The Dearne High: A Specialist humanities college

Homework and the planner update

Making planners effective - involving all stakeholders

Student

• Learn effective planner use in L2L
• Use planner daily to record homework, key dates, attainment, progress, important information
• Place planner on desk at the start of every lesson
• Ask parent / carer to check planner weekly and discuss contents
• Buy a new planner if you lose it - £1.

• Teach effective planner use in L2L
• Check contents and sign planners at least once per fortnight
• Check that pupils have planners every morning in form period - use a grid to record pupils without planners and issue dress code & lilac slip.
• Take action if planners not being used:
• Within any half term:

One day without planner – lilac slip & dress code
Two days - letter / call home
Three days without planner- detention
Persistent offenders – BIP / Impact  referral

• Ask all pupils to put planners on desk at start of lesson
• Issue dress code & lilac slip to those without planners
• Ask pupils to record homework in planners
• Use planner to communicate with parents / carers

• Establish effective monitoring and evaluation system for planner use 
• Support sanctions and follow-up

• Undertake spot checks on planners in lessons / form period
• Support Impact Tutor in monitoring effective use of planners
• Support tutors in sanctions

• Use assemblies to launch and remind
• Carry out regular planner scrutiny / spot checks
•  Include planners on business meeting agendas
• Evaluate at SLT meetings

• Sign and discuss planner weekly
• Use planner to communicate with form tutor
• Encourage pupils to use and bring planner every day.

• Encourage use of planner for time management
• Reinforce usefulness
• Communicate with parents of repeat offenders