[Lizzy257]

Wow, 2 hours sounds like a lot for that age. I don't remember doing that much myself until I was 15/16!

My 1st grader spends about 10 minutes doing written homework, learning spellings and tables. They are also supposed to spend another 15 mins reading (they get two books sent home each night), but reading is her strongest point, so it literally takes her 2-3 minutes to read through the books as they're still pretty basic ones at the moment.

My 5 year old, who just started school last month (not sure if that's kindergarten equivelant?) spends about 25 mins on homework, and this includes me reading through a short book with him. He does a lot of tracing letters, recognising words, colouring and practising cutting out shapes, so he's still trying to master all of that!