Numeracy News
Dear Parents,
K-6 Term 4 Homework Fluency Goal Sheets
In 2024, St Patrick's reviewed and simplified our homework policy to ensure it is educationally beneficial and meets the well-being and realistic expectations of students, teachers, parents and caregivers. Our policy highlights the importance of daily number practise. This practise is to further support and develop key number skills which your child has been explicitly taught.
As we did last term, students from Kindergarten to Year 6 have been provided with specific fluency sheets for homework. This fluency sheet outlines specific number facts which your child has been already been explicitly taught. Your child’s teacher engaged in one-on-one testing and collected learning data to identify your child’s specific goal. This goal has been highlighted or ticked for you on the fluency sheet which was sent home.
A sheet with suggested activities was attached to each goal sheet. Your child is encouraged to practise this numeracy goal for 5-10 minutes each day. This practise is to be quick and simple allowing your child to develop procedural fluency and automaticity of key number facts within their area of need.
Kindergarten Homework Fluency Goal
We appreciate that some families and students enjoy having access to additional online resources such as Maths Online or Mathletics tasks. As a school, we pay for students’ subscriptions for either Maths Online or Mathletics and will continue to offer access to these online tasks as optional homework activities. Please note, we only pay for subscriptions to these two websites and any other websites which your child may choose to use at home is not subsidised by the school.
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding your child’s fluency goal or homework tasks please contact myself or your child's teacher via info@stpsutherland.catholic.edu.au.
Thank you for supporting your child's numeracy development.
Kind regards,
Ellen Dorrough
Instructional Specialist