Home Learning Guidelines

Home learning provides an opportunity for students to independently practise skills, complete tasks and prepare for future learning. Home learning enables parents to engage with what is happening in the classroom and it allows a richer connection between home and school.

All students have home learning folders that are standardised across the school. Home learning that relates to our school wide unit may vary from class to class. Spec home learning is specific to the topic currently being undertaken by students.

All students at Tawa Intermediate School have the same home learning requirements for:

Basic Facts

Students need to practice their basic fact stage using the sheet provided by the classroom teacher. Basic fact sheets can also be downloaded off the school’s website. Go to ‘Our Links/Homework’

Reading

All students must complete two reading sheets each term. Students can get the reading sheets from their classroom or they can be downloaded from the school’s website. Go to ‘Our Links/Home Learning.

Spelling

All students have a weekly list of spelling words to learn. Lists related to the TIS Spelling programme can be downloaded from the school’s website. Go to ‘Our Links/Home Learning’.

Roles and Responsibilities

Students:

• Will spend time each week learning their individual spelling and basic facts lists
  
• Each term will, read two books and then complete the related reading sheets; complete four unit tasks and the Spec task.
  

Teachers:

• Will ensure that students have a weekly individual spelling and basic facts list
• Will provide students with the reading sheets, unit and Spec tasks
• Will monitor the completion of home learning tasks.

Parents:

• Encourage and support their children to spend time each night on home learning activities
• Will communicate with teachers if at any time they feel the home learning is too much for their child.

High Flier

Students who complete the following will be awarded a high flier merit:

• Individual requirements in basic facts and spelling from the start of the year. (This is recorded in their home learning folder.)
• Ten reading books and sheets
• Twenty unit activities (five per term)
• Spec tasks.