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Homework
Through homework we aim to:
- Equip students with the independent learning skills and self-motivation required for further education and future careers (e.g. meeting deadlines)
- Consolidate the work covered at school, providing opportunities for independent practice.
- Give opportunities to reach beyond the core curriculum and explore hinterland knowledge.
- Engage parental co-operation and create channels for home-school dialogue.
All homework is set via Edulink.
KS3:
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Year 7 |
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
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Weekly Maths and English SPARX homework |
Weekly Maths and English SPARX homework. Weekly Educake Science homework |
English - weekly SPARX homework. |
Via their SPARX homework, all KS3 students gain points which contribute to the SPARX leaderboard. Points translate to prizes and students are regularly celebrated for their homework effort.
KS4:
Students are set homework in all subjects. The frequency of homework is subject specific and information regarding GCSE homework and revision will soon be available via subject specific revision pages.
Further information about SPARX:
Sparx is a homework platform that mixes content from recent lessons and practice of previous material. The questions are bespoke to each student, it uses an algorithm to pitch questions to the correct level of difficulty. It also has ‘nudge’ videos, so that students can refresh their knowledge of a topic if they are struggling. Please see below the presentation which includes videos about Sparx which are useful to both parents and students.
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| SPARX - Setting up your account |
Online Learning
There are a number of online learning platforms that can be used by students to prepare for upcoming assessments, along with their final exams in each subject. Below is an exhaustive list of the resources that our teachers may recommend students use to support with their studies.
Seneca makes use of smart learning algorithms which are proven to make you remember topics better. If you get a question wrong, they’ll show you the content again but in a different format. They’ll even do it at a time when it’s optimal for you to learn it.
Seneca covers a wide range of both GCSE and A-Level topics. Students are required to create their own account and we suggest using their school e-mail to do so.
Sparx is a resource used by our Maths and English departments. It is a platform which provides a wealth of instructional videos of all aspects of the curriculum. In addition to this, quizzes allow students to test their understanding to ensure they're confident across all topics.
If you have forgotten your login details, please contact your teacher for support.
Massolit is used by our English department. Massolit works with university academics to produce high-quality, curriculum-linked video lectures for GCSE and A Level.
Student accounts have been created by the English Team. If you are having issues logging in, please contact your English teacher.
Educake is a platform used by our Science department. Educake provide low stakes quizzes to allow students to test their core knowledge of the Science curriculum.
Individual logins have been created by our Science department. If you are having a problem logging into Educake, please contact your Science teacher.
Quizlet is used as a testing resource by our Modern Foreign Languages department. Students have setup their own logins to the platform using their school e-mail address. If they have forgotten their password, they can select "Forgotten?" link on the login area to reset this themselves.
A free online resource containing a number of revision and testing resources for GCSE and A Level topics.
GCSE Pod is an online learning resource that is used by the English and Humanities department. They offer resources for other subjects too.