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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often a revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Setting up for success

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assignments are due, and exams are scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, a computer with internet access and a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read. 
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way of planning lessons and providing additional support if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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Help with homework

Homework is often a revision of what is covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates.

A key to success is being organised. To avoid Thursday night meltdowns about incomplete homework, read our homework tips.

Tips for all ages

These tips are relevant for all students Kindergarten to Year 12.

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assessments and exams are scheduled so you can help your child prepare in advance. Make to-do lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• pens and pencils
• highlighters
• scrap paper
• printing paper
• computer and internet access
• Turn mobiles to aeroplane mode or off so there are no disruptions.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older kids, ask them to tell you about what they have been reading.
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping kids become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Homework tips

These tips are relevant for all students Kindergarten to Year 12.

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our term assessment planner to record when assignments are due, and exams scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, computer and internet access, a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read.
• Don’t jump in and give answers, homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way for planning lessons and additional support, if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

Reading and comprehension tips

To help your child become a more effective reader suggest some of these strategies.

• Predicting – use information from the text, images or your own experience to try and predict what might happen next, how characters might react or what the outcome will be.
• Questioning – ask and answer questions about the text to help children understand the meaning of the text.
• Monitoring – if something doesn’t make sense as you read it, stop, reread and think or discuss what you’ve read to understand the meaning.
• Visualising – it can help to paint a picture in our head of things being described or explained in a text – it helps bring the text to life.
• something in your own life
• another text you have read or watched
• something happening in the world.
• Summarising – notice the most important things in the text and use your own words to describe what you have read.

Writing tips

All writing has a purpose. Make sure your child is thinking about who they are writing for and why. For example, there’s a difference between writing a letter to a family member when on a holiday and a tourism brochure or story or film set in the same location.

Read your child’s writing or get them to read it to you. Praise them for having a go at writing words that are new to them.

Encourage writing at home by:

• ask your child to keep a diary of special events such as a diary or blog
• have you child label photos or pictures with captions
• make notes, letters and stories regularly

Helping with spelling

Spelling is closely linked to writing and reading. At school, students learn the importance of accurate spelling. When your child asks how to spell a word, always encourage them to have a go first, then discuss their effort and make sure you have a dictionary for checking. If using an online dictionary make sure it is an Australian dictionary, not American. The same goes for a spellcheck on the computer – check the language is set as Australian English.

Look, say, cover, write, check

The follow approach can help when student practise their spelling.

• Look carefully at the word.
• Say the word.
• Cover the word.
• Write the word from memory.
• Uncover and check the spelling against the correct word.

Helping with maths and numeracy

Maths today is about understanding number patterns, not learning by rote. Consider the following when helping your child with maths.

• Stay positive. Don’t say, ‘I was bad at maths too’. It can lower your child’s expectations of themselves.
• Don’t jump in and tell your child the answer or how to get to the answer. Ask: ‘What is the question asking you?’ or ‘How should we go about working this out?’
• Practise times tables. Children who know their times tables are more confident with their numbers and maths in general.
• There is always more than one way to get the right answer. Children are encouraged to work things out in more than one way, as a way to check their answer.
• Talk to the teacher if your child needs more help with their homework.
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Help with homework

Homework is often a revision of what is covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates.

A key to success is being organised. To avoid Thursday night meltdowns about incomplete homework, read our homework tips.

Tips for all ages

These tips are relevant for all students Kindergarten to Year 12.

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assessments and exams are scheduled so you can help your child prepare in advance. Make to-do lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• pens and pencils
• highlighters
• scrap paper
• printing paper
• computer and internet access
• Turn mobiles to aeroplane mode or off so there are no disruptions.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older kids, ask them to tell you about what they have been reading.
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping kids become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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8. Primary education curriculum – Kindergarten to Year 6

Key learning areas.

The minimum curriculum for primary education for all NSW children is based on the NESA syllabuses for the following mandatory key learning areas each year:

• Mathematics
• Science and Technology
• HSIE – History and/or Geography
• Creative Arts

Each syllabus contains stage statements providing a summary of the knowledge, understanding, skills, values and attitudes for each stage of learning.

The Support Information section on the NESA website may assist parents to document an educational program for primary education.

Syllabuses for Kindergarten to Year 6 (Stages 1 to 3)

Note to home schooling parents.

New syllabuses are being released by NESA as part of NSW Curriculum Reform on the NSW Curriculum website . Parents should refer to information found on the Curriculum Reform and Support Information pages for information relating to the syllabuses that should be used.

Updated syllabuses are indicated with an asterisk (*)

• Early Stage 1 (Kindergarten) syllabuses
• Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) syllabuses
• Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4) syllabuses
• Stage 3 (Years 5 and 6) syllabuses.

Syllabuses for each key learning area

The following information provides the website address for each syllabus and an overview of the key organising strands or elements of the syllabus.

English in Kindergarten to Year 10

Key organisers of the English syllabus relate to the following 5 objectives:

• communicate through reading and writing, listening and speaking, viewing and representing
• use language to shape and make meaning according to purpose, audience and context
• think in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretative and critical
• express themselves and their relationships with others and the world
• learn and reflect on their learning through their study of English.

Mathematics in Kindergarten to Year 10

Syllabus strands relate to:

• communicating
• problem solving
• understanding
• number and algebra
• measurement and geometry
• statistics and probability.

Technological and Applied Studies in Kindergarten to Year 10

• working scientifically
• design and production
• living world
• material world
• physical world
• earth and space
• digital technologies.

Human Society and its Environment (HSIE) in Kindergarten to Year 10

In primary education, the HSIE key learning area includes both History and Geography. These may be taught together, separately or integrated with other areas of the curriculum.

History K–10 Syllabus (2012)

• Personal and Family Histories (Early Stage 1)
• Present and Past Family Life (Stage 1)
• The Past in the Present (Stage 1)
• Community and Remembrance (Stage 2)
• First Contacts (Stage 2)
• The Australian Colonies (Stage 3)
• Australia as a Nation (Stage 3).

Geography K–10 Syllabus (2015)

• People Live in Places (Early Stage 1)
• Features of Places and People and Places (Stage 1)
• Places are Similar and Different and the Earth’s Environment (Stage 2)
• Factors that Shape Places and a Diverse and Connected World (Stage 3).

Creative Arts in Kindergarten to Year 10

• Visual Arts

PDHPE in Kindergarten to Year 10

• Health, wellbeing and relationships
• Movement skill and performance
• Healthy, safe and active lifestyles.

In addition to the mandatory key learning areas for primary education, home schooling parents may choose to provide learning in a language other than English. The syllabuses for Languages can be found on the NESA website.

Children with disability

Advice and programming support for children with  disability  can be found in each syllabus and on the NESA website.

Parents may choose resources that are helpful and relevant to the child’s learning needs and interests.

Guidance regarding time

The following chart shows the suggested proportion of time that might be spent on each key learning area for primary education. These times are guidelines only.

Note: 6-10% of time is generally about one to one and a half hours per week.

The ‘additional activities’ segment refers to any learning activities chosen by the parent that are in addition to NESA’s syllabuses.

Key learning area suggested proportion of time

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Homework is often a revision of what is covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates.

A key to success is being organised. To avoid Thursday night meltdowns about incomplete homework, read our homework tips.

Tips for all ages

These tips are relevant for all students Kindergarten to Year 12.

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assessments and exams are scheduled so you can help your child prepare in advance. Make to-do lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• pens and pencils
• highlighters
• scrap paper
• printing paper
• computer and internet access
• Turn mobiles to aeroplane mode or off so there are no disruptions.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older kids, ask them to tell you about what they have been reading.
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping kids become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often a revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Setting up for success

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assignments are due, and exams are scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, a computer with internet access and a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read. 
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way of planning lessons and providing additional support if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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We have put together some Kindergarten resources that you can print at home to assist with learning.

The first link provides a detailed list of all resources and possible uses.

Kindergarten Learning Resources Information  - click for information on the below resources

A to Z Alphabet Handwriting worksheets

Butterfly card

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Alphabet for Tracing Uppercase

Alphabet for Tracing Lowercase

0-30 Number manipulatives

Number lines

Printable Dominoes

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Tangram Task Cards 

0-10 Number Formation

Numeracy Games - Mountain Race

Numeracy Games - Number match

Numeracy Games - Rainbow fact addition game

Numeracy Games - Treasure Chase

Handwriting Lines

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Homework is often a revision of what is covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates.

A key to success is being organised. To avoid Thursday night meltdowns about incomplete homework, read our homework tips.

Tips for all ages

These tips are relevant for all students Kindergarten to Year 12.

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assessments and exams are scheduled so you can help your child prepare in advance. Make to-do lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• pens and pencils
• highlighters
• scrap paper
• printing paper
• computer and internet access
• Turn mobiles to aeroplane mode or off so there are no disruptions.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older kids, ask them to tell you about what they have been reading.
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping kids become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.
• For help understanding terms used in English, visit  English A to Z .
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telephone 02 9670 1408

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

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Kindergarten

Term One: Genesis 1-3 Creation, Adam and Eve; The Gospel of Luke- Luke is a Doctor who carefully investigated the news about Jesus, so that we can know the truth that Jesus is God’s Saviour and King

Term Two: Genesis 4-50 Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Esau, Joseph 

Term Three: The Gospel of Mark - Jesus is the promised King who will die for our sins

Term Four: The Gospel of Matthew - Jesus is the Messiah, God’s saving king who will die for our sins

InitiaLit Foundation will be taught in Kindergarten classes. InitiaLit Foundation offers an explicit and effective model for teaching reading and related skills to children in their first year of school in a fun and engaging way. The main components of the program are phonics, vocabulary, oral language and listening comprehension .

View this 10 minute video explaining the key features of InitiaLit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtxB_LJtcyQ

Reading is a developmental process and children’s rates of learning will vary greatly according to their age and readiness .

Fine motor skills

In Kindergarten students are given opportunities to develop and strengthen the small muscles in their hands, improving their fine motor skills. 

Handwriting

Students are taught:

NSW Foundation font

The correct way to form each letter

How to hold a pencil with the correct grip  (We are using triangular pencils for all students.)

Ways you can help at home:

Read to your child

Read with your child

Listen to your child read

Encourage your child to sound out unknown words in writing and reading

Model correct pencil grip

Encourage your child to use lower case letters in their writing 

(capital letters have a special purpose eg: start a sentence)

Mathematics

This is a critical area of learning as every aspect of life involves some form of mathematics. It includes the strands of Representing Whole Number, Combining and Separating Quantities, Forming Groups (patterns, grouping and sharing (position and length), Geometric Measure, Two-Dimensional Spatial Structure (2D shapes and area), Three-Dimensional Spatial Structure (3D objects and volume), Non Spatial Measure (mass and time) and Data. Teaching students to apply mathematical techniques to solve programs and to communicate their thinking and reasoning is an integral part of Mathematics.

Ways to practise Mathematics at home:

Counting objects in the environment while driving or at home

Identifying shapes in the environment

Using positional language e.g.: above/below behind etc. in your everyday conversations

Identifying the appearance and value of different coins and notes while shopping

Science and Technology

Term One: How Things Move

Term Two: Weather in our World

Term Three: Staying Alive

Term Four: What’s it Made of?

History and Geography

Term One: Geography - Special Places (learning about special places around the school and local area)

Term Two: History - This is My Story

Term Three: History - My Story, Your Story (learning about different celebrations)

Term Four: Geography - Caring for God’s World

CAPA - Creative and Performing Arts

Students will sing songs, perform and play a variety of musical instruments to a range of music. 

Students use different media and tools such as pencils, crayons, oil pastels and brushes to produce artworks as well as learning about famous artists. 

We will have opportunities to explore body language through imaginative and dramatic scenarios and mime.

PDHPE - Personal Development, Health and Physical Education

The focus for Sport and Physical Education will be to develop the fundamental movement skills, including jumping, running, galloping, hopping, leaping, catching, underarm roll, throwing dribbling, striking and kicking.

In Personal Development and Health students will explore things that help keep us safe (e.g. rules), how to interact and communicate in a caring way, how to make friends, how to regulate our bodies and how our bodies grow and change. 

Second Step

We are looking forward to implementing our “Second Step” program across K-6 this year. “Second Step" is a well known social-emotional learning (SEL) curriculum designed for students Prep to Year 8. The core principles of the “Second Step” program often revolve around three main themes: being safe, being respectful, and being responsible. These themes are essential in helping students develop healthy relationships, manage their emotions, and make informed choices. As a community we will be learning the skills for learning, empathy, emotional management, problem solving and friendships.

Students will participate in lessons throughout the year and there is an opportunity for this to be a partnership between school and home. By following this link https://www.secondstep.org/ you can create an account as a parent/carer. Please use the activation code SSPK FAMI LY70 to access information for your child's grade. In Kindergarten, family reflection sheets will be uploaded to Seesaw throughout the year for you to work through with your child. We are looking forward to this becoming a part of our school culture here at William Carey.

Every Kindergarten child will be given a Year 6 buddy who assists in many ways. At the beginning of the year they help show your child around the school. They make them feel welcome and safe. As the year progresses they read stories to their buddies, teach games for Kindergarten children to play in the playground and many other activities.

Begins week 5

The primary aim of homework is to develop a pattern of good habits and to practise the core skills taught in class. It is necessary for you to be involved in helping your child with their homework at this stage of their development. During Term One in Kindergarten, homework consists solely of enjoying books together with your child and reading to them. A Home Reading Diary will be sent home in Week 5. This is where you can record the titles of the books that you read together. 

Home readers

Home Readers commence in Term Two. They are an integral part of our literacy program. Please make it a priority to spend 10 minutes each day reading with your child. A letter explaining how to make the most of your home reading sessions will be sent home with your child’s home reader folder. 

Other Information

If you would like to send in something for your child’s birthday, it would be preferable if you sent in cupcakes or plain donuts. No candles or large cakes that need to be cut, please. Also, no nuts to keep our allergy students safe. The School Canteen has an option to order ice blocks or muffins for the class which you can order on Munch Monitor.

Food at School

Due to severe food allergies, please do not send in your child's lunch box:

foods containing nuts

any nut spreads (e.g. peanut butter, Nutella, cashew, hazelnut or almond spread)

Please check that your child can get their lunch box out of their bag by themselves.  Some children are struggling with boxes that are too big and some lunch boxes/packaging are too hard to open. If your child’s lunch box can not fit into their bag easily, the lunch box is too big.

Please order from the canteen via munch monitor. Children in K-2 are not permitted to buy from the canteen.

Appointments/Interviews

If you wish to make an appointment, please send in a note or phone the Primary Office to arrange a suitable time. It would be appreciated if you could state the matter you wish to discuss. This helps us to collect any information or resources that could be useful in your interview.

RFF Providers

Your child will have a different teacher when we are off class for preparation and programming. 

Library - Mrs Smith

Music - Mrs Lombard

Science and Drama - Mrs Thompson

Students need to remember their Library Bags each week, on Tuesday. Their bag needs to be clearly labelled with their names. 

Term 3 - Excursion to Calmsley Hill City Farm. Information will be sent out closer to the date.

Each class will use the Seesaw app sharing the student’s learning and highlighting their achievements throughout the year.

Notes and announcements will occur through the William Carey Christian School (Edumate) app.

Ideas for Learning at Home

Fine Motor and Gross Motor Activities for Home

24 Ways to have fun with Math at Home

Tricky Word Games to Play at Home

Students are to wear full school uniform, which includes a hat & school coloured hair ribbons only.

The only jewellery permitted is for girls to wear small stud earrings.

WCCS has a policy of No hat = Play in the shade . This means that your child must wear a hat to do Sport / PE or play in the playground. If your child does not have a hat they will have to play or participate in Sport / PE in the shade.

Please be on time for school . The students are unsettled and miss essential learning and announcements if they are not here in time for morning assemblies.

If you collect your children from car lines, the children are escorted to the basketball courts adjacent to the car park. ALL primary children are to walk with their teachers to this area before being collected by a sibling or adult. The K-2 children are to sit down and then say goodbye to their teacher . This is for the safety of ALL children.

Kindergarten Staff

Class teachers:.

K A - Mrs Preena  Abraham

KJ - Miss Alison Jones

KC - Mrs Kerrie Campbell 

KH - Mrs Jo Hingston

KT - Miss Ruth Taylor

KA - Mrs Jenny O’Keefe 

KJ -  Mrs Rebekah Wright

Learning Support Assistants :

LSA - Miss Kylie Kelich

LSA - Miss Natalia Raso

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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often a revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Setting up for success

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assignments are due, and exams are scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, a computer with internet access and a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read. 
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way of planning lessons and providing additional support if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

Copyright for this website is owned by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education. For more information go to https://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/footer/copyright.

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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often a revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Setting up for success

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assignments are due, and exams are scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, a computer with internet access and a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read. 
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way of planning lessons and providing additional support if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

Copyright for this website is owned by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education. For more information go to https://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/footer/copyright.

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All schools have a homework policy developed in consultation with the school community. Homework reinforces work done in class and helps develop independence.

Homework is often a revision of what was covered in class. As well as regular weekly homework, your child may have assessments such as assignments or projects with due dates. A key to success is being organised.

Students in Years 3 to 6 work more independently. A lot of homework will be in English, mathematics, history and geography. However, it can be set from all areas of the curriculum.

Setting up for success

• Ask your child about their homework, know what they are learning about and when assignments are due.
• Use our  term assessment planner (DOCX 53.57KB)  to record when assignments are due, and exams are scheduled. This will help your child prepare in advance. Make ‘to-do’ lists to spread out the workload.
• Get into a routine of doing homework at a set time, ideally a little each day.
• Have a set place where children can do their homework, with the equipment they’ll need – pens and pencils, highlighters, scissors, glue, scrap paper, ruler, calculator, printing paper, a computer with internet access and a printer.
• If there’s no set homework, encourage your child to do some reading. For younger children, it’s great for them to read aloud to you. For older ones, ask them to tell you about what they have read. 
• Don’t jump in and give answers. Homework is about helping children become independent learners.
• Encourage your child to start assignments as soon as they receive them – this will reduce any night-before stress.
• Your child needs to do their own projects and assignments. There’s no point submitting work done by anyone other than the student. Teachers need to know what students can do independently – it’s the best way of planning lessons and providing additional support if required.
• Turn off TVs, mobiles and other devices so there are no disruptions.
• If your child is having difficulty with their homework, contact their class teacher for help.

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We would like to pay our respects and acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land and also pay respect to Elders both past and present.

Copyright for this website is owned by the State of New South Wales through the Department of Education. For more information go to https://www.dec.nsw.gov.au/footer/copyright.