I'm wondering how much homework primary school children get and what teachers expect the children to gain from it
I'll use my Yr3 DC as an example but it's pretty much the same for the other child. Per week, she gets several exercises on a Maths website, spellings, learning times tables and a main piece of work. All of this is supposed to take 30 minutes in total per week and is in addition to the 10-15 minutes of reading per day.
The maths website, spellings and times tables take about 20 minutes. The main piece of work takes about an hour as it is usually along the lines of 'find out 6 facts about the Romans and present this on a poster'. The key learning point takes about 5 minutes and then we have an hour of poster making as they cannot print anything out, it must be by hand. Each of the main pieces of homework so far has been art based, be it a poster, making a model, costume.
The art element assumes a certain element of resources at home. The reality is that most of the children do not do their homework, the parents do. It also really eats in to family time. The latest homework took about 4 hours and cost us c.£10.
So, is this amount/type of homework 'normal' and what do teachers expect the children to be gaining from it?
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How much homework and why do they do it?
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WalkingThePlank · 06/10/2014 12:28
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