Home Learning

Introduction

Article 28: Children have the right to an education

At Grafton Primary School, we believe home learning plays a crucial role in providing an excellent education. It fosters independent learning, reinforces classroom instruction, promotes resilience, and involves parents/carers in supporting their child's learning journey.

We believe that education is a lifelong process.  A child’s education does not cease when he /she leaves our school premises; learning at home is an essential part of good education.

“Home learning” is any work or activity completed outside lesson time, either alone, with parents/carers, or others. It makes an important contribution to progress at school.

From the Early Years, activities such as playing simple games, learning spellings, and of course, reading with parents/carers all provide valuable opportunities for the practice/reinforcement of key skills in a supportive environment.  As children get older, they need to develop the habit of regularly devoting short periods of time to personal study.  All children are expected to take part in a variety of home learning tasks to enhance and support their work in class.

Our Home Learning Vision

The children and their learning are at the core of everything that we do at Grafton Primary School. Our school motto 'Together we learn. Together we Achieve' reflects our vision, in that, to prepare children as life-long learners and global citizens, we must provide home learning that will go beyond the statutory content. Our home learning is designed to take into consideration our children's varied backgrounds and cultural experiences; we believe our children deserve a curriculum that does not narrow their life chances but expands them, enabling social equity and mobility.



Read our home learning policy for information on home learning for each year group.