Our school really only assigns homework because a large number of parents think forming 'good habits' is more important than playing. Most teachers get round that by making most homework optional. So kids in first and third -weekly homework comes homonmonday and goes back Friday, spelling words (I do orally so about 2 mins a night), basic facts about 1 minute once a week, reading (reader for less than 5 mins, 20 mins free reading for ds7 ). Sometimes we do the optional stuff.
A workmate whose kid attends the same school said her kid took half an hour when she started school but then the instructions for spelling are to write the word and a lot of people insist even when the kid is tired and writing is hard because the teacher said so.
To me all homework is optional. If they can't cover stuff at school they need to be more efficient notsend work home.
Last edited by puffin; 03/13/15 01:17 PM.
