Oakenrod Primary School

Bury Road, Rochdale OL11 4EE

Tel. No. 01706 647531 Fax. No. 01706 710286

Headteacher Mrs P. Dearden

16th January 2001

Dear Parents

Welcome to the New Year and I hope it will be a happy one for everyone. This week you have two important communications.

  1. A copy of the home school agreement which should be read, signed and returned as soon as possible.
  2. A homework booklet to explain what homework your children will be getting and how you can help

Homework

You may remember that in the Autumn Term I wrote to you about homework and sought your opinion. A questionnaire was sent out (copy on back of this letter). 26 parents replied, below I summarise their response.

Unit 5 (Age 9-11)

11 responses were received

5 parents thought 40 mins per day of homework was suitable

5 parents thought 30 mins per day of homework was suitable

1 parent thought 20 mins per day of homework was suitable

All tasks 1-10 were seen as useful by all except history, geography and science which 3 parents did not think of as necessary.

Unit 3 (Age 7-8)

9 replies were received

4 parents thought 30 mins per day of homework was suitable

4 parents thought 20 mins per day of homework was suitable

1 parent thought 15 mins per day of homework was suitable

6 parents thought all tasks were useful or better

1 parent thought all tasks were useful except history and geography

2 parents thought playing games to improve language skills was not very useful but all other tasks were

Unit 2 (Age 6-7)

5 replies were received

2 parents thought 30 mins per day of homework was suitable

2 parents thought 20 mins per day of homework was suitable

1 parent did not respond to this question

3 parents thought all tasks were useful or better

1 parent thought all tasks but practising punctuation, history and geography were useful or better

1 parent thought only punctuation, tables, history and geography were useful or better.

Unit 1 (Age 4-5)

3 replies were received

2 parents thought 10 mins per day of homework was suitable

1 parent thought 30 mins per day of homework was suitable

Reading, spelling and number bonds were seen as very useful by 1 parent

Tasks 1-6 were seen as useful or better by 2 parents

Thank you very much for those of you who replied. This information has been discussed with teachers who will try to set homework that represents your view.

 

P. Dearden

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