Home Learning at CSNS 2026
There are specific home learning tasks that can support and accelerate learning for your child. Home learning should be a positive experience.
The home learning tasks that can be impactful are:
Reading Mileage - spending time reading each night. Recommendation: 10 - 15 minutes each night.
Building Automatic Recall - practising age-appropriate foundation knowledge so that automatic recall is developed. Please refer to the appropriate year level of the Ministry of Education Parent Portal Link below for more information.
Targeted Practice - Teachers may set specific learning tasks or practice for some learners, to close an achievement gap.
Inquiry Learning - tasks that are aimed at helping learners to develop levels of curiosity and interest about a new concept or topic e.g. developing a family tree, interviewing a family member, etc.
Year 0 - 2 Learners
Reading Mileage
We encourage children to be read to or read for 10 - 15 minutes each weekday. There are a number of ways you can encourage reading at home, reading together, reading for fun, researching together.
Tips for reading with your child:
Take time to talk about the title and the illustration on the front cover.
Flick through the book and talk about the illustrations in the book.
Listen to your child read the text. Encourage smooth, fluent reading. Encourage your child to read with expression.
Praise your child as they read.
Keep it relaxed, enjoyable and fun.
Here are some suggested activities to help with comprehension:
Ask some questions before and after reading the text
Ask your child to retell the events in the story in their own words
Discuss any new vocabulary.
Ask your child to make up another ending to the story
Ask your child to tell you their favourite part of the story and explain why.
Reading Eggs - All Year 1 - 2 learners have access to a Reading Eggs account that they can use at home.
Building Automatic Recall
Practice High Frequency Words
Basic Facts
Year 1: Addition and Subtraction Facts to 10.
Year 2: Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20.
Year 2: 2, 5, and 10 times tables and division facts.
Targeted Practice
As provided by the teacher to some learners.
Year 3 - 4 Learners
Reading Milage
We encourage children to be read to or read for 10 - 15 minutes each weekday. There are a number of ways you can encourage reading at home, reading together, reading for fun, researching together.
Tips for exploring your child's reading:
Ask your child to summarise the story in their own words.
Talk about who the characters are and where the story took place.
Make connections to other texts they have read and to their own experiences.
Discuss the main idea of the text.
Discuss why the author wrote the story.
Ask questions where the answers can be found in the text.
Ask questions where the answers are not obvious in the text.
Make reading fun, act out parts of the story.
Discuss your child’s favourite part of the story.
Praise your child’s reading.
Reading Eggs - All Year 3 - 4 learners have access to a Reading Eggs account that they can use at home.
Epic is free access to thousands of books that safely fuel curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under. You can use it at home with your child’s class code, or you can sign up for free as a family.
Building Automatic Recall
Practice High Frequency Words
Basic Facts
Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20
Year 3 - 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, and 10 times tables and the corresponding division facts
Year 4 - 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 times tables and the corresponding division facts.
All Year 3 - 4 learners have access to a Mathletics account that they can use at home.
This website has maths practice activities for Year 3 - 6 learners.
Targeted Practice
As provided by the teacher to some learners.
Year 5 - 6 Learners
Reading Mileage
We encourage children to be read to or read for 10 - 15 minutes each weekday. There are a number of ways you can encourage reading at home, reading together, reading for fun, researching together.
Tips for exploring your child's reading:
Ask your child to summarise the story in their own words.
Talk about who the characters are and where the story took place.
Make connections to other texts they have read and to their own experiences.
Discuss the main idea of the text.
Discuss why the author wrote the story.
Ask questions where the answers can be found in the text.
Ask questions where the answers are not obvious in the text.
Make reading fun, act out parts of the story.
Discuss your child’s favourite part of the story.
Praise your child’s reading.
Reading Eggs - Year 5/6 Learners who are learning to decode fluently may have access to a Reading Eggs account. Please speak to your child’s teacher if you are unsure.
Epic is free access to thousands of books that safely fuel curiosity and reading confidence for kids 12 and under. You can use it at home with your child’s class code, or you can sign up for free as a family.
Building Automatic Recall
Practice High Frequency Words
Basic Facts - Addition and Subtraction Facts to 20
Times Tables - All Multiplication and Division Facts up to 12
All Year 5 - 6 learners have access to a Mathletics or Education Perfect account that they can use at home.
This website has maths practice activities for Year 3 - 6 learners.
Targeted Practice
As provided by the teacher to some learners.