In September 2011, Caistor Yarborough Academy launched a homework project around developing the fundamental learning skills referred to as TRICs – team, reflective, independent and creative learning.
Previously homework had been the root of many issues within the school, particularly the number of detentions that were being issued. Students attending the academy come from a diverse range of backgrounds and those with difficult home lives seemed to be falling victim to the detention system.
Lack of parental support at home meant that they often did not hand in homework which then led to a department detention. Students’ attendance at these detentions was often poor, which then saw them given a whole-school detention where they would sit in silence for 30 minutes.
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