The Purpose of Homework Homework tasks will be constructed so that they complement normal classroom work, give practice on particular skills or help to prepare for coming work. The tasks will be motivating and purposeful. They will not provide an opportunity for work which is left unfinished at the end of a lesson to be completed at home. In practice it means every class teacher cannot give assignments to be done at home on the same night. This could mean that students might get swamped with homework on one particular night.
Students already do a longer than normal day.
We are very conscious that, including travelling time, many of our students spend a considerable part of the day away from home and may find the long day tiring. We believe, however, that all students at John Cabot College should undertake homework on a regular basis in order that they develop good study habits. For this reason homework will be part of a well planned programme but it will be carefully metered. This may not seem much but we are concerned to develop good study habits, concentrate on providing quality tasks and still give our students sufficient time to do all the other activities which will help them to be well rounded, well adjusted individuals. As they work their way up through the College the amount of homework will gradually increase.