Homework Policy

HOMEWORK POLICY

POSITION STATEMENT

Assigning homework serves various educational needs. It serves as an intellectual discipline; establishes study habits; eases time constraints on the amount of curricular material that can be covered in class; and supplements and reinforces work done at school. The purpose of homework is thus that girls should get the opportunity to inculcate further, through independent effort and as their own responsibility, that which has already been taught or practiced under staff supervision. In addition, homework fosters a girl’s initiative, independence and responsibility and brings the home and school closer together.

POLICY
Homework is an extension and a supplement of class work which has to be completed and/or learnt by girls outside the classroom. There are four types of homework: practise, preparation, extension and completion.

Practice assignments reinforce newly acquired skills. For example, girls who have just learned a new method of solving a mathematical problem should be given sample problems to complete on their own.

Preparation assignments help girls get ready for activities that will occur in the classroom. Girls may, for example, be required to do background research on a topic to be discussed later in class.

Extension assignments are frequently long-term, large-scale projects and assignments that parallel class work.

Completion of class work is important to ensure that the girls are always up to date. This is especially for girls who are involved in co-curricular activities during class time and may have missed out.

OBJECTIVES

To give girls the opportunity to undertake schoolwork independently and under their own conditions
To provide an opportunity for independent acquiring of knowledge and mastering of skills.
To provide additional practice, increasing the amount of time girls are actively engaged in learning
To allow teachers an opportunity for monitoring girls’ progress and diagnosing learning problems
To increase girls' independence. personal responsibility and individual accountability
To facilitate more rapid movement through the curriculum
To increase communications between parents and the school
To contribute to girls' and parents' understanding that the school holds high expectations of pupils.

By the end of Grade 6 Wynberg Girls’ are expected to take responsibility for their own homework. With this in mind parents will be encouraged to work with educators to train the girls so as to reach this goal.