Homework is a valuable part of schooling because it
- Allows for practising, extending and consolidating work done in class
- Provides training for students in planning and organising time
- Develops a range of skills in identifying and using information resources
- Establishes habits of study, concentration and self-discipline, which will serve students for the rest of their lives
- Strengthens home-schooling
- Reaffirms the role of parent and caregivers with the insight into what is being taught in the classroom and the progress of their children
Parents and caregivers can help by
- Encouraging children to read
- Taking an active interest in homework
- Ensuring that there is time set aside for homework
- Encouraging and supporting students to complete homework
- Communicating with teachers any concerns about the nature of homework and their children's approach to the homework
- Alerting the school to any domestic or extracurricular activities, which may need to be taken into consideration when homework is being set or corrected
- Homework is set approximately 20-40 minutes per day
- Using your child's diary as an ongoing form of communication