Home Learning

As a learning community, we recognise many of our students are highly engaged in after-school commitments, ranging from sport and music to a variety of additional tuition. Furthermore, with our school-wide focus on well-being, we also recognise the importance of our students having down time and an opportunity to pursue personal interests. As a result of our professional discussions and support from the research, as a team at MBI we have decided that teachers will not be assigning or assessing any formal homework. We recognise some families may value homework routines, and in support of this value we do provide opportunities for parents and students to opt into home learning.

Home learning focuses on foundational skills that will continually develop our learners and should be supported through regular routines. For example, we know that independent reading as a regular and sustained practice will have one of the most significant impacts on overall academic success. Therefore, we strongly recommend our students read for pleasure at home for at least 15 minutes daily. This simple routine puts our learners on the pathway to high literacy achievement.

Our Midbays Kahui Ako has put together a parent support package, called ‘Reading at home.’

Reading at home (English translation)

Reading at home (Korean translation)

Reading at home (Mandarin translation)

We also know that using mathematical thinking in real-life situations reinforces foundational number skills and strategies that support maths. This is the approach that our teachers use in classrooms. As such, we encourage families to actively look for authentic opportunities to engage their child(ren) in ‘real life’ mathematical problem-solving moments at home. 

Although we do not advocate for speed tests or a ‘skill and drill’ approach to learning, we recognise that for some of our learners, increased time and commitment to specific foundation skills may further support their learning at school. In these situations, we encourage students to use their Education Perfect account to access personalised learning opportunities.

Students are encouraged to complete one of the quizzes assigned to them by their teacher. Education Perfect will provide personalised learning activities for each child.