Capacity development and consolidation
Home work is a fundamental part of education.
The function of age and level appropriate home work is to:
- reinforce concepts taught in class
- develop a child’s skill in working autonomously
- develop a child’s organisational skill and use of leisure time
- develop a child’s skill at verifying his own learning
- enable a child to finish work not completed during class time
We ask parents to encourage their children to complete all homework tasks with care. Parents should support their child but not do the homework for them.
How we assign homework
Reception homework: When the class teacher feels the children are ready she will start sending home enjoyable English and maths activities for the children to complete at home with their parents once a week from term 2. She will also send home reading scheme books for children to look at and enjoy with their parents and families.
Key Stage 1 homework: The children are given maths and spelling homework once a week, plus Italian homework.
Key Stage 2 homework: The children are given maths homework twice a week, history, geography or science study once a week, spellings once a week and Italian homework.
We expect children to try and read their English reading books every afternoon at home and for parents to make a note in the child’s reading diary.
Children’s work books will be sent home when necessary for study and regularly so parents may look at work carried out in school.
If children do not complete set homework they will be expected to do it during play time on the day it is due in.
How to apply
It is possible to enrol your child at Villa Grimani at any point during the academic year providing there are spaces available. Children are accepted from Italian, foreign and international schools. They may be asked to sit an entry test and meet with staff on a few occasions to gage their level of English and to decide in which class they should be placed. Children entering with little or no English are given individual support from our support teachers in and out of the classroom.