Mrs FGDS Healey Lucas TYSNIUD
Oamaru Intermediate School 983 GFSER Road
Pembroke Street HSGY
Oamaru Oamaru
9400 9492
Thursday 27th August
Dear Mrs Healy,
In this letter I hope to persuade you that OIS needs homework, I believe this for many reasons including that OIS is meant to be preparation for high school, which has loads of homework. I also believe it will increase students' academic achievement as well as making them more independent and time wise.
Firstly, OIS is designed to be preparation and have a smooth transition from primary to high school, but I feel as though this cannot be achieved when the difference in homework is so great. At the moment OIS has no homework and high school has 1-2 hours a night, with those figures, all hope of a smooth transition is ruined! The sudden ‘avalanche’ of homework may cause more tiredness and less motivation for everything else.
Secondly, having homework will increase students' academic achievement. Having that extra half hour of revision will cement what they have been learning in their minds and everybody knows two sessions are better than one. It will also boost learning time for maximum achievement in the classroom. Having homework will also mean that those academically minded students can be further extended while they are limited in-class.
Finally, homework will help OIS students to be more independent. Studies have shown that homework helps establish a better routine, great for going into highschool and university. It will also show the students real grades, if they are copying off their peers in class, homework will show the teacher what they still need to learn, crucial in a good education.
So, in conclusion, do we want students to get into a good transition at high school? Do we want students' academic achievement to go straight up? And do we want OIS students to be more independent? For those reasons and more, I know that you will agree with me that OIS needs homework.
