All Key Stage 2 children have a homework diary. Any homework they receive is written in this diary along with the day it is due to be handed in at school. These books are taken home each day and brought back to school on the following day.

Key Stage 2 children will usually have a spelling list and times tables to learn each week. In addition to this they may be given an English task and/or maths task.

Occasionally homework may be given from other areas of the curriculum (science, history, geography). This will usually be finding out information or research type of work to help the children find out more about topics being discussed in class. This will all be written in homework diaries.

Essential homework for all children is to read at home each night. This may take the form of reading high frequency words on cards, reading books from a reading scheme or reading own choice books at an appropriate level. Children should be encouraged to practise their reading for a short time each day. If the child is now an independent reader they should write the pages or chapters they have read in their homework diaries.

If the child is not yet an independent reader parents are asked to please try and find time to listen to them read each day and write comments in their reading record book.