Learning and Teaching
NAPLAN reminder
Next week, our Year 3 and Year 5 students will be participating in NAPLAN. They will take part in the Writing, Reading, Conventions of Language and Numeracy assessments from Wednesday, the 11th March, until Friday, the 13th March.
Therefore, all children in Year 3 and 5 will need a fully charged Chromebook and must bring a set of headphones for the testing period. Please ensure that your child has these.
Homework at Corpus Christi School
Over the past few weeks, your child has started to bring homework home.
At Corpus Christi School, there will be no formal homework set for students in Years Prep-2. However, it is expected that families engage in daily reading with books:
- Read by the child
- Read with the child
- Read to the child
Suggested time: Average 10-15 minutes reading time per night.
Formal homework will be assigned to all children in Years 3-6.
Homework will be assigned at the beginning of a week with the due date and the required completion format clearly communicated to children and parents.
Homework will be time based, not task based. Children will be required to complete what they can in a specified amount of time for each task, which will be made clear on the assigned homework. Tasks are based on what the students have been learning at school.
The duration for homework activities at Corpus Christi is:
Years 3/4
Homework Assignments: Approximately 60-80 minutes per week
Reading: Average 15 minutes of reading per day
Years 5/6
Homework Assignments: Approximately 100-120 minutes per week
Reading: Average 20 minutes of reading per day
In Years 3 - 6, Homework is posted in the Google Classroom or given out in class. Students then complete the assigned work in their homework book. Please see your child's teacher if you have any questions about homework.
Deborah Courtney
(Director of Learning and Teaching)