Self Quizzing

Students should test themselves by writing out ten questions per night, and checking that they can answer them correctly. These should be completed in the student planner.

The subjects are split over the timetable below (this can also be found in the Student Planner):

Day	Week A	Week B
Monday	French	French
Tuesday	Geography	Performing Arts
Wednesday	History	RE
Thursday	ICT	Catering
Friday	Art	Personal Study / PE

English (Bedrock)

English homework in Years 7-9 is set through through Bedrock Learning. Students need to achieve 20 points each week by practising their vocabulary. You can access Bedrock here. 

Completion is checked every Monday morning. 

Maths (Sparx/Hegarty)

Maths homework is set through Sparx (Years 7/8) and Hegarty (Years 10-11).

For Sparx, students need to complete the compulsory tasks.

For Hegarty, students need to complete the four tasks set by their teachers, and the MemRi task. A task will be considered complete once a student reaches 70% or alternatively once a student has watched the the help video and attempts the questions twice. 

Completion is checked every Friday morning. 

Science (Tassomai)

Science is set through Tassomai. Students need to complete four daily goals. Please note, they need to do these on separate days - this is because a little practice often is much more effective than a big practice once a week in building long term knowledge. 

Completion is checked every Thursday morning.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Reading

We encourage reading whenever possible! Students should record their reading each night in their planner. 

We run a Homework Club every Monday to Thursday after school. We strongly encourage students to attend, especially if they are struggling with any of the online platform, as help is always available. 

We also recommend families consider a homework schedule in order to break it down - what can seem like a lot becomes much more manageable if you take it in steps. The examples below are completely optional, but may be a useful starting point - or you might want to schedule things differently!

Day	Homework	Homework due in
Monday	Self-quizzing Sparx/Hegarty Tassomai	English (Bedrock)
Tuesday	Self-quizzing Tassomai Bedrock
Wednesday	Self-quizzing Tassomai Bedrock
Thursday	Self-quizzing Sparx/Hegarty Bedrock	Science (Tassomai_
Friday	Self-quizzing Tassomai Sparx/Hegarty	Maths (Sparx)
Weekend	Free, or catch up on anything missed

If you have questions, please contact your child's teacher directly, or you can email the relevant Heads of Department:

English - Ms Carter - [email protected]

Maths - Mr Robinson - [email protected]

Sciences - Ms Myers - [email protected]

Every day (Monday-Friday), students are expected to:

• Complete self-quizzing
• Read for 20 minutes

Every week, students are expected to:

• Complete the set tasks on Sparx to 80%
• Complete two daily challenges (25 questions) on Tassomai Science
• Two lessons on Bedrock learning (this will begin from Monday 28th September)

Self-Quizzing

Questions and answers are to be written into students’ planners and will match the subject below for that day e.g. Monday of Week A will be 10 questions on French. If a student does not study a subject listed below, they can choose which subject to complete on a particular day.

Week A	Monday	LSQ-French
Week A	Tuesday	LSQ-Geography
Week A	Wednesday	LSQ-History
Week A	Thursday	LSQ-ICT
Week A	Friday	LSQ-Art
Week B	Monday	LSQ- French
Week B	Tuesday	LSQ-Performing arts
Week B	Wednesday	LSQ-RE
Week B	Thursday	LSQ-Catering
Week B	Friday	LSQ-Personal study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

Read at least 5 times a week and record the book title and page numbers read in your student planner (additional homework section) Each child should be reading for a minimum of at least 20 minutes each time.  Although reading speeds and font size vary for each student and book, students should be targeting 10 pages per homework session - as a minimum. (2 minutes per page).  A parent or carer must then sign each entry to confirm the homework has been completed. 

Sparx Maths

Log onto SparxMaths

Sparx homework is assigned to students on Friday afternoon and will appear in their Sparx page at 3pm that day. It will be due the following Friday at 3pm. 

Below is a link to a number of video clips showing how to log in, how students need to set out their work, what they need to write out and why, and finally some examples.

Link for Sparx knowledge base student training video clips.

https://support.sparx.co.uk/knowledge/training-materials-for-students

How students set up their Sparx account - Find out HERE

Change to expectations for students completing Sparx homework (from 15/10/2021)

Following feedback from staff, students and parents we are changing the expectations for homework in both Year 7 and Year 8.

We are removing the expectation that students need to complete the “XP boost” section and replacing that with a slightly extended version of the compulsory section. Students now only need to complete all tasks in the “compulsory” section. We would still recommend students complete “XP boost” and “Target” as this is shown to have a beneficial effect on their learning, but they will not be sanctioned for not doing so.

The new expectations start with homework issued on the 15^th of October (due in on the 22^th). Students will be informed of this during this week (w/c 11/10/21).

Summery of new expectations for Sparx homework:

• They must complete all tasks in the “compulsory completion” section.
• If they want to improve further, they have the choice of doing the tasks in the “XP Boost” and 'Target' sections, this is not mandatory and will not be checked. 
• Any students not completing homework by the due deadline (Friday) will attend detention after school on the following Monday. These students will also be given an extended deadline of “Tuesday 7am” to complete the tasks they did not finish. Failure to meet this will mean they have to attend a further after school detention on Tuesday.

For more information please contact either:

Mr. G Davies – KS3 Coordinator for Mathematics – [email protected]
Mr. C Buckenham - Teacher of Mathematics - [email protected]

 

Tassomai Science

Complete two daily tasks on Tassomai Science.

Tassomai completion counts from Friday morning until 8am on Thursday. Any completed after 8am on Thursday will not be counted and this will result in a detention.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Bedrock Learning

Log onto Bedrock learning

Students are expected to gain at least 20 points during the week

Bedrock should be completed BEFORE a Monday morning as the week runs from a Monday morning to a Sunday night at 11.59pm.

You can now log in to the Bedrock site by selecting 'Google' and using your school log in details.

Option to complete more to increase your vocabulary.

Please ensure the lessons are complete as we do not want to issue any sanctions.  However, please note that the reports from Bedrock will still run as during term time.

Every day (Monday-Friday), students are expected to:

• Complete self-quizzing
• Read for 20 minutes

Every week, students are expected to:

• Complete four tasks on Hegarty
• Complete two daily challenges (25 questions) on Tassomai Science
• Two lessons on Bedrock learning (this will begin from Monday 28th September)

Self-Quizzing

Questions and answers are to be written into student’s planners and will match the subject below for that day e.g. Monday of Week A will be 10 questions on French. If a student does not study a subject listed below, they can choose which subject to complete on a particular day.

Week A	Monday	LSQ-French
Week A	Tuesday	LSQ-Geography
Week A	Wednesday	LSQ-History
Week A	Thursday	LSQ-ICT
Week A	Friday	LSQ-Art
Week B	Monday	LSQ- French
Week B	Tuesday	LSQ-Performing arts
Week B	Wednesday	LSQ-RE
Week B	Thursday	LSQ-Catering
Week B	Friday	LSQ-Personal study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

Read at least 5 times a week and record the book title and page numbers read in your student planner (additional homework section) Each child should be reading for a minimum of at least 20 minutes each time.  Although reading speeds and font size vary for each student and book, students should be targeting 10 pages per homework session - as a minimum. (2 minutes per page).  A parent or carer must then sign each entry to confirm the homework has been completed. 

Sparx Maths

Log onto SparxMaths

Sparx homework is assigned to students on Friday afternoon and will appear in their Sparx page at 3pm that day. It will be due the following Friday at 3pm. 

Below is a link to a number of video clips showing how to log in, how students need to set out their work, what they need to write out and why, and finally some examples.

Link for Sparx knowledge base student training video clips.

https://support.sparx.co.uk/knowledge/training-materials-for-students

How students set up their Sparx account - Find out HERE

Change to expectations for students completing Sparx homework (from 15/10/2021)

Following feedback from staff, students and parents we are changing the expectations for homework in both Year 7 and Year 8.

We are removing the expectation that students need to complete the “XP boost” section and replacing that with a slightly extended version of the compulsory section. Students now only need to complete all tasks in the “compulsory” section. We would still recommend students complete “XP boost” and “Target” as this is shown to have a beneficial effect on their learning, but they will not be sanctioned for not doing so.

The new expectations start with homework issued on the 15^th of October (due in on the 22^th). Students will be informed of this during this week (w/c 11/10/21).

Summery of new expectations for Sparx homework:

• They must complete all tasks in the “compulsory completion” section.
• If they want to improve further, they have the choice of doing the tasks in the “XP Boost” and 'Target' sections, this is not mandatory and will not be checked. 
• Any students not completing homework by the due deadline (Friday) will attend detention after school on the following Monday. These students will also be given an extended deadline of “Tuesday 7am” to complete the tasks they did not finish. Failure to meet this will mean they have to attend a further after school detention on Tuesday.

For more information please contact either:

Mr. G Davies – KS3 Coordinator for Mathematics – [email protected]
Mr. C Buckenham - Teacher of Mathematics - [email protected]

 

Tassomai Science

Complete two daily tasks on Tassomai Science.

Tassomai completion counts from Friday morning until 8am on Thursday. Any completed after 8am on Thursday will not be counted and this will result in a detention.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Bedrock Learning

Log onto Bedrock learning

Students are expected to gain at least 20 points during the week

Bedrock should be completed BEFORE a Monday morning as the week runs from a Monday morning to a Sunday night at 11.59pm.

You can now log in to the Bedrock site by selecting 'Google' and using your school log in details.

Please ensure the lessons are complete as we do not want to issue any sanctions.  However, please note that the reports from Bedrock will still run as during term time.

Every day, students are expected to:

• Complete self-quizzing
• Read for 20 minutes

Every week, students are expected to:

• Complete five tasks on Hegarty Maths
• Complete three daily challenges on Tassomai
• Complete two lessons on Bedrock learning (this will begin from Monday 28th September)

Self-Quizzing

Questions and answers are to be written into student’s planners and will match the subject below for that day e.g. Monday of Week A will be 10 questions on French. If a student does not study a subject listed below, they can choose which subject to complete on a particular day.

Week A	Monday	LSQ-French
Week A	Tuesday	LSQ-Geography
Week A	Wednesday	LSQ-History
Week A	Thursday	LSQ-ICT
Week A	Friday	LSQ-Art
Week B	Monday	LSQ- French
Week B	Tuesday	LSQ-Performing arts
Week B	Wednesday	LSQ-RE
Week B	Thursday	LSQ-Catering
Week B	Friday	LSQ-Personal study

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reading

Read at least 5 times a week and record the book title and page numbers read in your student planner.  Each child should be reading for a minimum of at least 20 minutes each time.  Although reading speeds and font size vary for each student and book, students should be targeting 10 pages per homework session - as a minimum. (2 minutes per page).  A parent or carer must then sign each entry to confirm the homework has been completed. 

Hegarty Maths

Complete four regular tasks and one MemRi task over the course of a week, using Hegarty Maths.

Tassomai Science

Complete three daily challenges Tassomai Science.

Tassomai completion counts from Friday morning until 8am on Thursday. Any completed after 8am on Thursday will not be counted and this will result in a detention.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Bedrock learning

Log onto Bedrock learning

Students are expected to gain at least 20 points during the week

Bedrock should be completed BEFORE a Monday morning as the week runs from a Monday morning to a Sunday night at 11.59pm.

You can now log in to the Bedrock site by selecting 'Google' and using your school log in details.

Option to complete more to increase your vocabulary.

Please ensure the lessons are complete as we do not want to issue any sanctions.  However, please note that the reports from Bedrock will still run as during term time.

Every day, students are expected to:

• Complete self-quizzing
• Read for 20 minutes
• Complete subject specific homework

Every week, students are expected to:

• Complete five tasks on Hegarty Maths
• Complete three daily challenges on Tassomai

Self-Quizzing

Questions and answers are to be written into students’ planners. Students will be expected to choose the subjects they feel they would benefit most from self-quizzing on. 

Hegarty Maths 

Complete four regular tasks and one MemRi task over the course of a week, using Hegarty Maths.

Tassomai Science

Complete three daily challenges Tassomai Science.

Tassomai completion counts from Friday morning until 8am on Thursday. Any completed after 8am on Thursday will not be counted and this will result in a detention.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Bedrock learning

Log onto Bedrock learning

Students are expected to gain at least 20 points during the week

Bedrock should be completed BEFORE a Monday morning as the week runs from a Monday morning to a Sunday night at 11.59pm.

You can now log in to the Bedrock site by selecting 'Google' and using your school log in details.

Option to complete more to increase your vocabulary.

Please ensure the lessons are complete as we do not want to issue any sanctions.  However, please note that the reports from Bedrock will still run as during term time.

Every day, students are expected to:

• Complete self-quizzing
• Complete subject specific homework

Every week, students are expected to:

• Complete four tasks on Hegarty Maths
• Complete four daily challenges on Tassomai as well as tasks set on Google classroom

Self-Quizzing

Questions and answers are to be written into students’ planners. Students will be expected to choose the subjects they feel they would benefit most from self-quizzing on. 

Hegarty Maths 

Complete four tasks over the course of a week, using Hegarty Maths. In addition student will need to complete exam practice questions. 

Tassomai Science

Complete four daily challenges Tassomai Science.

Tassomai FAQ’s - HERE

Tassomai completion counts from Friday morning until 8am on Thursday. Any completed after 8am on Thursday will not be counted and this will result in a detention.

How do I reset a password:

On the login page, select the “forgotten password” button underneath the password box. This will send a reminder to your school email address.

How many do I need to complete each week?

4 daily goals between Friday and Thursday 8am on the day of checking.

How many have I completed so far this week?

On your homepage, go to overview, and scroll down to performance. Here you will see a clear graph which shows you the daily goal completed on each specific day.

• Eg completion date is 11^th November 8am. 4 daily goals must be completed between November 5^th and 11^th.
• Note: on this example, the student checked their work on a Monday. The Tuesday and Wednesday shown here will not count when this is checked by the teacher on Thursday 8am (only Friday – Thursday count for each week) as they were part of last week’s completion.

How much Tassomai do I complete in the holidays?:

Although not required, it is strongly advised to continue Tassomai during the holidays for your own benefit, however detentions will not be set for non-completion during school holidays. On the week of return, you will be expected to complete it on each school day back, and detentions will be set for these days if missed. For example, if we return on a Monday, we expect you to complete Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, ready to be checked on Thursday.

Which class do I sign up to?

It is very important to be signed up to the correct class. If you are completing your homework, but in the wrong class, your teacher will NOT see the work you have completed and you will be set a detention. If in doubt, email your teacher to check the class code.

I do not have a laptop or computer at home, how can I complete my homework?

If you have access to a smart phone or tablet, you can download the Tassomai app and complete the homework anywhere, anytime. In addition, there are computers available to use at school at break times and lunch times, and computers are available in the library everyday after school 3-4pm. Homework club is also on Monday-Thursday if you require a little extra support.  Year 11’s also have champions hour (4-5pm) and working lunch.

I completed 4 goals today, why do I have a detention?

You must complete 1 daily goal on 4 separate days. The idea of this is that little and often has a much better outcome on your science knowledge than doing one large chunk.