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Year Nine Parents/Teachers

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hennipenni · 21/01/2009 14:37

How much homework should a yr nine pupil be getting? My DD seems to get very, very little if any at all so, before I complain/query it again, I wondered what the general aqmount was/should be. TIA

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TheFallenMadonna · 21/01/2009 18:38

I set one piece a week (Science).

janeite · 21/01/2009 18:37

Our school recommends that teachers set one piece a week, designed to last between half an hour and an hour. Occasionally in English, we would set an extended piece that they have a couple of weeks to do it in or at other times I might set two shorter pieces over the week.

My daughters probably do around an hour per evening (one in yr 7, the other in Yr 9).

iamdisappointedinyou · 21/01/2009 18:33

DD's school never set much homework and don't get particularly good results. DS's school do and get the results. Go and complain/query!
DS is in Y9: he gets about 1.5 hours per night.

DocB: glad to hear that your DS is taking his tests seriously - they will probably be used to guide which subjects he can take for GCSE.

Docbunches · 21/01/2009 17:51

My DS is also in Y9 and he gets on average about 2 pieces per night. Sometimes each piece may take a few minutes to complete, other times it might take half an hour, but rarely much more than that.

The only time DS spends more time on homework is when he needs to revise for a test, eg, next week, his Y9 cohort are being tested in almost every subject - DS is taking this fairly seriously (unusually for him) as he wants to do well because most of his friends are quite 'boffy' and they tend to compare scores, levels, etc.

I think the amount of homework seems to depend on the teacher tbh, because in Y7 DS seemed to get quite a lot, then in Y8 hardly anything. My DD is in Y7 and she probably gets more homework than my DS!

I'm not bothered if it doesn't seem to be much homework for Y9, because next year he will be starting his GCSE courses, so I'm guessing he will get loads of homework then!

herbietea · 21/01/2009 17:51

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twinsetandpearls · 21/01/2009 17:51

What ability set are they in? That will also affect the amount of homework, but there definetly should be homework set.

scienceteacher · 21/01/2009 17:48

I would say about 1.5 hours per night.

twinsetandpearls · 21/01/2009 16:59

I set homework once a week from my subject (RE) from memory it is supposed to be between 30 mins per subject. Some obviously do it in less and some do it in more. For my top sets I tend to always set an extra homework as well. They should have at least 2 subjects a night.

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