Homework 100+
At Ken Stimpson we believe homework a key way for you to become a successful learner. We feel it important that we instill good habits when it comes to home learning and use these to support your classroom knowledge.
You are expected to undertake a minimum of 100 minutes of homework per week. There may also be a small number of additional tasks throughout each term which will be set via ClassCharts. Your weekly 100 minutes will be broken down into the following 20 minute sessions:
You should read for at least 20 minutes per week - you will be set a task on ClassCharts to record this session.
All students will access this including block 5 students
Click here to access our reading lists and reading tips.
This task will be set and regularly monitored by your Form Tutor via ClassCharts. The online reading journals can be accessed below:
Whilst independent reading is not compulsory in years 9, 10 and 11, we feel it important to build on the habits gained in years 7 and 8. This could be reading for pleasure and/or further subject background reading.
For years 9 and 10 you can record your reading via your online reading journal:
You should access your SparxMaths (https://www.sparxmaths.uk/student/) account and work through the weekly task set.
Block 5 students you will be assigned tasks on MyMaths (https://www.mymaths.co.uk)
This task will be set and regularly monitored by your Mathematics teacher via ClassCharts.
You can get your account information and support for this from your Mathematics teacher.
We are using the Educake system for Science homework this year.
You should access your Educake (https://my.educake.co.uk/student-login) account and login by clicking on the Sign in with Microsoft button, using your main school account details when prompted
You will be introduced to Educake during your lessons and homework will be monitored by your Science teacher via ClassCharts.
You will get your account information and support for this from your Language teacher.
You can also expect to receive additional tasks from other subject areas throughout the course of the year. This will be available on ClassCharts and should be completed accordingly.
You can get support for this from your subject teachers.
Students can see a list of their homework assignments by accessing ClassCharts.
To log into ClassCharts they will need their ClassCharts code which will have been emailed to them.
You can have your code resent by clicking on the Get ClassCharts Access Code on the student intranet.
When you access the school systems from home you will need to use Two Factor Authentication (2FA). To get started with this you can follow our guide here
Getting Help
Students can get help for any of the systems we're using in a number of ways:
Your tutor
Will be able to help you with any problems you may have accessing your homework.
Your subject teacher
Will be able to help you with any queries you have about your homework assignments.
IT Guides
We have a number of guides available to help you access our systems. You can view these here
The IT Services Team
Students can use the IT Service desk to log any IT specific problems and we will get back to you as soon as we can. Parents can contact us by emailing ParentITHelpdesk [at] kenstimpson.org.uk
You can view the status of our IT systems by visiting: http://itstatus.kenstimpson.org.uk