It is expected that every child in Years 1 to 6 complete the non-negotiable homework components. Prep to Year 6 students are expected to participate in home reading and record their reading in their Home Reader Log.
Homework in Prep is optional, please refer to our PREP HOMEWORK POLICY for additional information.
At SCSS, the purpose of engaging with home reading is to develop a lifelong passion and love of reading. To engage with home reading students are encouraged to access online platforms including SORA (Prep – Year 6) and Decodable Readers Australia (Prep – Year 3). Access to our school Resource Learning HUB will also be available to students during their weekly class visit, where they can borrow from a wide range of texts. (Students are required to have a waterproof, school approved library bag). It is also encouraged for students to take a visit to their local library to borrow books for enjoyment.
Parents can support their children to read at home by engaging with shared reading practices. Shared reading, viewing and listening to texts beyond independent reading ability is important to build your child's language comprehension skills.
What does shared reading look like?
An important aspect of shared reading is the conversation that occurs between the adult and child during the reading. Pausing while reading and taking the time to discuss details in the story can support your child's oral language development. The conversation might focus on the storyline, such as characters or where the story takes place; it may focus on similar experiences the child has had to those that happened in the book; it may focus on specific words; aspects of print; or concepts that are new to the child. When you read aloud to your child, they hear and learn lots of new sophisticated words and sentence they may not hear or use in everyday talk.
Students in P-2 will be given Phonics Practice every two weeks to practice their word reading.
We have a Wall of Fame in our Resource Learning Hub where all students who achieve 100 and 200 nights of home reading (logged in home reading logbook), are celebrated. Next time you are at school, take a look at the Wall of Fame in our RLH.
For students who wish to ‘Opt In’ to further homework tasks, there are optional tasks available. Our homework cycle is a Monday to Friday. Homework completion will be monitored each Friday by classroom teachers.
Please refer to our YEARS 1-6 HOMEWORK POLICY for how we respond to incomplete Homework.
Some components of our homework are web based. Students are provided with log on and passwords upon receipt of EE4L.
By registering with Mathletics, parents have access to a weekly report which summarises their child's achievements for the week. This can be accessed at:
www.mathletics.com.au/parent
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Homework activities for each year level