How much homework does your year 2 PRIVATE SCHOOL child get...

[AtheneNoctua]

And, more specifically, what are they doing in math? Addition/subtraction/multiplication/division?And how big are the numbers? What about word problems?

Dd is in Year 3 now but last year she got homework twice a week (which I thought was too much).

I honestly can't remember what they were doing in numeracy I know they are doing multiplication now. Think last year was number bonds or something, really not sure.

I'm not quite sure what you mean by word problems. Often the homework was topic based. It is only now in Year 3 she brings home maths/English workbooks.

A word problem is something like:

Johny likes cholate sweets. His sister susie likes pink sweets. The chocolate ones are twice as much as the pink ones. The pink ones cost 10p. Johny's mum says he buy one for himself and two for Suzie. How much money will he get back if he gives the cashier £1?

The above is one word problem, although requires a few calculations.

DD now in Y4 at academically selective private school. Their policy is no homework other than reading until Y3. They are set for maths and English from early on so work being done would vary and they don't do SATs so work would not necessarily map onto the national curriculum targets either.

DS1 is in Year 2. He reads every night - he's a 'free reader' and is currently reading The BFG. (He finished the reading scheme last May in Yr 1 at Level 14 ORT.) He is supposed to read for about 15 mins to me, but actually reads much more to himself from mainly non-fiction books.

He has 10 spellings per week which come home on Mon and are tested on Fri. There are generally 5/6 of a particular spelling pattern, 3/4 sight words and 1/2 words he's got wrong (explanation is his current one).

He occasionally has words to learn for poetry festival, plays or carol service.

Other than that he has had no homework at all so far this school year.

His class teacher said at the Curriculum meeting at beg of term that it was her intention to cover the Maths entirely at school as the child either could do the Maths topic or not, and she could tell that from class so there wasn't much point making a confident child endlessly repeat stuff or an unsure child feel worse.

Maths-wise, DS1 is capable of addition into thousands, subtraction in hundreds, and multiplication and division only within his tables - nothing bigger than 12's (7's & 8's are not fully secure yet but close). He likes wordy Maths problems and doesn't seem fazed by them at all. He also doesn't care if he gets something completely wrong but is keen to find out how to solve it - that's thanks to his current fab teacher who really encourages them to explore, experiment, have a go.

We're really happy with the not-much-h/w as he's busy at school and comes home ready to play, relax etc. I know it'll get more from Yr 3 onwards so we're just enjoying our family eves at the mo!

DD2 in Year 2. She is NOT a free reader. But she gets a reading book every night and weekly spellings (20). She doesn't get maths so am not entirely sure where she is but she's certainly not up to her 12 times table. Still, I am assured that she's doing fine.

DC in year two gets at least 15 mins of maths per day (currently doing 80+30 and 100-25 etc) and 15 mins of language which is reading and writing something from her book. She has about 20 spelling words once a week too.

Both DSs in Yr 3 and Yr 5 get about 1 hour per night.

Reading of about 20 mins every day plus either an English or Maths exercise every day plus spelling and timetable revision every day plus an ocassional History or Geography topic research for the weekend.

Yr3 they are still doing 4 x table but in Yr 5 they are doing complex fractions, long division/multiplication of 2 and 3 digit numbers, geometry etc.

It is not a very academically selective school.

Dd has never had "word problems" then. I had assumed it was English not maths.

She reads every night, in Year 2 had 12 spellings to learn and then had simple homework twice a week.

Hi
DD in yr 2 is a free reader has a book to read each night (small Roald Dahl, Sprinters,or geraldine McNab) plus either comprehension excerise or maths alternative days plus 10 spellings per week.
in maths they have done tt to 12s and are doing long multiplication ie 323x153 division is still linked to tables but will progress to long division after christmas also working on fractions and wordy problems.
School does not do sats but from her textbooks they are working at KS2

DS is Y3 in a non-academically selective school.

No maths homework here - TBH I am not sure what they are doing but I know DS works happily in thousands and they do word problems.

Reading, but not at the level some other suggest (DS's choice of books, mainly, I think - strong preference for Dick King Smith ATM)

Spellings - 12 come home Friday for test the following Friday, but they are also on the board at school all week so a quick check on Thursday tends to be all that is required.

No other homework, Thank goodness. He finishes at 4:30pm 3 nights a week, and goes riding on one of the others - we struggle to fit in reading and piano practice, let alone anything else.

DS is Y3 in a non-academically selective school.

Last year he really didn't get much homework other than spellings and reading.

This year is more. Today he has a 50 Question test on 2, 3,4,5, & 10 times tables, so last night we did about 20 mins practice for that.

DD in Yr2 and gets a book to read each evening - usually 36 pages long. She is a free reader but this still takes her a while to read to us. We try to get it done by tea time otherwise she gets slower and crankier.

If she does not understand any of the words in her story she has to list them on a "definitions" page in her homework book and read our dictionary to help her write down an explanation.

She has 16 words to learn each week for testing on a Friday.

We also have to test her on her speed reading twice a week - where she gets a page of words and we have to hear her read it out to us twice and time her.

She also has been working on her 2, 5 and 10 times tables and gets tested on them on a Friday. Would not be surprised if they don't get them going on some more numbers very soon.