Aibu about homework

[Brittbugs80]

DS school has changed how ot does homework.

Before Summer holidays, they had 10 spelling words a week, read at home 3 days a week, one piece of literacy and one piece of maths.
A Power project on their topic each half term which was optional

DS was excluded from reading 3 times a week as is a free reader so has completed the reading scheme. Homework was set on a Friday to be handed in on a Wednesday with spelling test on Thursday.

He is now in Year 5 and homework is now as follows

Reading three times a week, to be recorded including all free readers
No Literacy
No maths
50 spelling words that they will be tested on every half term
Power Projects due in after half term and now no longer compulsory.

When I spoke to the school, the maths and literacy will now be done randomly. So one DS could be selected to do maths homework, then will be given a password and website and will have to go online at home to complete then submit the homework.

Each child is expected to be picked 4 times each in one school year to do Literacy and Maths homework.

Does anyone elses school do this and am I being unreasonable to think they could fall behind in these subjects or should the level of teaching be "enough" that homework isn't essential?

Having worked in a school, you might be able to look at targets and understand them, how they're approached etc. Most can't. I wasn't looking to offend. Besides which, as you've worked in schools, you're likely to have a better idea of how to broach particular topics with teachers than many others.

[sorry] BAME = Below, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding.

I wasn't looking to offend

You absolutely didn't, I worked in private nurseries and specifically under two's so over 4's and their learning is very mucha mystery

You've been really helpful, thank you. His report has B for beginning WT for working towards EXS expected standard GD for greater depth.

Literacy is 6 marks of EXS and 2 marks of GD for speaking and listening, same for reading, same for writing.

Maths is 5 marks of EXS and 2 marks of GD for arithmetic, two of each for geometry, 3 of 1 and 1 for data and measure and 4 GD for reasoning.

So I'm hoping this carries on!

DS plays a maths-based computer game called Prodigy which he really enjoys and chooses to play so you could give that a try for more general maths work.

Prodigy which he really enjoys and chooses to play so you could give that a try for more general maths work

Thank you, will have a look at that too.

Prodigy is great. Membership is about £8 a month which I find worth it for DS because, although it doesn't change the maths content at all, it does make the game more playable and therefore more motivating.

over here in NZ my son does 10 new spelling words each week, reading each night with supplied book and a maths brick that is changed as soon as he passes a quick test on it ( they test as soon as he says he knows the maths), they may be given a few mini things to do weekly/nightly like get a news story and read to the class and tell why it caught their eye or a flat Stanley project, bring some stuff from home that explains "you" etc