By Second Level, you should be encouraging your child to begin to be more independent with their homework tasks.

However, please still support your child by always checking that homework is completed to the best of their ability and providing help where you, or your child feel it would be useful.

GOOGLE CLASSROOM

Teachers may choose to assign homework for pupils to access at home through Google Classroom. Clear instructions on how to access this will be given to pupils in class and each child will be provided with their own log in information. Parents are encouraged to assist their child to use their log in to access the information. (See Google Classroom page for further details on Google Classroom).

If it is not possible to access Google Classroom at home, access can be made at school at an appropriate time or a paper copy of homework activities can be provided.

PREPARING A TALK

You could help your child to find suitable information, prepare a PowerPoint/Google Slide Deck presentation, organise their notes, e.g. on cue cards and practise speaking clearly and slowly using eye contact.

LANGUAGE WORK

Encourage legible handwriting, neat presentation, self -checking of the spelling of most words, good use of language i.e. the best possible vocabulary.

RESEARCH TASKS

If required, please help your child to:

 Provide accurate, factual responses in their own words.

 Organise their notes / presentation in a suitable way.

 Produce a neat, well presented piece of work to the best of their ability.

 Check any spellings using a dictionary.

The length of the piece is not the most important thing. Your child should produce a piece of work that reflects the task set and the time given. For example, if part of weekly homework, a short piece (20 - 30 minutes work) is sufficient, but if given a month to complete, a longer, more detailed piece of work is expected. We always look for the best each individual can do.

SPELLING

Continue to encourage your child in the LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE and CHECK approach.

PROBLEM SOLVING / DESIGN / INVESTIGATION

On occasion, your child may get a ‘different’ type of homework job. There is often no correct answer to such tasks. Encourage your child to think things through, show ALL working (with explanatory notes if necessary) and be able to explain what they did and why.