Garth Hill CollegeHome Learning
Time to be spent on Home Learning
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All years |
30 minutes each day on personal reading of literature, magazines or newspapers. |
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Years 7 and 8 |
English, Maths and Science: 30 minutes per week Foundation Subjects: 30 minutes per fortnight PE: Set when appropriate |
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Years 9, 10 and 11 |
English, Maths and Science: 60 minutes per week Option Subjects: 60 minutes per fortnight PE: Set when appropriate |
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6th Form |
Approximately one hour of home learning for each hour of class time. |
All tasks will be recorded as an assignment on Microsoft Teams. Pupils and parents can access this from home. Pupils will also record that home learning has been set and the due date in their planners. This could include:
- A task to consolidate learning from the lesson
- A task to extend the learning form the lesson
- A task to broaden the learning beyond what has been covered in the lesson
Tasks could include:
- Completing in-depth tasks started in classes e.g. an extended a piece of writing.
- Preparing a speech on a specific topic
- Demonstration of a skill or concept
- Reading and related tasks to demonstrate understanding
- Interviews
- Drawing or art work
- Controlled assessment preparation or planning
- Grammar hammer style activities to support RATL
- Revision tasks e.g. practice questions
- Preparation for the next lesson
- Making notes after watching a television programme
- Structured project work
- Activities set on Class Charts
Home Learning Timetables
Year 7
Week 1
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day (30mins) |
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History/Geography |
Maths |
English |
Art/Music Drama (Y) |
Art/Music/Drama |
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Citizenship(Y) |
Music/Art/Drama |
Science |
Tech |
Languages (X) |
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Week 2
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day (30mins) |
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Languages (Y) |
English |
History/Geography (X) |
Maths (X) |
Science (Y) |
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Citizenship (X) |
Art/Music/Drama (X) |
Maths (Y) |
History/Geography (Y) |
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Science (X) |
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Maths 2, English 2, Science 2, Humanities 2, Tech 1, MFL 1, Citizenship 1, Art 1, Drama 1, Music 1, Computer Science 1 (set when lesson occurs)
PE set when appropriate
Music/Art/Drama – The lesson that occurs on that day
Year 8
Week 1
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day (30mins) |
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Art/Music/Drama (Y) |
Science |
History/Geography |
English |
Maths |
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Citizenship (X) |
Languages (Y) |
Art/Music/Drama (X) |
Art/Music/Drama (X) |
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Week2
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day (30mins) |
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Art/Music/Drama (Y) |
Tech |
Science |
English |
Art/Music/Drama (X) |
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Art/Music/Drama (Y) |
Maths (X) |
History/Geography |
Maths (Y) |
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Languages (X) |
Maths 2, English 2, Science 2, Humanities 2, Tech 1, MFL 1, Citizenship 1, Art 1, Drama 1, Music 1, Computer Science 1 (set when the lesson occurs)
PE set when appropriate
Music/Art/Drama – The lesson that occurs on that day
Year 9
Week 1
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Science |
Option B |
English |
Option A |
Citizenship |
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Option C |
Tech (X) |
Tech(Y) |
Maths |
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Week 2
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Science |
Option C |
English |
Maths (Y) |
Maths (X) |
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Option B |
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Option A |
Tech (Y) |
Science (Y) |
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Tech (X) |
Science (X) |
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English 2, Maths 2, Science 3, Technology 2, Option Subjects 2, Citizenship 1
PE will be set when appropriate
Year 10
Week 1
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Maths |
Tech |
Science |
Option B |
English |
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Citizenship |
Option A |
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Option C |
Science (Y) |
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Week 2
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Maths |
Option A |
Science |
Option C |
English |
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Tech (X) |
Science (X) |
Option B |
Tech (Y) |
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English 2, Maths 2, Science 3, Technology 2, Option Subjects 2
PE home learning will be set when appropriate
Year 11
Week 1
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Citizenship |
English |
Option B |
Maths |
Tech |
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Option C |
Science |
Option A |
Science (Y) |
Science (X) |
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Week 2
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Read Every Day or Independent Study (30mins) |
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Option C |
English |
Option B |
Science |
Maths |
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Tech (Y) |
Option A |
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Tech (X) |
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English 2, Maths 2, Science 3, Technology 2, Option Subjects 2
PE home learning will be set when appropriate