Homework is set for a number of reasons:
Doodle Learning is a website and app and is a skills-based tool that covers the core areas of maths and English. The four apps will create your child a unique work programme precisely tailored to their needs, helping to boost their confidence and ability.
It allows children to practise skills and consolidate learning by tailoring to the needs of the individual child. If your child finds a particular question difficult, or they don’t understand it, it can be added to the ‘tricky questions’ box, ready to be completed at a later point with adult support.
Children are rewarded for their effort and success, earning stars for correct answers. Any incorrect answers can be reviewed and re-attempted. Children will each have a weekly ‘star target’, based on their age. Your child should not try to earn their weekly star target in one attempt, but should play regularly for shorter bursts, as this has proven to have a greater impact on learning and helps to develop a healthy screen time attitude. If a child has met their weekly target, they are in the ‘green zone’, something that we celebrate within classes.
Doodle log ins are given out at the start of Y3 or when your child joins the school and can use Doodle to support their learning at home. You may notice that your child is covering content from below their actual year group – this is perfectly normal and expected. Doodle is designed to ensure there are no gaps in previous understanding before moving them on.
Assignments are set in Year 6 to ensure additional gaps are filled and knowledge is being revisited continuously.
Children can use Doodle freely, earning stars and building their ‘Doodle Streak’. Streaks and achievements are rewarded in our weekly ‘Celebration Assembly’.
We also regularly participate in Doodle Competitions, usually held once per term, which encourages children to use Doodle ‘little and often’. To participate in these competitions, a linked parent account will be required.
Linking your parent email to your child’s school account is really important (and really easy!) to do. By linking your parent email you will be able to monitor your child’s progress on the free DoodleConnect app or on the Parent Dashboard. This will help ensure that you make the most out of your child’s subscription to Doodle!
Your child’s log in details for Doodle will be inside their reading record. If you have any questions, please ask your child’s class teacher who will be happy to help.
Happy Doodling!
