At Dunchurch, the most important piece of homework that can be completed by families is reading, both by hearing children read and reading stories to them. Reading supports children to develop a secure knowledge of stories, stimulates their imagination and develops their vocabulary. All children access the library weekly, and have the opportunity to bring home a reading for pleasure book to share with you. 

In addition to reading, the following homework is set weekly in each year group. 

Nursery – An activity to complete as a family will be sent home once every half term

Reception – As the children start to take part in phonics lessons and become more secure in their phonic knowledge, a weekly phonics sheet will be sent home containing graphemes, words and sentences for children and parents to read together. Once children have had further teaching in phonics and have started to read to blend words towards the end of the first half term, reading books will be sent home that are linked to the children’s phonic knowledge. 

Year 1 – Children will bring home a phonics work sheet to complete weekly, in addition to reading. 

Year 2 – Children will bring home a phonics / grammar work sheet and a maths work sheet home weekly, in addition to reading. 

All year groups send home curriculum summaries on a half termly basis. These summaries outline further ways that parents can support their child at home, should they wish to do so. These summaries are shared on Class Dojo. Examples can be found within our curriculum pages.