At Longfield Academy, we passionately believe that homework plays an important role in helping our students to make outstanding progress and is a core element for our students to ‘achieve beyond expectations’. Teaching and learning and the delivery of our curriculum is not restricted to within the classroom or during lesson time.
All homework is set on Google Classrooms, which students can access via their Chromebooks. The amount of homework students are set is outlined below:
Years 7, 8 and 9
Two 30-45 minute pieces of homework should be set by:
- Language and Literature
- Mathematics
- Science
One 30-45 minutes piece of homework for each of the other MYP subjects (except Physical and Health Education)
Years 10 and 11
Two 45-60 minute pieces of homework should be set by:
- English Language and Literature (at least one should be handwritten)
- Mathematics
- Double Science (Separate Sciences – one piece per science)
One 45-60 minutes piece of homework for each of the other GCSE subjects.
Students are welcome to complete their homework on any day that suits them, before the deadline. We recommend that students create a Homework Timetable, to help them structure their time and meet deadlines. Below are some examples:
Please note that this is a suggestion and can be adapted to suit individual students and their commitments outside of the academy day. All work is set on Google Classroom by 3pm on a Monday, to allow for flexibility.
This diary is based upon our policy of: 2 35-40 minute pieces of work from English, Maths and Science plus 1 piece of 30-35 minute work from all other subjects. Some subjects, in which students only study one or few times a week will set project work over a longer period of time.
Monday
English 1
Bedrock
History
Tuesday
Maths 1
RE
Project-based so may not need to do every week
Wednesday
English 2
Written
Geography
Thursday
Maths 2
DT
Friday
Art / Drama / Music
Project-based so may not need to do all 3 every week
Computing
Saturday
Science 1 & 2
French / Spanish
Sunday
No homework
Monday
English 1
Bedrock
Science 1
Art / Drama / Music
Project-based so may not need to do all 3 every week
Tuesday
History
French / Spanish
RE
Project-based so may not need to do every week
Wednesday
Maths 1
Maths 2
Geography
Thursday
Computing
DT
Friday
Science 2
English
Written
Saturday
No homework
Sunday
No homework
Please note that this is a suggestion and can be adapted to suit individual students and their commitments outside of the academy day. All work is set on Google Classroom by 3pm on a Monday, to allow for flexibility.
This diary is based upon our policy of: 2 45-60 minute pieces of work from English, Maths and Science plus 1 piece of 45-60 minute work from all other subjects.
Monday
English
Option 1
Tuesday
Maths
Option 2
Wednesday
Science
Option 3
Thursday
English
Maths
Friday
Science
Saturday
No homework
Sunday
No homework
Monday
English
Option 1
Tuesday
Maths
Option 2
Wednesday
Science
Thursday
English
Friday
Science
Saturday
Maths
Sunday
Option 3
Please note that this is a suggestion and can be adapted to suit individual students and their commitments outside of the academy day. All work is set on Google Classroom by 3pm on a Monday, to allow for flexibility.
This diary is based upon our policy of: 2 45-60 minute pieces of work from English, Maths and Science plus 1 piece of 45-60 minute work from all other subjects.
Monday
English
Option 1
Tuesday
Maths
Option 2
Wednesday
Physics
Option 3
Thursday
Biology
Maths
Friday
Chemistry
Saturday
English
Sunday
No homework
Monday
English
Option 1
Tuesday
Maths
Option 2
Wednesday
Physics
Option 3
Thursday
Biology
Maths
Friday
Chemistry
English
Saturday
No homework
Sunday
No homework
Click here to view the homework diaries as a pdf
If you would like any further information on homework, please see our homework policy.