by Kayleigh Clare,
Lead Teacher of Maths
I set this academic year’s rota back in July and tried to ensure that it is fair across the department, including part time staff, that there is consistency in homework setting and that the quality of homework being set is high. Therefore instead of setting say an average of 6 different homework’s per week, class teachers created a maximum of two homework booklets for a half term.
The expectation of homework for Year 7-9 is that they show
all their working out on the next page, here is a great example from a Year 8
student. We get the students to self or peer mark homework during the lesson
time and then the homework is RAG rated by the class teacher and checked when
they mark their books.
In Years 10 and the start of year 11 we have given out
targeted booklets and alternate this homework with an online VLE called
Mathswatch. At the most recent parents evening we gave all parents our in class
paper and homework schedule in the run to the exams so they are in the know of
what we are expecting students to complete on a weekly basis. Already we have
seen an improved return of homework completion on time and to a better
standard.
Lead Teacher of Maths
For years, many teachers have had what we call ‘parallel’ sets or
classes of a similar ability and it seemed as though every teacher was planning
their own homework! So about five years ago, I introduced the homework rota system
which we have continually tweaked and still use today.
I set this academic year’s rota back in July and tried to ensure that it is fair across the department, including part time staff, that there is consistency in homework setting and that the quality of homework being set is high. Therefore instead of setting say an average of 6 different homework’s per week, class teachers created a maximum of two homework booklets for a half term.
The expectation of homework for Year 7-9 is that they show
all their working out on the next page, here is a great example from a Year 8
student. We get the students to self or peer mark homework during the lesson
time and then the homework is RAG rated by the class teacher and checked when
they mark their books.
The RAG rating is recorded in the maths area on a spread
sheet and is a very useful way of tracking the progress of students.
In Years 10 and the start of year 11 we have given out
targeted booklets and alternate this homework with an online VLE called
Mathswatch. At the most recent parents evening we gave all parents our in class
paper and homework schedule in the run to the exams so they are in the know of
what we are expecting students to complete on a weekly basis. Already we have
seen an improved return of homework completion on time and to a better
standard.
Our next challenge is looking at how to promote independent
study on top of our homework system and improving the standard of homework
completion across year groups.
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