How much homework in Yr1 - state school

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A friend (in a different county / school) mentioned her DS's school don't do any homework until Yr3.

DD1 is in Yr1 and each week gets 2 or 3 books to read, some spellings for a test each week (or quiz as I like to call it...) and one 'piece' of homework which generally takes her 10-15 mins with support. Obviously we sometimes do more plenty more reading but I am wondering if this sounds normal for the rest of the country (state schools). DD is coping well, enjoys doing it so no issues there but I can imagine with some of her friends it might be an effort as they are just not really that keen to read or write!!

I chose the school partly because of their attitude to early years teaching.

DS is in Y3 now but in Year 1 he had:

Book brought home, encouraged to read to parent three times a week
Small slip of paper with "optional" homework on related to what had been doing in class, like draw a picture of something or look up a few facts about something.

We never did the optional homework. It was only brought in because parents moaned the kids were not getting enough homework! The school also provided a detailed sheet showing everything that was being covered in a term in all subjects and ideas for things you can do with your children to support their learning. For me this was an ideal situation, I don't think five year olds should be getting homework.

In Year 2 they had spellings sometimes, as well as reading, andsometimes some maths sheets as the SATs drew near.

In Year 3 it all increases - they get times tables, three maths questions, 15 spellings, a word to look up and give the definition of and an optional thing (like"write a poem about harvest") - homework given Friday due in Weds. Also supposed to continue to read three times a week.

Yr 1 (state school)

8 spellings a week to practice writing out
1 or 2 books (takes 15 mins to reach each one)
one piece of homework - takes about 10 mins e.g. find things that show the time in your house and draw them or draw a pic of your family and label it or fill in the missing numbers from lots of sequences.

Window your daughter sounds happy and your routine sounds fine! Ds is turquoise coloured books, but they have a massive range in the class he is in. They really are still only little still. Your daughter sounds like she enjoys reading and you obviously care about her education. I really don’t think you need to worry

Mine is hopefully nearing the end of orange. But at home is reading gold/white. We get 2 books a week but read a lot more than that, as they like doing it.
No homework really here

10 spellings for a weekly test.
A book a night but she does this. Reading blue. Some very easy, some harder.
One piece of other work which takes 20-30 minutes.

I thought her writing was coming along lovely but have just been told to practise more.