Planning and Homework

Planners and study guides

In the lower years, teachers teach classes and guide students both individually and in groups. Your child will start working more and more independently. However, this does not mean that we leave your child to his or her own devices. Teachers provide study guides and planners that allow the student to work independently. Moreover, teachers have regular meetings with your child about development within their subject.

In the upper school, teaching is more adapted to your child’s learning pace, learning style and interests in order to do more justice to the differences between pupils. Pupils can also work independently in the school’s media library. This school year, too, we will be working with ‘consultation hours’ in 3, 4, 5 and 6-(t)vwo/(t)havo/(t)mavo. During these consultation hours, pupils can receive extra explanation for the subjects physics, chemistry and mathematics. These consultation hours are held on Tuesday afternoons.

Homework policy

The homework policy comprises agreements between teachers and pupils on how to deal with studies and homework. The homework policy focuses on:

• A good study attitude. In the first three academic years, your child will be guided in getting a good study attitude. If the study attitude is less good, we will discuss this with you;
• Developing independence. When developing independence, we naturally take your child’s age and abilities into account;
• Developing study skills within the subject lessons.

Study skills are developed in the subject lessons. Certain study skills, such as learning words in other languages, are taught similarly in similar lessons.

In class, students can often do some of the homework already. Teachers put homework and study planners in SOMtoday as much as possible. However, your child is responsible for noting homework in his or her own (digital) diary.