RE Department
RE will be using the new homework book for all years 7-13 in line with the new whole school homework policy.
Each student will have a separate homework book (green) and class work book (red).
KS3:
Students will complete 12 home works and a selected number of assessment tests in their green books over the course of the academic year. All teachers will mark these home works assiduously and rigorously. There will be clear Assessment for Learning, use of the ‘to improve’ stamp, and specific targets given on how to progress. At KS3, all these pieces of work will be graded using NC levels in line with those from the Catholic Directory.
KS4 and KS5:
As with KS3, students will complete c12 home works in the academic year, but these will fit the time available with exams. E.G. Y10 will complete 14 home works in Y10 and 10 home works in Y11.
Students will be made familiar with their target grades at KS4 and their LATs at KS5. These targets will be alluded to within the marking so that students are able to see their level of progress.
All work will be marked using exam board criteria which the students will be familiar with. Work will be graded. At GCSE, this will be A* to U, and at AS and A2 level, this will be A-U. All work will outline how to improve, include the use of the stamp, and will include subject specific targets on how to progress.
Other homework, aside from the 12 common home works, may be set for all groups as appropriate. These will be marked as required.
Class work books will be marked as well as the homework books, but these may include more summative comments rather than formative assessment for learning. The department will mark these books once a term.
Sanctions:
Failure to produce homework will result in a sanction as decided by the subject teacher. Persistent failure to produce homework will result in referral to the Head of Department. Parents may be requested to attend a meeting to discuss the matter.
Rewards policy:
The department will use the positive referral system on SIMS and will have a reward system of sending a postcard home for excellent effort and /or attainment. Use of stickers may also be used by teachers as they wish.
Homework Programme
The outline sheets and many detailed homework tasks are available online from the RE department following the links below. You will need to be able to access Word documents (.doc) to use this facility. If this is a problem for you, please speak to the RE teacher concerned.