Y7 homework

[Westcoastlover]

What sort of homework do your Y7 children receive for Maths, English and Science please? Tassomai is set for English and Science for my ds and seeing him tap away on his phone, completing 100 multiple choice questions each time (a lot of it is unrelated to what he is doing in class) I do wonder whether other schools provide homework such as researching and independent writing? Or am I just out of date?!

The unrelated topics is because interleaving others topics is ‘in’ at the moment.

Be thankful it isn't making posters or models of atoms which to be frank teaches zilch except are they good at art.

English has been mainly reading chapters of the class book and writing summaries. Maths has been a mix: a symmetry challenge, some algebra problems, some mixed practice for a test. Science has been more varied: some worksheet stuff, building on what they've been doing in class, but also some dreaded posters....

I have twins currently in year 7 and a lot of their homework seems to be on apps. Hegarty for maths, Bedrock for English, Pearson active learn for French - we’re buying them laptops for Christmas as I think eventually all homework will end up being on apps. At the moment they do get a bit of homework from Geography, History and Science which requires some research and writing - I do prefer this type of homework.

DS has to make a shield and sword to use in a reenactment for of the Battle of Hastings!

Maths: All on maths watch she's had loads on there. 44 problems a week and 66 in the half term.
English: Reading and questions on that. Over half term she had a whole booklet to do about myths and they had to make their own.
Science: Drawing and naming cells and lots of memorising vocab for quizzes.
Art: her teacher seems really keen and she's had tons for this.
Nothing else really but we've been quite happy with the creativity. Only really using apps for maths.

We've only had an app for French vocab so far.

All my DD's homework comes via the EduLink app - she seems to have had homework in all subjects, including Dance, Drama and Cookery (she goes to a Performing Arts school). The English we've had weekly, they're studying Travel Writing and it's been a mix of analysis of a Bill Bryson book and Creative Writing. The Maths have been worksheets we have to print off, along with the science. It's certainly an avalanche she's getting - at least we can access it all ourselves and see what she has due. DH has bought a wipeable monthly calendar which she has to fill in every night and plan her workload. I get that this in order of teaching them good working practice but it's a strain, particularly as she's not getting back till 5 every day. From reading the above it sounds like some of your DC are getting less? Any undone homework gets a detention as well.

Typical for English at my school would include:
Online quizzes
SPaG exercises to keep receiving key skills
Comprehension
Drafting or redrafting pieces of extended writing

In theory DS gets four hours a week, and I reckon that's roughly right - maybe slightly less if anything. Punishment at school is very light touch, so I don't know what would happen if he didn't do it. I'm guessing a quiet word first time, then a sharp word the next, and only then more formal sanctions. Detentions are saved for pretty serious stuff I think.

My year 7 has had a couple of maths sheets to complete, not much science so far and for English, choosing a book on war from a list and then doing a presentation that’s not a book review.

Lots of posters! In biology, re, music, art, chemistry. Worksheets for maths, apps for Spanish and mandarin. Spellings in English. So far all mangeable