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Purpose of this topic
To ensure that schools set homework that supports educational requirements.
Expectations
Homework should be:
- appropriate to the student's skill level and age
- purposeful, meaningful and relevant to the curriculum
- interesting, challenging and when appropriate open ended
- assessed by teachers with feedback and support provided
- balanced with a range of recreational, family and cultural activities.
Types of homework
This table describes the type of homework that meets these expectations.
| Type |
Description |
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Practice exercises |
Provide opportunities for students to apply new knowledge or to review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills, such as:
- reading for pleasure
- practising spelling words
- practising physical education skills
- writing essays and other creative tasks
- practising and playing musical instruments
- completing consolidation exercises for Mathematics
- practising words/phrases learnt in a Language Other Than English.
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Extension assignments |
Encourage students to pursue knowledge individually and imaginatively, such as:
- writing a book review
- researching local news
- finding material on the Internet
- making or designing an art work
- monitoring advertising in a newspaper
- completing Science investigation exercises
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