How much homework does your 6 year old get ?

[WorzselMummage]

Just out of interest :)

oh, plus reading-supposed to be done every night

My DD gets reading book every night or when she completes it, 10 spellings on Monday for test on Friday. One piece of homework on Thursday to be completed by Tuesdsay which is normally maths or English.

Depending on our weekend depends on how well it is done. Sometimes I know I can get DD to sit down and do it without much help other times she needs our help or to look up something on the computer. DS reception also gets homework.

It's hard because they can sometimes be too tired in the week to do anything. At the weekend we might go out for the day. We have swimming on Sunday and there are no other nap times for the toddler who is running about. We like to cook a roast to. I think it will get easier when toddler can watch a bit of TV for 30 mins. Saying this today both children required 1:1 help with homework (30 mins each). I do prefer it is I can sit down and year 2 can at least do most of her homework alone with the odd bit of help.

The children do have online programmes they can logon to where I don't have to be with them every second and can watch from a distance. Very helpful with more than one child although you can't substitute the 1:1 time.

Y2 10 spellings weekly, reading daily and a piece of 'free' writing weekly (i.e. write about whatever you want). I do have to work hard to fit this in, and sometimes it is 3 weeks to get the homework writing book back!! Annoying when DD has worked so hard to complete. I would prefer the writing to be alternated with some maths (Never get any maths homework). We occasionally get some topic related work - last week a papier mache Norman helmet!!

Y2 8-10 spellings per week, English worksheet, Maths worksheet, and one other - could be handwriting, science, or other topic. Reading ideally every evening.

It gets given out every Monday, and no one minds if its late back as long as it gets done.

Oh, and this year the Head has started giving out optional 'whole school homework' which tends to be a creative task, like designing a school-related Superhero, or writing a poem or song. Every few weeks. Its amazing how motivated so many of the kids are, at every age - they write, draw, make, sing, make things in teams etc. Big success.

Wow I am astonished at how much homework some children get! DS gets a Reading book a couple of times a week and one maths or literacy sheet per week. We spoke to the school before he started to check how much homework was given out and they said it should take a maximum of 10 minutes per night at this age. I think that's pretty reasonable

4 reading books per week

science/maths worksheet

10 spellings for a weekly test

Twice a term: preparation for Show & Tell

He also learns another language out of school and does homework for that. Am beginning to question it all as they work so hard during the day at school and there's so little time left for play.

Reading every night (officially )
Homework set once a week, includes maths sheet, letters & sounds/literacy task, and a peice of 'theme'homework (anything from write about what night means to you, to find & bring in your favourite book)
Officially marked every week - usually a brief comment on each peice, occassionally just a samp. I think that feedback is vital - not least to keep the parents motivated

DS is Y2, but the Y1 kids get the same number of peices, just simpler/quicker.

btw he's Y1

BachAtTheMoon, Clueless and MollieO - are your DCs in Y1 or Y2?

Ds is in yr 2.

DS is in Yr 1

one book a day, ten spellings a week for yr 1 and 2
partly reading this wondering why they don't get maths sheets, and then thinking thank goodness they don't as do too much extra-curricular stuff! But think they would wnjoy that and definitely need it.

Reading book twice a week.
1 piece of written homework at weekends, alternates between maths and literacy.
They don't get spellings until Year 3.

We have 2 books per night (ORT Level 5) to read with parent although one will have been read to a third of the way through in class.

Minimum of 10 spellings per week.

My dd is in Y2.
We read every night and have 10 spellings to learn a week. That's it.
I'm surprised at the amount of homework other children are getting.
Her school is a selective indie and my dh thinks that what she gets is a lot. It's interesting to note that she isn't getting much compared to others.

daily reading

spellings are weekly(different amount depending on which group you are in between 6-12 words)

and that i feel is just about right for a year 2 child

Year 2:

(Daily)reading (one fiction, one non-fiction) - changed as soon as read.

Spelling - 10 words per week.

Occasional maths worksheet.

About 10 mins a week.

Plus reading, which is left to us now as she's a keen reader, it used to be about 2 reading scheme books a week.

DTs get reading books, which they swap when finished. Plus spellings - list of ten which are tested weekly, then when they know them they get a new set. If they only get one or two wrong, these are added onto the new sheet.

This that get 4 reading books a week, are they expected to read a whole book in one evening?? WE tend to do between about 4 and six pages per night, depending on the difficulty of the story, he mood of the child and sometimes how horrifically boring the book is! I can't imagine trying to do the whole book in one sitting, we did in receptioon when it was one sentence per page but now I think I would end up literally pulling out my own teeth!