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23/03/23

Retweeted From Georgia Mitrousia

Thank you for hosting Research! Great to reach out to so many enthusiastic students - the future of science is in great hands! https://t.co/Uy2sAo6poE https://t.co/ODG3QkNdX6

23/03/23

An eventful day is brought to a close by an inter generational conversation cafe with a focus on how all generations can help combat climate change. https://t.co/1R1UKiKvU1

23/03/23

Thanks to the staff from CAMHS for delivering a specific workshop to yr11 and yr13 parents on how to cope with the stresses of the exam season. https://t.co/1SHmEzp6si

23/03/23

Retweeted From SRA_SixthForm

Thank you to for hosting a fab careers event today. Our Year 12s had a great time talking to the different representatives and found the whole experience really helpful! A big 📢 shout out to our students who managed to organise their work experience placements too! https://t.co/0OuGgCBSVh

23/03/23

Retweeted From Rothamsted Research

Was a pleasure to take part and meet such enthusiastic students 👏👏 https://t.co/YoL2l3BJeU

23/03/23

Diary reminder - the Year 11 and Year 13 Exam Stress and Anxiety Workshop takes place this evening at 5.30pm in the Drama Theatre. https://t.co/2pPCuPmNrH

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 10 preparing for their model General Assembly of the United Nations debate. https://t.co/wAO4kFkhp7

23/03/23

SJL Careers Day 2023 - Amazing to see the Careers Fair in action, students engaging with companies about careers options and the routes into employment https://t.co/wlHF2bOkOv

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 9 enjoying various activities focusing on international trade, consumption and sustainability. https://t.co/JrKVrEdLwp

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 10 preparing for their model General Assembly of the United Nations debate. https://t.co/m5OMO2niLC

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 7 building connections using creativity. https://t.co/W3JIp7w1S1

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 8 learning about different cultures through dance. Practising for their performance. https://t.co/1HPh5uFeJv

23/03/23

SJL Cultural Enrichment Day - Year 7 begin with an assembly on “Children Around the World” https://t.co/qhG9cKgbZX

22/03/23

Retweeted From SJL Ecoschools

Sweet peas, red dwarf beans, lettuce and coriander, all sown today. It’s great to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the spring air! Our flowering bulbs are beautiful this year. https://t.co/7AXbJzQUnY

22/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

DOUBLE DISTRICT CUP WINNERS 🏆🏆 Congratulations to both the: Year 8s 2-0 vs Roundwood Park Year 10s 3-1 vs St Albans School For producing a historic afternoon for SJL Football. Read more on our Instagram! Hugely proud of all the players involved. Enjoy every minute. https://t.co/ZV6l01MMit

22/03/23

Our award-winning Careers Day takes place tomorrow - a fantastic opportunity for Sixth Form students to connect with employers representing a diverse range of companies and to discover more about the vast range of career options available to them. Year 12 - smart business attire https://t.co/TsQOQ6eALP

22/03/23

Thursday is Cultural Enrichment Day - students across the school will take time off timetable for the opportunity to engage in a range of enrichment activities. Students in Years 7-11 can attend in non uniform. Year 12 must be in smart business attire for the Careers Day. https://t.co/b8GM56gGYP

22/03/23

Retweeted From Scholars' Education Trust

We are hiring! Looking for the next opportunity? We are an expanding multi academy trust based in Hertfordshire, seeking to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager. Apply now: https://t.co/c0R8vPaUXK https://t.co/PgcGyjE9fv

22/03/23

We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Intergenerational Conversation Café event tomorrow night, being organised by our Climate Action Group – a chance to discuss climate action across generations. If you’d like to come along please contact us. https://t.co/yVvrElCsv0

22/03/23

Year 9 students receiving Headteacher Commendations, so lovely to see them embody the values of ACE. https://t.co/MymizKsSgR

21/03/23

Retweeted From SJLdrama

Great year 9 Drama performances at The Grove Junior school this afternoon raising awareness of friendship and online issues in such an entertaining way#theatrematters#nationaldramaseizetheday https://t.co/RS9je0WsIN

21/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

The final game of netball for this amazing team. The year 11 girls won 20-19 to Marlborough today. Huge congratulations to Ria A who was nominated as players player. Well done girls very proud of you all. https://t.co/E53V1T8Tfo

21/03/23

Every week students discuss our 'word of the week' and 'thought of the week' within their form groups, these discussions help to build upon their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding. https://t.co/eOCBd3Gk00

21/03/23

Lots of students enjoying our lunchtime Chess Club today, it's great fun for all skill levels. All of our co-curricular activities can be found on the school website - https://t.co/Qa10Hfd2iu https://t.co/DEnOfUSi63

20/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

Year 10 District Cup Semi Final ⚽️ SJL 2 - 1 Verulam White ⚽️ (pen) Platt ⚽️ The boys reaching their 1st DISTRICT CUP FINAL! Goalkeeping heroics from T.Lloyd see us clinch a deserved victory! Final Details: 🗓️ Wednesday 22nd ⏰ 4.30pm KO 🏟️ Woollams Vs St Albans School https://t.co/Lz0sBVmkFF

20/03/23

Yr8 Headteacher Commendations awarded for a range of academic and co-curricular achievements. A great start to the week. https://t.co/sLRnb41UkC

19/03/23

Retweeted From Herts High Sheriff

N&E Herts Bench magistrates guided and judged, emphasising how hard it had been to decide. Delighted to present certificates to all the students and a trophy to the winners. 2/2

19/03/23

Retweeted From Herts High Sheriff

Congratulations to the students of Sir John Lawes School in Harpenden for winning their round of the national mock trial competition in Stevenage Magistrates’ Court. Four schools competed, playing every role from magistrates and lawyers to defendants and witnesses. 1/2 https://t.co/LpNor7c9aY

18/03/23

A Level English Battlefields tour continues with the group visiting Thiepval, Memorial to the missing of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial. https://t.co/M1j1Dg2w67

18/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

Yr 8 and 9 Saturday Morning Results Vs Nicholas Breakspear Yr8 won 8-0 A. Davies scores 4 ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Yr9 won 4-0 ⚽️ https://t.co/4BTX6rSoLH

18/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

Yr7 Football - Saturday Morning Vs. Nicholas Breakspear 7A won 4-0 7B won 4-3 2 brilliant games of football this morning. The boys in both teams were outstanding coming out victorious. Ethan and Henry Hatrick Hero’s ⚽️⚽️⚽️ https://t.co/AjP1sgID8Y https://t.co/cJ4Tubi0iB

17/03/23

A thought provoking and insightful day for the A level English students as they spend a day touring the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium. https://t.co/Jahrel0Bfd

17/03/23

Huge congratulations to SJL alumni David Ijiti. https://t.co/4OtoXY7tpY

17/03/23

This week's newsletter is out... https://t.co/1ELzXhgeBe https://t.co/R8f2LB6K4y

17/03/23

Happy St Patrick’s Day! To help celebrate we’ve got a fabulous display of brilliant books with green covers in our library. https://t.co/ceKQ96DPoQ

17/03/23

What a wonderful morning handing out Head Teacher Commendations to some very deserving year 7 students. https://t.co/7nWmLzdkxz

17/03/23

Harrison, one of our Heads of School doing a reading at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, the second largest Commonwealth Cemetery in Belgium. https://t.co/UglQsu2ZOu

16/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

Senior 1st XI Highlights from our District Cup QF 3-1 win against Sandringham this week. Clark ⚽️ F.Sweeting ⚽️ ⚽️ https://t.co/BryZ2gBmpP https://t.co/6H3ojzZMw5

16/03/23

Retweeted From SJL PE Faculty

U16 Girls suffer penalty shootout heartbreak in County Cup semi final after leading twice. Superb performance from all but sadly not to be! https://t.co/U0qPwm5Snf

Home Learning

We define homework as any task teachers set for students to complete outside of usual lessons. We believe that homework plays an important role in a student’s education. It gives students the opportunity to consolidate and practise the knowledge and skills that they have been taught in lessons, whilst allowing them to develop as independent learners.

Educational research suggests that homework is most effective when it is:

  1. Practice or rehearsal of subject matter that has already been taught
  2. Clearly communicated and relevant to the course of study
  3. Purposeful, planned for, and an integral part of the sequence of learning
  4. Efficient and achievable within a fair amount of time
  5. Accessible, so that all students can benefit from it

Student tutorial for EduLink Homework

Protocols for teachers

  1. Teachers will set homework on EduLink. This communication will be timely enough for students to be able to organise the completion of their work.
  2. Teachers will communicate homework tasks as clearly as possible so that students know what they are doing and why they are doing it. It may be necessary to insert links to websites or other apps, or to attach documents that give guidance and success criteria.
  3. Teachers will set homework that is accessible and appropriate for the students who are completing the task. Where necessary, some students will receive differentiated homework.
  4. There is no set homework timetable. Instead, the nature and timing of homework tasks will be indicated by each faculty’s curriculum plan, allowing some flexibility for the needs of each teacher and class.
  5. Teachers will leave an adequate time period for students to complete homework. There is flexibility for teachers to set deadlines that are appropriate, but it is good practice to set a deadline that includes a weekend and teachers will not set homework to be handed in the next school day.
  6. There is no set time limit for homework tasks, but teachers will be mindful of the quantity of homework students receive from other subjects and consider the time it takes students to read instructions and gather resources.
  7. Where project work or longer tasks are set for homework, it is good practice for teachers to chunk the homework into weekly steps so that students remain on track for their deadlines and do not leave the work to the last minute.
  8. In the weeks approaching internal and external exams, homework tasks will be designed to help students revise and prepare for exams. Students will also be given guidance on how to revise.
  9. All homework will be acknowledged and useful for the sequence of learning. Where appropriate, teachers will give feedback on the homework tasks that students complete.
  10. Heads of faculty and teachers will aim to ensure that the volume and quality of homework is as consistent as it can be for all the students studying their subject(s).
  11. All teachers understand the benefits of homework as part of a healthy work-life balance. Therefore, teachers appreciate that the quality of the work set is more important than the quantity and that homework set for homework’s sake is ineffective.

Protocols for students

  1. Students will check their EduLink every day so that they are clear about the homework they need to complete and do not miss any deadlines.
  2. Students will carefully read all the instructions and support materials for each homework task so that they fully understand what they need to do and can complete the work to the best of their ability.
  3. Students will organise their time so that all homework tasks set on EduLink are completed by the deadline. When homework is completed, students will indicate this on EduLink so that they can manage their own deadlines.
  4. Although teachers and faculties have the flexibility to decide on appropriate sanctions for students who do not complete homework on time or to an acceptable standard, students should accept that not submitting homework by the deadline may result in a detention in the first instance.
  5. If a student cannot complete the homework for a valid reason (e.g. cannot access the resources, too many evening commitments in a short deadline), then the student will take responsibility for this by contacting the teacher at least 24 hours before the deadline. An extension might be negotiated, but if a teacher deems an extension unnecessary or if the student does not contact the teacher ahead of the deadline, then the student should expect a sanction.
  6. If a student is struggling with a homework task and does not understand what to do, they should, first and foremost, try their best to complete the work in any case. Students understand that not all work comes easily and having the resilience to learn through mistakes is a necessary part of the learning process. If a student then feels that help is still needed, they should contact their teacher before the homework deadline.
  7. If a student is struggling with homework more widely, they will make use of the support available to them. This will involve opportunities such as: attending homework clubs, speaking to teachers or TAs, meeting with teachers or TAs outside of lessons, and using EduLink regularly to help organise their deadlines.
  8. Students understand that the homework set is the minimum work they are to complete outside of lessons. Students are also encouraged to go over the work they complete in lessons each week, do wider reading, and engage with the SJL Extension Materials. This is especially important for students in exam years, who need to do their own independent revision in addition to the homework set.
  9. Sixth form students should see ongoing revision as part of the course and take ownership of their studies outside of lessons. This means that there may be work to complete and further research to undertake, which is not necessarily communicated as formal homework.

Protocols for parents and carers

  1. Parents and carers will check their child’s EduLink several times a week so that they can support their child with their homework and help them meet deadlines.
  2. Parents and carers will provide their child with a suitable place and sufficient time to complete their homework in the family home. If this is not possible, parents and carers will contact the school to see if arrangements can be made for their child to complete homework at school.
  3. Where their child has spent the maximum amount of time and effort on a homework task but has not been able to complete it, parents and carers will inform the teacher so that the teacher can take this into account and support the student appropriately.
  4. Parents and carers will encourage their child to engage with wider reading and the SJL Extension Materials, and to go over prior learning.
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