Homework
At Hannah More, we believe that homework supports children’s learning and is an important extension of the work we do in school. It helps parents to understand our curriculum better and gives them opportunities to support this.
Across the school, we set homework each week on a Thursday to be returned on the following Monday. We also expect parents to read at home with their child every day, in addition to homework tasks.
We provide a homework book for children to complete their work in.
We have produced an information leaflet for parents about homework, which can be found here. Lots of ideas for helping your child with spellings can be found here.
If you are looking for extra support for children in Years 3-6, there are after-school classes available at the IntoUniversity learning centre, based at the Old Library, Trinity Road. To find out more about what they offer, click here.
Inspiring learning
Our curriculum nurtures self-belief through:
- building positive relationships between all members of the community
- explicit teaching of the skills needed for effective learning
- promoting self-awareness and emotional intelligence
- building resilience through strong PSHE and wellbeing
Our curriculum inspires success through:
- having high expectations for all children,
- stimulating curiosity and excitement and developing independence.
- enriching children’s life experiences
- teaching children to be confident communicators with strong language skills
- involving families in children’s learning
How we teach writing
A Novel Approach
At Hannah More we use complete, high quality and language rich picture books and novels and other text types to teach English.
How we teach reading
Reading has a high profile at Hannah More. It is the key to effective learning. Children are encouraged to appreciate books, to read independently, to make good progress and to take immense pleasure in reading. We aim to foster skills which will remain with the children for life.
We aspire to support our children to become language rich. We believe that this can be best acheived through reading widely and reading ambitiously.
