Year 7 daughter slapdash with homework!

[Josie1968]

Hi all

My daughter started secondary school last month and thankfully seems to have settled in well. However I feel she is being quite slapdash with her homework and I know she is capable of better. At primary school she hardly got any homework but she always got excellent school reports and she did very well in her SATS.

I check she is doing her homework, which she seems to be doing but she says she often does it on her phone on the school bus!! Or will do it at home but will do it in five minutes. When I check the presentation I feel is quite poor and I know she can do better.

I don’t want to be constantly nagging at her, just wondered how others approach this situation?

Thanks.

Leave it to school.

My daughter was like this. She did knuckle down and is now acing everything in her A levels. I just let her deal with the consequences herself ie if she was sanctioned for late/poor homework. I know other parents who would open their child's homework together each night and make sure everything was done properly but I don't feel they learn to do anything without a parent standing over them. What motivated my daughter was talking about her future, the career she would enjoy, how much she would need to earn for the life she wanted and which Uni courses she was interested in. It made hitting the grades mean something to her and she's flying now.

If the school want her to re-do it, put more effort in or change it, they'll get her to do it. She is completing the homework after all, and at that age I'd be leaving her to it unless she specifically asks for help.
She might get away with it in year 7 but as the years go on the expectation will be higher. Plus some teachers don't mind so long as the work is done, others expect their best work every time..

We had a similar issue. We made it clear that all homework was to be done at home and to be checked by us before submission.
We also allocated an hour period as "homework" time after school.
So far it's created better habits, work quality has improved.

Thanks everyone:)

This is not the right approach for secondary, IMO, unless there is a specific need to do this (SEN). They really need to learn to do it themselves, that is as important as doing it. Parents shouldn't be checking homework like this.