Home Learning
S2 Online Parents' Evening
(please use this link for the Parents Evening System as detailed in the Booking Appointments section below
https://castlemilkhigh.parentseveningsystem.co.uk )
Watch the Help Video HERE
Letter to parents/carers HERE
(The above file can be downloaded as a PDF HERE)
Education is a partnership of pupil, teacher and parent. A strong working relationship between all three partners is vital for success. Home learning provides parents with a great opportunity to support their child’s learning.
The purposes of home learning.
Pupil’s require to engage in home learning for a number of reasons, examples of which are:
· To help raise levels of attainment.
· To reinforce learning and consolidate work that has been done in class.
· To develop in pupils a sense of responsibility for their own learning, meaning that, in appropriate cases the transition from school pupil to further education student can be made.
· To extend school learning, for example, through additional reading.
· To enhance the partnership between school and home by providing opportunities for parents, careers and other family members to play an active part in their child’s learning.
What forms does home learning take?
Home learning takes many different forms with the most obvious being a structured written exercise issued to provide pupils with the opportunities to apply new knowledge, or review, revise and reinforce newly acquired skills.
However, on other occasions tasks may take a less obvious form such as;
How can parents help?
Parental support is vital for ensuring the completion of home learning tasks. All home learning tasks are issued by the teacher via the web based app called Show My Homework. This app allows parents to see all home learning tasks that have been issued to their child and when they are due to be returned. We would ask you to regularly speak to your child about their home learning and ensure that your child affords sufficient time for its completion. In addition, we would ask you not to be put off by claims that your child never has any home learning – they will always have home learning to undertake!
Castlemilk High School 223 Castlemilk Drive Glasgow G45 9JY Phone: 0141 582 0050 Fax: 0141 582 0051