year 5 extra curricular clubs and homework - a quick poll

[emanresU]

Im just trying to gauge what is usual

My D'S in Y5 has around 40-60 minutes homework each night

After school clubs are:

Mon - nothing
Tues - footy
Wed - martial arts
Thursday - cubs
Friday - footie
Sat - martial arts

My DD Y6 doesn't get nightly homework, but a weekly project, expected to take about 1- 1.5 hrs plus nightly reading and spellings. We usually do the project stuff at the weekend. We have also been doing extra work for 11+, but not excessive amounts.
Mon - school choir; ballet
Tues - piano
wed - brownies
Thurs - fortnightly tutor session
fri - nothing
sat - tap lesson, modern lesson

School extra-curricular clubs don't start until after half term, and usually run for half a term at a time. she will usually do one or two of those as well each half-term depending what's on offer.

My Yr5 DD doesn't have daily homework except practicing the spellings and times tables needed for a weekly test. She has a termly project based on the current learning topic. (This term it's Macbeth so she had to do something about Scotland)

Monday - Netball
Tuesday - Brownies
Wednesday - Swimming club
Thursday - nothing
Friday - Swimming club
Weekends - Swimming gala monthly

Ds is Year 6 of prep school & gets approx 30 mins homework on Mon, Wed & Fri plus spellings & 15 mins reading a day.

He doesn't do many clubs just football one night.

When dd was that age she got homework twice/three times a week but danced almost every day. We told school overnight homework was not possible due to her other commitments.

DS is in Y6, but when he was in Y5 he had

Reading - for at least 15 minutes at least 3 times a week, reading aloud to an adult at least once

Maths - 2 pieces a week, approx 20-30 minutes to complete each
English - 1 piece a week, approx 20-30 minutes to complete
Spelling - 12 words a week
one open ended project every half term.

Clubs wise he did cubs, karate and swimming. Sometimes did a sports club at school (they run a different one every half term) if was interested in the sport.
He also did drama once a week in summer term.

Bloody hell to year 5 homework your child getting.
Once a week Maths and literacy here.
About 20 minutes each.
Supposed to read regularly too but not monitored as such.

No spellings coming home either....

Seems a lot of homework for a Year 5.

My two are both juniors, and have 30 mins maths and 30 mins literacy per week. Then reading, which doesn't really count as homework.

Your clubs sound fine, though. My year 6 son does 8 hours organised sport, plus piano and a computer club per week. I'd rather he did that than homework!

No homework

Monday - gymnastics
Tuesday - tap dancing, private ballet lesson
Wednesday - ballet, modern dance
Thursday - gymnastics
Friday - gymnastics
Saturday - ballet and tap
Sunday - gymnastics

busy!

DS now Y6 but in Y5 he had one piece of Maths and one of Literacy once a week - usually 1.5 hours that would be done at the weekend. Also spellings, reading, times tables plus 11+ work, approx 50 mins x 3-4 times a week.

He had football Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sat and Sun. Tennis on Fridays.

30 mins of maths on a Monday night and 30 mins of literacy on a Thursday night. Spellings which we practice 3-4 times a week, reading which he does for 10 minutes 3-4 times a week.

Monday Cubs, Thursday Football training, Friday Football club, Saturday Football match.

DS2 is in year 5 and has homework two nights a week which takes about 30-40 minutes each time, plus ad hoc reading, plus 20 spellings to learn for a Friday test.

Monday - nothing
Tuesday - football training
Wednesday - cubs
Thursday- nothing
Friday- nothing
Football match usually Sunday morning.

DS in yr5 last year:
20 mins homework Mon-Thurs (usually equated to one maths worksheet, spellings, one small piece of writing & one oh Miss forgot!)
Mon - Tennis
Tues - Tennis
Thurs - Rugby
Fri - Cricket March - Aug.
Sat - Tennis
Football club lunchtime at school.

Once a week hmk here too, they do everything else at school! 3 afterschool clubs plus 2 local activities. V busy!

DD was in Year 5 last year. She had 30 mins of homework most nights.

Monday - nothing
Tuesday - gymnastics
weds - swimming
Thurs - netball club after school
Fri - nothing (usually went out with friends after school for tea)

DD had 30 mins homework 4 times a week and occasional projects. Also half an hour of piano and 15 mins trumpet practise each night. Her weekly clubs were:

Monday - hockey and netball after school for 2 hours, orchestra at lunchtime
Tuesday - early morning choir
Weds - choir at lunchtime
Thursday - library club
Friday - chess at lunchtime, running/athletics after school

Weekend - music lessons

Homework set weekly - maths worksheet, Mathletics task, literacy worksheet and spellings. Plus daily reading. Homework is mostly done at weekends.

Clubs;
Monday - nothing (but she tags along to DD1's piano lesson & we go to park)
Tuesday - drama after school, Brownies in evening
Wednesday - violin after school
Thursday - swimming early evening
Friday - nothing
Saturday - nothing
Sunday - church

Ds was year 5 last year and had homework of one Maths and one Literacy task each week, about 20-30mins each. No spellings but reading, of course.

Activities wise he did Cubs, swimming, piano, football, cross country. Cricket in the summer.

Dd is in year 6.

Homework:

In year five she had some set twice a week, which she would mostly complete at the weekends. Now she is in year six, she gets about ten mins a day.

Clubs:

Mon - gym (4hours)
Tues - free
Wed gym (4 hours)
Thurs dancing (2 hours)
Friday gym (4 hours)
Sat gym (4 hours) plus private lesson for dancing
Sun gym (4 hours).

She's very good at doing her homework in the mornings or on a Tuesday / Thursday evening.

Dd in year 6. She has about 1-2hrs of homework to be completed between Wednesday and Monday. Unfortunately Monday and Tuesday are her best nights for doing it. School changed the nights after she'd chosen afterschool clubs.

Monday-guides
Tuesday-choir (selected), singing lesson (trumpet during school time) book club once a month
Wednesday-judo (before school), choir
Thursday-badminton (before school), art club, gym
Friday-ballet, youth group
Saturday-Ballet, panto rehearsals (only at certain times of the year)

Minimal/Optional homework. One English and one Maths assignment pw. We are also doing a bit of 11 + and considering a tutor for this and also maths as he turns out to be a bit of a swot is really into it at the moment.

Extra curricular:
Weds pm and Sunday am Rugby
Thurs Cubs
About to take up Sailing/Kayaking Sunday pas

Feels like more than enough but not so much compared with others here

20 hours of gym per week, lechherrs??

DS year 5
Teacher doesn't set much homework at all, we wish she would give DS more. He is top sets & bored

Monday Tutor after school 75 mins ( Tutor sets homework))
Tues. cubs
Weds. After school football team training
Thursday Tutor 75 mins
Friday. Football & chess club
Sat morning football league practice
Sunday Football matches & tutor homework

We have two sets a night, probably about 45 mins in total. We have Maths club on Monday, Football on Tuesday, swimming on Wednesday, netball on Thursday and nothing on Friday...... Only one homework at the weekend and spellings on one day, but I never remember which day.....

Clubs win, HW in bin

Tutor, 3x a week plus HW, my DDs would have put themselves up for adoption!