How much homework in Y7 and Y9?

[Cloudminnow]

How long do your DCs spend doing homework every day? It seems to be very hit and miss with my two DCs, but easily less than an hour a day. Not sure if I should be more strict with them or trust what they are saying about lack of homework ...

[Madmog]

I'd say an hour a day is about right. My daughter's general homework only takes about 3 hours a week, but projects are about 4 hours each and she will get 4/5 per half term. She's in Year 7.

[VivaLeBeaver]

Yr 7 dd here, seems to be between 30 and 60 mins an evening. Nearer 30 mins most evenings.

[cece]

DD isn't really doing much at all during the week. She seems to be doing the majority of it at the weekend. She did about 3 hours today and a bit yesterday as well. She is Y7.

So far she hasn't been in trouble for lack of homework or poor quality so I'm leaving it up to her.

[crazygracieuk]

My y7 is at an Ofsted outstanding school and gets less than 30 minutes a night. Another local Ofsted outstanding school sets similar.

[TessCorpseDissect]

My DSs have both left school now but I remember being very concerned about the lack of homework they seemed to have compared with when I was at school.

I even raised the issue at many parents meetings (how popular was I with the DC? )

I was convinced the DC were trying to pull the wool over my eyes.

However, they both went on to do extremely well in their exams so I guess they just don't get as much homework nowadays.

[cece]

I can check up on my DD's set homework on the virtual network. Can log on any time and can see exactly what she has and hasn't done. I can also check up on her behaviour report.

[lljkk]

yr8 DS gets 10-20 mins/night. He is not one to spend extra time on it, though.