Early Years News
Thankyou to all for an incredibly smooth start to the year! Students have been engaged in active learning and many have begun homework routines this week. Homework in the Early Years at OLSCC is an important part of the preparation of our students as they progress into other sectors of the College. As such, setting up healthy homework routines now creates good habits for later. The scaffold for homework here at OLSCC is that is interactive in the Early Years, moving to more independence during Year 4, in readiness for the self directed nature of homework required in the Middle Years.
Reading should constitute around half of the time allocated to homework and for Years P-3, this means reading with someone, and engaging in conversation about the text. Your child's teacher will guide you with the kind of questions to ask during the reading process to support the concepts being covered in the learning in class. No homework in the Early Years is given purely ‘for homework’s sake’. It is consolidation of routine skills and content covered in class. It should not be arduous, should not introduce any new content, and should be able to be completed without angst or anxiety. If you feel your child is having difficulty with their homework, please make an appointment to see your child’s class teacher to discuss how to prioritise the homework.
Katrina Walton
Assistant Principal Early Years