Students who achieve well at GCSE have strong, independent learning habits. We are using homework to promote these habits.

10:10:10 focuses on three areas which we believe will give our students the best chance to unlock their potential:

1. Using Knowledge Expert Sheets so that by the time students get to Year 11 they know how to independently revise;
2. Using Sparx Reader so that students improve their reading age - the GCSE exam papers have a reading age of 16 years, so we need to make sure all students can understand the exam papers.
3. Using Sparx Maths so that students improve their maths ability - over 8 million adults in the UK have maths skills lower than that expected of a nine year old. We want to make sure that we help our students become the best mathematicians possible!

We’re not going to pretend that homework is fun. What we do know, however, is that those students who complete their homework achieve better grades. That’s why we’re promoting ways to get into good routines around homework.

1. Split your 10:10:10 homework up into chunks - e.g. you could do ten minutes of reading using Sparx Reader before school or on the bus!
2. When completing your revision and rehearsal of Knowledge Expert Sheets use the ‘six study steps’ you have been taught. A reminder of these is in your Knowledge Expert Sheets booklet.
3. If you get stuck on a Sparx Maths question, remember that there are help videos to watch.
4. Think about when you work best. Would you prefer to get your 10:10:10 homework done as soon as you get home or do you want to take a short break before you make a start on it?
5. Use a timer or alarm so that you know when each ten minute chunk is up.
6. Use the library at break, lunch or after school if you would prefer to complete your 10:10:10 homework during the school day.

1. Subject teachers inform students of when their next Knowledge Expert Quiz will be. They then write this into the diary page of their Knowledge Expert Sheets. 
2. Sparx Maths homework is already being set. Students should be completing at least ten minutes a day of maths practice using the Sparx Maths website.
3. Sparx Reader homework is already being set. Students should be completing at least ten minutes of careful reading using the Sparx Reader website.

Sparx Learning (the company behind Sparx Maths and Sparx Reader) sends out a weekly email to parents and carers which notifies you of your child’s Sparx Maths homework completion. Within this email, there is a link to the Parent Portal which then allows you to check your child’s Sparx Reader homework completion.

We encourage you to watch a series of short videos, explaining what Sparx Reader is and how it works, available at https://sparxreader.com/parents

Our student website - https://sites.google.com/cam.coop/student - contains all the links students need. It also contains a ‘Homework’ link which directs students to the copies of Knowledge Expert Sheets on this page.

Students log in to Sparx Maths and Sparx Reader using their academy Google username and password.

• If a student is having difficulty accessing any of the online platforms, in the first instance they should contact their tutor.
• Students can also visit the library at break, lunch and after school to complete their 10:10:10 homework.
• There are videos below
• We have already taught every student how to revise using their Knowledge Expert Sheets and tutors will be re-teaching this at least once per half-term.