Written Homework

In year 7 and 8, students have one written homework book that is organised by the weeks of the cycle. There is a range of reading and writing activities that are aimed at improving their literacy skills at the same time as building their knowledge of each subject area. This written homework book will be checked during P1 every Monday morning of each cycle.

In year 9, 10 and 11, students have written homework books for each of their subjects. This homework is often targeted consolidation tasks on key content that students must master for their GCSEs. Each subject specific homework book will be checked over the course of week on an agreed date. Please support your son/daughter to ensure their written homework books are brought in on the correct day. Thank you in advance.

Students have one book per cycle to complete their subject specific written homework. There will be a range of reading and writing activities that are aimed at improving their literacy skills at the same time as building their knowledge of each subject area. We feel that completing written homework alongside online homework is particularly important in developing study habits that will stand them in good stead as they progress through their academic career.

We feel that completing written homework alongside online homework is particularly important in developing study habits that will stand them in good stead as they progress through their academic career.

Revision Mastery Homework

Each Wednesday, your child will complete a 30-minute revision mastery homework, contained within their Revision Mastery book. The purpose of this book is to teach your child how to revise. This is a process that we start at the beginning of Year 7 and will continue to support your child in preparing for their end of cycle assessments, GCSEs and A-levels. Over the course of this year, your child will learn how to revise using the following methods:

• Read, cover, write, check
• Mind maps
• Flashcards

The ability to revise effectively is probably the most important skill we can teach your child and it is vital that they complete these revision tasks to the very best of their ability.

Sparx Maths

Sparx is a platform that is proven to boost maths skills through online tasks that are carefully sequenced to our maths curriculum.

Please email any queries to sparx@TQacademy.co.uk 

How to check progress:

 Tassomai

Tassomai is an online platform that repeatedly asks multiple choice questions to students to test their knowledge retrieval in many of their subjects. Each cycle’s questions are directly related to our end of cycle assessments and are an important revision tool. Students gain immediate feedback on whether they answered the question correctly. Tassomai will learn the strengths and weaknesses of the student in each subject, asking the more difficult questions on a more regular basis.

Students need to achieve 500 points each week. There is no maximum to gain mastery of their subjects, we would suggest at least 60-75 minutes of quizzing per week, which could lead to 2000 points per week, and support their knowledge required for future assessments.

Students will have a Knowledge Organiser in one of their homework books (please see above) for each subject which can be used to support searching for information to help answer questions they might not know. Additionally, Tassomai gives hints on some questions where a student may have struggled.

Students will gain bonus points for completing ‘streaks’ on Tassomai, and once a Daily Goal has been reached (67 points), there will be bonus goals to encourage students to complete 100 points for a five day stretch each week (Saturday-Wednesday).

Please email any queries to tassomai@TQacademy.co.uk