Dear all:
I'm well known here for grumbling about unimaginative and limited homework at DDs' school. Thus my hesitation to go into battle yet again about lack of homework. So I'd like to explain our situation and see what you Mumsnetters think about this:
Since Gove announced that he was removing guidance on homework our school has been 'reviewing' their homework policy. We parents received a letter in September saying that they were reviewing what homework would be offered and that spelling would move from a weekly list of words to more investigative work (i.e. making words verbs or adjectives, learning rules for certain groups of words - i.e. -ough words), etc... They also announced that there would be a parent/ staff meeting one evening (which was well attended) to discuss what parents wanted from homework and what the schools views on homework were (that was nearly 2 months ago).
It's the last week of term and still absolutely nothing from the school about what their homework policy will be.
Both DDs get a maths sheet (~10 minutes work, if that) and regularly get library books to read from school. No written work (writing a review, a letter, etc...). No topical work: researching a historical period, learning more about a topic, etc... And no investigative spelling work - unforutnately.
The school is proposing a grid (5 x 5) with options for homeworks which are entirely optional for each child to do - but children would get a merit for completing 5 a month. Each month a new grid would be issued.
Am I being unreasonable (AIBU) to think this shouldn't be taking so long?
Are other teachers/ schools struggling to come up with homework policy like ours?
Are schools opting to offer less homework now that government guidance on homework is removed?
Thanks for any input - I'm really struggling not to complain - but I'm completely astounded this is so difficult to organise.
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PastSellByDate · 15/12/2012 08:49
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