Quick query to the off-topic thread: Anyone else got any kids in year 9? My son started a new school down with me start of this term and homework seems to be very, very light on. Like maybe 1 nights worth a week. About an hour at most. I've left a message for the year 9 coordinator to give me a buzz to check on how he's fitting in over the few weeks he's been there, but can't remember how much homework I was doing in year 9. I would have been thinking at least a half hour a night, with some projects/assignments bubbling in the background, but there's been nothing like that at all. Maybe I'm thinking of later years and he's not slacking off, but it does seem pretty light on.