Assessments

 Homework Policy

We believe that homework contributes significantly to a student’s progress in school. It helps to raise standards of achievement and plays an essential part in preparing students for tests, examinations and, most importantly, for lifelong independent learning. It extends challenges open to students and can maximize the effective use of teaching time in school.

Major aims of setting homework:

• To help raise achievement: this is assisted through the additional study time which homework requires and provides. Well-set homework offers appropriate challenges based on reinforcement, consolidation and extensions of work done in lessons.
• To increase motivation: Students should be encouraged to undertake independent learning at home as an essential part of their education. They should be made aware of the link between good study habits, high standards of organization and achievement, and examination success.  Rewards for good homework help to improve effort.
• To develop independent study skills:   Students must progressively learn to take responsibility for their learning and develop the skills, attitudes and confidence necessary to study effectively throughout their lives. As they move up the school there will be increasing demands placed on them. They need to develop good organizational skills such as time-management, prioritizing and meeting deadlines.
• To encourage a strong partnership between parents and School: through helping students with opportunities to use resources and materials not available in all lessons (e.g. visits, newspapers, television and radio, further use of computers, internet, libraries) and, most importantly, by ensuring that students have time and space for quiet uninterrupted study, parents can work most effectively towards maximizing their daughter’s progress.

Purposes of Homework for students

• Offers additional study time to help them achieve higher standards.
• Enables them to review classwork and check that they have understood it.
• Enables them to prepare for future lessons through individual research.
• Gives them the opportunity to reinforce their skills by practicing them.
• Requires them to read – for information and for pleasure.
• Requires them to write in different styles (e.g. essays, summaries, notes, extended written work).
• Requires them to solve problems.
• Extends their learning and widens their experience.
• Enables them to pursue individual interests in subject areas.
• Helps them to develop study skills – including time management and planning.
• Requires them to use a variety of resources (books/internet/CDs) to help with their work.

Homework tasks may take many different forms, including:

• Text book questions
• Exam style questions
• Past exam questions
• Research tasks
• Learning key words
• Projects
• Presentations
• Revision
• Tasks uploaded on Teacher- students’ blogs

Each homework task may not be assessed by the teacher, as a standard ongoing homework for all classes is the review of that lessons work. This is assessed as part of the formal testing procedure. However, homework will be formally marked by the teacher or checked through whole class discussion. Feedback will be given in on pieces of work/assessments with individual targets for the student on how to improve.

 

 

 Each year group will be set a one homework minimum per week in each subject area. The average time spent on homework will vary for each year group, increasing as they move up the key stages. Some weeks, students will be given longer tasks which will take more time and other weeks will be less than the average time. Please see the table below for specific average times

Year	Home Work Hours Per Week
	English	Science	Math	Arabic	Humanities Arabic	Humanities English	Shariah	ICT	Option subjects
7	2.5 hours	1.5 hours	2.5 hours	2.5 hours	1 hour	1 hour	1.5 hours	1 hour	NA
8	2.5 hours	1.5 hours	2.5 hours	2.5 hours	1 hour	1 hour	2 hours	1 hour	NA
9	3 hours	2 hours	3 hours	3 hours	1 hour	1 hour	2 hours	1 hour	NA
10	3 hours	3 hours	3 hours	3 hours	1 hour	NA	1 hour	2.5 hours	2.5 hours
11	4 hours	3 hours	4 hours	4 hours	1 hour	NA	1 hour	2.5 hours	2.5 hours
12	4 hours	4 hours	4 hours	4 hours	1 hour	NA	1 hour	4 hours	4 hours

for each year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Homework policy for Term 1:

• Students have 3 days to hand in a homework assignment on Microsoft Teams, from when it is posted.
• After 3 days, students can still hand in the homework assignment on Microsoft Teams for 2 more days, but this will be considered as late, and 10% of the homework marks will be reduced for lateness.
• After 5 days, the student will receive 0 marks for the homework.

Policy for missed homework:

• The 1^st time a student misses to hand in her homework assignment, she will be contacted by her Teacher via Chat on Microsoft Teams.
• The 2^nd time a student misses to hand in her homework assignment, she will be warned by her Teacher via Chat on Microsoft Teams on the consequences of what will happen the next time.
• The 3^rd time a student misses to hand in her homework assignment, her name will be passed onto the Floor monitors, and parents will be called regarding the issue.
• The 4^th time a student misses to hand in her homework assignment, her name will be passed onto the Student Engagement Coordinator for serious follow-up.