailors the questions and the support to each child, so they see a balance of success and challenge. This means sometimes they will get a question wrong, but using in-built tailored support, they can fill this gap in their knowledge so they can get it right next time it comes up in lesson.
  • This links below have more details on the work itself and advice on how parents can support with Sparx learning at home:

English: Sparx Reader – A parent’s guide to Sparx Reader

Science: Sparx Science – A parent’s guide to Sparx Science

Maths: Sparx Maths – A parent’s guide to Sparx Maths

All other subjects

  • Homework is set at a minimum of every 2-3 weeks for Humanities, Languages, Computing and PE using the platforms below.
  • Creative subjects including Art, Design, Photography, Catering, Drama and Music set practice and research tasks.
  • At KS4, subjects that require a portfolio of work such as Art and Photography will use a homework schedule to scaffold this large task for students.

Assessment Revision

  • Five weeks before every assessment point revision material, including a variety of activities to complete as homework will be uploaded on to Arbor for the students in each year group to access. These will vary from subject to subject due to the differing nature of the exams.

Links to student resources

  • Arbor (all homework instructions can be found here)
  • Seneca (used by lots of subjects)
  • Sparx Learning (English, Maths and Science)

Subject specific links