Jackman ICS Homework Policy

• At Jackman ICS, homework demonstrates the type of work done in class.
• At Jackman ICS, homework focuses on the integration of skills through meaningful practice of those skills.
• At Jackman ICS, homework reflects the program of a particular class and is encouraged at all grade levels.
• At Jackman ICS, homework offers each family the opportunity to support the expectations of the school by creating a study environment that facilitates the child’s learning.

Homework at Jackman ICS is not:

• Designed to take up all of the child’s out of school time
• Designed to teach unfamiliar curriculum concepts
• A replacement for family time
• The same for all learners

Early Years’ Focus
May include:

• Being read to and reading
• Family-based engagement in school-based learning
• Parental awareness of the class focus
• Positive expression of parental support for the program of the class

Grade 1 and 2 Focus
May include:

• Literacy
• Communication
• Life skills
• Mathematics
• Reading and being read to-in all grades

Grades 3 to 6 Focus
May include:

• Continue the focus of the of the primary grades
• Reading, math, all literacy and communication skills
• Organization and thinking skills
• Spelling
• Social sciences
• Current affairs
• Reading and being read to - in all grades
  
   

About the Homework Policy:

• Developed by laboratory school
• Informed by Jackman ICS philosophy
• Based on research on homework for elementary schools
• Reviewed regularly for relevance to our practice, most recently in February 2008
• Regularly discussed with laboratory school families

For homework tips for parents, click here.