Home Learning at Castle Hall Academy is simple, powerful, and meaningful. To embed the knowledge that students learn in lessons, every day, every student completes half an hour revising a weekly section of their Knowledge Organiser. All resources needed to be successful are provided, including a knowledge organiser, A4 paper, a black and a green pen.

Students are then quizzed on this knowledge in morning recall. The following subjects are assessed each week on the following days:

Year 7 – Year 9

Monday – English

Tuesday – Humanities

Wednesday – Science (plus educake)

Thursday – Spanish

Friday – Online Sparx    (see separate tab)

Year 10

Monday – Geography/History

Tuesday – English Literature

Wednesday – Science (plus educake)

Thursday – English Language

Friday – Sparx

On a Thursday Recall Tests take place for all students in years 7-10. This test students’ knowledge from previous weeks home learning and takes place in morning mastery session. If your child does not achieve their target, supportive intervention will take place to allow them to close any gaps in their knowledge.

1. How to complete home learning at CHA:
   1. On the top line, write your home learner number, name, and topic
   2. On the second line (leaving no spaces), use your knowledge organiser to write the key vocabulary. This needs to be done using read, cover, write check.
      • Read the word and definition
      • Cover the KO/turn it over
      •  Write from memory the key word and definition
   3. Turn the KO back over, and use your green pen to check your answer. If correct, tick your work. If anything needs changing, use your green pen (either singular words, or rewrite the full sentence)
   4. Then, answer the 6 questions in full sentences – do not write out the question! If you want to, you can mark these answers using your green pen.
   5. Once completed, you then need to fill the entire A4 paper with either key notes/information from the KO, or carry out extra research on the topic and make notes on this.

   Handwriting must be neat, and of an appropriate size. Words should be correctly spaced – no large gaps between words.