Homework

Homework Principles

Homework is an important part of our students’ academic journey. At Walton High School homework is used to:

• Retrieve prior knowledge
• Prepare students for upcoming lessons
• Allow students to practice and rehearse new learning to obtain mastery
• Give students the opportunity to read around a subject and explore a subject further to develop their own interests
• Stretch and challenge a student’s learning

The regular setting of homework can aid the transfer of knowledge from the working memory to the long-term memory which can benefit progress and attainment.

Homework at Walton High School can take a variety of formats, including (but not exclusively):

• GCSE Pod Podcasts
• Self-marking, online quizzes through programmes such as GCSE Pod, Dr Frost and Educake
• Exam-style questions
• Knowledge audits or mind-maps
• Reading articles, books or blogs
• Research projects
• Comprehension tasks
• Coursework completion

At Walton we use a range of websites to set and monitor homework:

• GCSE Pod
• Dr Frost
• Educake
• Class Charts

Here is a list of support guides

Parents Support Guide

Student Support Guide

Homework Timetable for each year:

Key Stage 3

Key Stage 4

Research has shown that you will remember more if you go over topics multiple times rather than cramming all of your revision for each subject into one block.