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Staindrop Academy Home Learning Support Year 7-9
Staindrop Academy Home Learning Support
Year 7-9
Home Learning Timetable
Rationale Home learning is a daunting prospect for most students. They will need support in finding ways
to make the process more manageable and achievable. In creating a plan or a timetable, students will be able to prioritise and organise their time more efficiently to ensure progress is still being made while at home. It allows students to realistically plan around other commitments at home, while maintaining a routine which will help them to focus on one task at a time. Some students may benefit from a detailed plan in which timings, breaks and other commitments are also planned for, whereas others may simply benefit from organising their subjects into certain days to avoid feeling overwhelmed and under pressure. It is advised that all students should follow some style of planning – whichever suits their needs best – in order to ensure they are utilising their time effectively, while still including time to relax, support families at home or engage in their personal interests outside of school.
How to use Students may wish to use the ‘suggested timetable’ but this may not suit all students, as every individual will have different activities to fit into their day. If the suggested timetable is not suitable, students can create their own personal timetable. Students are to fill in the relevant sections realistically. They should be reminded that this is for their own use – it needs to fit their own situations in order to work effectively. The aim is to come up with a weekly plan of slots for ‘working from home’. They should keep it relatively simple. This helps to avoid the situation where a student spends more time writing and changing their schedule than actually working. Reassure students that this is a guideline for working hours. During this time, students need to learn how to be flexible; if something clashes with the timetable they have created, they are not to worry. If this occurs, students need to be reminded that it is how students change plans to suit their lifestyles that will lead to the most successful home learners.
Suggested Timetable
09.00 -10.00 10.05 - 11.05
11.05-11.30
11.35-12.35 12.35-13.15
13.20- 14.20 14.25-15.25
Monday Physical Wellbeing
Maths Break Geography Lunch Free Time* Free Time*
Tuesday Physical Wellbeing
English Break Free Time* Lunch Creative Free Time*
Wednesday Physical Wellbeing
Reading Break Free Time* Lunch SMSC Free Time*
Thursday Physical Wellbeing
Science Break Challenge Lunch Free Time* Free Time*
Friday Physical Wellbeing
History Break PSHE Lunch Complete Learning Journal
Free Time*
*As you can see there are ‘free time’ slots where you can continue on different projects if you would like to allocate more time .
Subject Hours Per Week
English 1
Maths 1
Science 1
History 1
Geography 1
German 1
Creative 1
Reading 1
Challenge 1
Physical Wellbeing 5
SMSC 1
PSHE 1
Home Learning timetable
Name: _______________
The following steps will be used to construct your personal revision timetable:
Step 1: Current Free Time Think about when you have free time each day (be realistic!). Place a tick in the time slots where revision is available. Look at the example below and then complete your own free time timetable. Example:
Early Morning Late Morning Early
Afternoon Late Afternoon Early Evening Late Evening
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Step 1•Current Free Time
Step 2•Dividing your time between subjects
Step 3•Is this enough time? subject priority
Step 4•Keep it under review
Now it’s your turn.
Early Morning Late Morning Early
Afternoon Late Afternoon Early Evening Late Evening
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Step 2: Dividing Your Time Between Subjects
Now that you have identified the times when you available to work, identify:
Your subjects and prioritise the time you are going to give to each. The times that best suit you during the day (ideally you want 1 or 1½ hr slots)
My Subjects
Step 3: Is this enough time? Total the number of hours work for each subject:
Subject Number of hours
TOTAL
Example
Subject Number of hours
English 1 Hour
Maths 1 Hour
Science 1 Hour
History 1 Hour German 1 Hour
Geography 1 Hour
Creative 1 hour
TOTAL 7 hours (+ time for reading, challenge, physical wellbeing, SMSC and PSHCE)
Step 4: Keep it under review Make use of the above sequence to keep your revision under review. If some things are faster or slower than expected you can update your plan. Similarly, if other events or activities crop up, you will need to put them into your weekly plan and adjust the worktimes.
Home Learning Timetable
Remember to include allocated hours for each subject you have done in step 3 and factor in some time for wellbeing activities such as physical activity and reading. Careers will be an important part of Year 11, make use of free time or allocate time to research careers and post 16 providers. If you would like to plan home learning at the weekend, see template below.
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