• To encourage students to develop the confidence and self-discipline to work and learn on
their own.
• To develop the skills of self study and research
• To extend school learning.
• To practise and reinforce skills and understanding.
• To allow students to spend time on particular areas of work e.g. projects or coursework.
• To help develop personal organisational skills.
• To enable staff to assess work completed by the student without the supervision of a
teacher.
• To strengthen the liaison between home and school by enabling parents and carers to be
aware of work being undertaken during school time.
• To encourage students to develop the confidence and self-discipline to work and learn on
their own.
• To develop the skills of self study and research
• To extend school learning.
• To practise and reinforce skills and understanding.
• To allow students to spend time on particular areas of work e.g. projects or coursework.
• To help develop personal organisational skills.
• To enable staff to assess work completed by the student without the supervision of a
teacher.
• To strengthen the liaison between home and school by enabling parents and carers to be
aware of work being undertaken during school time.