Home Learning

At SMSJ we are committed to setting meaningful home learning which is clearly linked to the curriculum. This home learning for Year 7 and Year 8 may enable students to consolidate, extend or apply their learning from lessons.

In addition to home learning, pupils are encouraged to read for pleasure for thirty minutes every evening.  The school is using Accelerated Reader to support pupil reading levels. In the Autumn Term, pupils completed a Star Reading Test and were then given their personalised colour level/ZPD.  Pupils can use this information to choose reading material which will help improve their reading age. Books in the Bennett House library are orangised by colour levels to support pupil book selection and borrowing. The texts available in our school library can be found in our reading lists which are organised by colour levels  When pupils are choosing books outside of our school library, pupils can check the ZPD/ATOS code of the book against our school colour chart, using this link:  Please note, the numbers are ZPD/ATOS codes: they are not reading ages. Pupils should try not to read books below their colour level as this will not help with their progress. Additional recommended reading material can be found here.

Home Learning is set via the Class Charts plaform which is accessible to pupils, parents and carers.