Why is revision and practice important?

 ‘If a student completes an hour of work per school night for five years, it is the equivalent of an extra school year.’

In addition:

• It can help students to make more rapid progress in learning.
• It can provide students with the opportunity to:

• • practise further what has been learnt in class.
  • apply what they have learnt in new contexts or situations.
  • prepare them for future learning.
  • integrate skills with knowledge and concepts.

• It can allow students to develop the practice of independent learning. This way of working is vital at the later stages of secondary education and after.
• Work at home can provide the quiet and private conditions needed for work of all kinds.
• It gives the most enthusiastic students the opportunity to apply their passion and gain a deeper insight into the subject.
• It can allow students to use materials and other sources of information that are not always available in the classroom.
• It can involve parents/carers and others in students’ work for their mutual benefit.
• It can form an important part of the student’s notes – in preparation for the next lesson.
• It gives students valuable experience of working to deadlines.

Year 7 Revision and Practice Expectations:

• For the first half of the autumn term (until October Half Term), Year 7 students will only receive maths and reading tasks to complete at home. This consists of 30 minutes of reading daily, five times per week, (with 40 minutes of this allocation being completed on Sparx Reader in order to achieve the expected weekly 300 SRP), in addition to one sheet of SPaG recap per week and 60 minutes of compulsory maths revision and practice on Sparx maths. This is complemented by additional tasks which students can complete on Sparx if they wish to. This will be set by the Mathematics Department and checked weekly.
• To support Year 7 students as they transition into secondary education, we will introduce revision and practice in Science and MFL after October Half Term.
• Year 7 will be set 15 minutes of revision and practice per subject per week in all subjects (those not already setting revision and practice in the Autumn Term) except for PSHE and PE, from the start of the Spring Term.
• Revision and practice tasks are likely to be predominantly quizzing.
• For art: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For DT: one revision/ retrieval-based task will be set by class teacher per fortnight.
• For performing arts: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For RE: one revision/retrieval-based task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For science: one 15-minute revision and practice task will be set for each discipline of Biology, Chemistry and Physics per fortnight.

Year 8 Revision and Practice Expectations:

• Year 8 students will receive daily maths and reading tasks to complete at home, alongside 20 minutes of revision and practice per subject per week in all subjects except for PSHE and PE. 
• Year 8 students are expected to complete 30 minutes of reading daily, five times per week, with 40 minutes of this allocation being completed on Sparx Reader in order to achieve the expected weekly 300 SRP. In addition, they are set one sheet of SPaG recap per week in English.
• Year 8 students  will be set 60 minutes of compulsory maths revision and practice on Sparx maths. This is complemented by additional tasks which students can complete on Sparx if they wish to. This will be set by the Mathematics Department and checked weekly.
• Revision and practice tasks are likely to be predominantly quizzing and flashcards.
• For art: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For DT: one revision/retrieval-based task will be set by class teacher per fortnight.
• For performing arts: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For RE: one revision/ retrieval-based task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For science: one 20-minute revision and practice task will be set for each discipline of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics per fortnight.

Year 9 Revision and Practice Expectations:

• Year 9 students will receive daily maths and reading tasks to complete at home, alongside 30 minutes of revision and practice per subject per week in all subjects except for PSHE and PE. 
• Year 9 students are expected to complete 30 minutes of reading daily, five times per week, with 40 minutes of this allocation being completed on Sparx Reader in order to achieve the expected weekly 300 SRP.
• Year 9 will be set 60 minutes of compulsory maths revision and practice on Sparx maths. This is complemented by additional tasks which students can complete on Sparx if they wish to. This will be set by the Mathematics Department and checked weekly.
• Revision and practice tasks set are likely to include a blend of retrieval practice (quizzing, flashcards, and Cornell Notes) and deliberate practice application tasks (a written response or reading task).
• For art: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For DT: one revision/ retrieval-based task will be set by class teacher per fortnight.
• For performing arts: one deliberate practice task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For RE: one revision/retrieval-based task will be set by the class teacher per fortnight.
• For science: one 30-minute revision and practice task will be set for each discipline of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics per fortnight.

Year 10 Revision and Practice Expectations:

• Year 10 students will receive daily maths and reading tasks to complete at home, alongside 45 minutes of revision and practice per subject per week in all subjects except science, PSHE and Core PE. 
• Year 10 students are expected to complete 30 minutes of reading daily, five times per week, with 40 minutes of this allocation being completed on Sparx Reader in order to achieve the expected weekly 300 SRP.
• In Year 10 students will be set 90 minutes of compulsory maths revision and practice on Sparx maths. This is complemented by additional tasks which students can complete on Sparx if they wish to. This will be set by the Mathematics Department and checked weekly.
• For each science (biology, chemistry, physics) students will be set 30 minutes of revision and practice per week.
• Revision and practice tasks set are likely to include a blend of retrieval practice (quizzing, flashcards, and Cornell Notes) and deliberate practice application tasks (a written response, exam-style questions, or reading task).
• For subjects with an NEA component, tasks set may be NEA-specific.

Year 11 Revision and Practice Expectations:

• Year 11 students will receive daily maths to complete at home, alongside 45-90 minutes of revision and practice per subject per week in all subjects except PSHE and Core PE. 
• For English students will be set 90 minutes of revision and practice per week.
• In Year 11 students are set 90 minutes of compulsory maths revision and practice on Sparx maths. This is complemented by additional tasks which students can complete on Sparx if they wish to. This will be set by the Mathematics Department and checked weekly.
• For each science (biology, chemistry, physics) students will be set 45 minutes of revision and practice per week.
• For each ‘options’ subject, students will be set 60 minutes of revision and practice per week.
• Revision and practice tasks set are likely to include a blend of retrieval practice (quizzing, flashcards, and Cornell Notes) and deliberate practice application tasks (a written response, exam-style questions, or reading task).
• For subjects with an NEA component, tasks set may be NEA-specific.
• If tasks are incomplete or not completed by the given deadline, this should be logged as a B3 revision and practice sanction on Arbor.

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