Homework tips blog
We promised we had more ideas to come and here they are! This instalment is all about sharing tasks which help to engage students whilst enabling them to digest what they learned.
Technology is embedded to such an extent in the lives of children today that it makes absolute sense to try to leverage that fact, as well as the opportunities that it presents, to your school’s advantage.
Some ideas are too good not to share so we will be blogging about some of our favourite methods of getting students engaged with their planner, starting with #1 Tweet the Task, #2 Life Lessons and #3 Adding Technology...
Each year more and more schools turn to us to assist them in adapting their homework planners to better suit their current procedures and structure. In doing so they make them more useful, user friendly and maximise their benefit to staff and students on a daily basis.
Recently we have noticed a small increase in the number of parents getting in touch to request a single homework diary for their child, either because their school no longer provides planners, or because the school planner doesn't meet their child's needs...
We know that many homework planner suppliers set strict and impractical deadlines to suit their own schedule. Years of experience mean that we understand the various issues that you face in producing your homework and staff planners. We therefore take a different approach, discussing your needs and creating a schedule that works for you.
We will be using this blog to talk not only about our range of products, but more broadly about the subject of homework in UK schools and academies, at both primary and secondary levels. We hope that readers will feel compelled to comment in order to share experiences, opinions and best practice...