Homework and Study Policy
Introduction
Old Bawn Community School recognises the value of Homework/Study as a means of reinforcing and embedding learning.
Homework/Study may take a variety of forms, which can include written tasks, oral/aural work, memory work, etc.
It should be noted the skills necessary to effectively do Home/Study need to be learned, practiced and developed.
Rationale
To support and encourage Homework/Study it is standard practice in Old Bawn Community School:
That each student should have a Homework/Study timetable in his/her journal.
That each student should enter a note of the Homework/Study to be done at the end of each lesson.
That each student to the best of his/her ability completes his/her Homework/Study to the standard specified by the teacher.
That each student understands that failure to deal responsibly with Homework/Study will be reported through the journal and dealt with appropriately.
That students should follow the guidelines Presentation and Quality of work counts on page 16 of the School Journal.
Implementation
It is standard practice that:
Each teacher will dictate the note to be entered by the student in his/her journal.
Each teacher will take due account of the students’ Homework/Study timetable in setting the work to be done.
Each teacher will ensure that the Homework/Study set is reasonable.
Each teacher will have in place a means of checking, correcting and recording Homework/Study on a consistent and reasonable basis.
Each teacher will use all available classroom sanctions/strategies to achieve and maintain expected standards in Homework/Study. The teacher will report students who fail to deal responsibly with Homework/Study through the school journal.
Teachers should encourage students to follow the guidelines Presentation and Quality of work counts on page 16 of the School Journal.
Parents have an active role to play in a whole school approach to Homework/Study. It is expected that they:
Be familiar with study guidelines and advice being promoted by the school through the School Journal (pages 14-17) and other means.
Help students in organising and maintaining an effective Homework/Study timetable.
Check the journal regularly and respond by encouragement and sanction as appropriate.
Accept that students who fail to deal responsibly with Homework/Study will be reported through the school journal.
To further encourage Homework/Study among students: