Page 10 - Southwell School Parent Handbook

attend on Founders’ Day and are asked to present a report to the Fellows at the Annual General Meeting.
HOMEWORK
All students are set homework on most evenings of the School week. Work to be done is entered in the School Diary and parents are asked to sign this. Homework should be done in a quiet area of the house. Reading is the focus in Years 0-5.
Recommended times are as follows:
Years 0 - 2 Years 3 - 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 – 8
HOUSE SYSTEM
15 minutes
20 minutes plus reading 30 minutes
40 minutes
Up to an hour
The School is divided into six ‘Houses’, each named after a famous English Cathedral. Canterbury (blue), Durham (red), Lincoln (green), Salisbury (gold), Winchester (maroon), and York (black). The colour indicates the House T-Shirt / Jersey required for many sports events.
Each House has approximately the same number of students, a mixture of boarders and day students, and students from all year groups.
Each house has a Teacher in Charge, an Assistant, a Head of House and usually a School Prefect.
With the keen competitive fixtures and activities, the House system is a great success. Students with a wide variety of talents contribute to their Houses.
ICT & E-LEARNING
Year 7 & 8
Students in Year 7 & 8 can lease a chromebook or purchase their own. Information and advice is on the School’s website. This device is used to infuse learning through all curriculum areas. The School operates Google Suite for Education to help manage apps. Year 4-6
Students in Years 4-6 are provided with a School chromebook for 1:1 use. This device is used to infuse learning through all curriculum areas. The School operates Google Suite for Education to help manage apps.
Year 0-3
Students in Years 0-3 are provided with School iPads to help their learning. This varies from ratios of 1:4 for Junior classes, 1:2 in Year 2 and 1:1 in Year 3.
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