At Blaise High School, we recognise that completing homework each day with Integrity can have a huge positive impact on students’ learning of key knowledge, their progress and confidence.

Our homework systems have been designed based on scientific research into how students learn. We know that we need to rehearse things many times to be able to remember them for a long time. We also know that becoming an expert in any area requires us to learn key knowledge as a starting point.

This is why our homework system is based around every student using their Knowledge Organiser to self-quiz. Repeatedly rehearsing this knowledge, using the Look, Cover, Write, Check process, will allow students to learn key knowledge over time that will lead to fantastic progress and outcomes.

Our homework system is also intended to be easy for students and families to understand, so that every student is able to complete homework with Integrity each day, contributing to their progress in school.

 This video gives key information about why we have the homework system that we have at Blaise:

 

This video gives key information about what homework your child needs to complete each day and week at Blaise:

 

This video gives guidance about how you can best support your child to self-quiz effectively at home:

This section of our website has electronic copies of the 25/26 Knowledge Organisers to date, in addition to the physical copy of the Knowledge Organiser your child has with them at home and in school each day.

Sparx 25/26 information

The timetable below shows when each year group will be set Sparx homework and when they will need to hand it in.

Homework	Set	Due	Starting from
Y7 Sparx Maths	Thursdays 8am	Wednesdays 10pm	18th September*
Y7 Sparx Reader	Wednesdays 8am	Tuesdays 10pm	24th September*
Y8 Sparks Maths	Thursdays 8am	Wednesdays 10pm	11th September
Y8 Sparx Reader	Wednesdays 8am	Tuesdays 10pm	24th September
Y9 Sparx Maths	Thursdays 8am	Wednesdays 10pm	11th September
Y9 Sparx Reader	Wednesdays 8am	Tuesdays 10pm	24th September
Y10 Sparks Maths	Thursdays 8am	Wednesdays 10pm	11th September
Y11 Sparx Maths	Wednesdays 8am	Tuesdays 2pm	10th September

 

*Teachers will spend 1 lesson with each Y7 group to set up their Sparx accounts before this first homework is set.

Just like self-quizzing, Sparx Maths homework contains knowledge that students have been learning in lessons and will use in future lessons. Each week our teachers carefully decide which topics students will answer questions on. Sparx Reader homework supports students to read regularly outside of lessons and improve their reading skills. Strong reading skills underpin success in every subject, not just English.

It is therefore vital that students have 100% completion in their Sparx homeworks each week – students who do this throughout their time at Blaise achieve outstanding results at GCSE and go onto great future success.

The video below gives further detail on what students will see when they login, as well as how you can support them with Sparx at home:

Thank you for all the support you give to your child – if you require any further assistance, please email info@blaisehighschool.co.uk and an appropriate member of staff will respond to your query.