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+ Why? Relevance Purposeful Engaging Children lead their learning Inspire Opportunity to demonstrate their talents

+ Purpose-Personal, Learning & thinking Skills Creative Thinkers Reflective Learners Team Workers Independent enquirers Effective participators Self-managers

+ Outcome Successful learners Confident individuals Responsible citizens

+ Structure Variety of tasks styles availiable-drawing, writing, modelling, presenting, computing Different levels of challenge A period of 1 week for completion High expectations

+ The model Based on Nando’s menu-use of Chilli strength to differentiate tasks. Children use planners to record task chosen Home learning folders to transport completed work Menu avaliable for half-term then changed-displayed in classroom, on fronter and hard copy given

+ Example

+ Displays

+ Expectations Nightly reading Spellings Takeaway home learning 1 week Years 1 & 2 1 hour of home learning each week or ten minutes of activities per night. Years 3 & 4 should be involved in 1 hour and 40 minutes of home learning per week Year 5 & 6 children should be involved in 2 ½ hours home learning per week

+ Feedback Messages home Written feedback Certificates Rewards Peer feedback

+ Responses to Takeaway Home Learning “I like the homework because you can choose the level of the homework and you can also choose the piece of homework each week” Girl, year 6 “I think its good because you can choose what level of work you want as long as it is balanced” Boy, year 6 “I think it’s good you can choose the activity and I think it’s good you can choose your limit of challenge. I have enjoyed doing the activities because I don’t get told what to do. I like that it is all organised. I like seeing how well I’m doing on our class sticker chart” Girl, year 4

+ More Responses “I love takeaway homework because you can choose the activities and have different level. I think we have a lot of time to get it done. I like that I can see how well I’m doing on our sticker board” Boy, year 4 Comments from year 3 “really fun” “it’s Epic” “I think our takeaway homework is really fun and the activities are really interesting” “ I think that our homework is good and fun to do because you choose it”

+ Support Discuss Listen Ask questions Vary experiences