ENGLISH
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Speaking and Listening
- Speaking clearly and grammatically
- Listening carefully
- Acting out stories
- Singing songs with actions and intonation
- Taking part in ‘show and tell’ sessions; for example, your child may make a model at home, and tell the class about it
- Making up stories, rhymes and poems
Reading
- Naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet
- Linking sounds to letters (phonics)
- Recognising groups of letters, for example, ‘oo’ and ‘ee’
- Hearing and saying sounds in words
- Recognising familiar and common words
- Understanding a story has a beginning, middle and end
Writing
- Using a pencil and holding it correctly
- Writing recognisable letters, mostly formed correctly and facing the right way
- Writing their name
- Writing labels, captions and mini books
- Using phonics to write simple consonant-vowel-consonant words, and having a go at more complicated words
- Beginning to form simple sentences
- Using basic punctuation
- Beginning to learn to spell
WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME
Speaking and Listening
- Sing songs together.
- In the car, listen to story CDs.
- When you read a new story, ask your child to predict the ending.
- Look at a picture book together and play a spotting game.
Reading
- Read with your child every day – little and often is the best way to learn.
- Make it enjoyable – if your child isn’t in the mood, try again later.
- Rhyming books are great fun and your child can join in.
- Be a role model – it’s important to let your child see you reading.
- Play with letters: make them out of dough, bricks, or buy some magnetic letters and stick them on the fridge.
- Play I-spy when you go out – use the sound the letter makes, rather than its name.
Writing
- Develop fine motor skills: try modelling with clay or threading beads. Anything fiddly is good for the hands.
- Practise forming letters – it’s often easier to make them big at first.
- If your child doesn’t want to pick up a pencil, try finger paints, or drawing in sand.
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MATHS
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Numbers as Labels and for Counting
- Counting up to ten and beyond, using cardinal numbers
- Recognising the numbers 1 to 9
- Counting aloud in ones, twos, fives, tens
- Estimating a number of objects and checking by counting
- Matching and comparing the number of objects in two groups
- Counting out a number of objects from a larger group
- Positioning items according to their place in a group using ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.)
Calculating
- Using a number line to count on and back
- Finding one more or one less than a number from 1 to ten
- Sharing objects into equal groups and counting how many are in each group
- Understanding that ‘addition’ means combining and ‘subtraction’ means taking away
- Finding the total number of items in two groups by counting them all
- Comparing numbers and recognising which is ‘more’ or ‘less’
Shapes, Space and Measurement
- Comparing quantities and using words such as ‘greater’, ‘smaller’, ‘heavier’ or ‘lighter’
- Recognising and creating their own simple patterns
- Naming and describing the shape and size of solid (3D) and flat (2D) shapes
- Using everyday words to describe the position of objects
- Sorting familiar objects and describing their differences and similarities
- Making patterns and building models
- Putting two or three items in order, according to their length or weight
- Matching shapes and patterns
- Building on a basic understanding of time: putting familiar events in sequence; measuring time, using a sand-timer
WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME
- Practise counting – you can do this anywhere: count toys, books, how many buses you see when you go out.
- Play hide and seek – again, good practice for counting.
- Save your cereal boxes and cardboard tubes for making models.
Your child will think they’re making a castle; you’ll know they’re learning about shapes!
- Do a jigsaw together – a fun way to develop spatial awareness and matching skills.
- Play card games – even a simple game of snap helps to develop number recognition.
- Have a teddy bears’ picnic: count out toys, place settings, and share out the cakes.
- Put up a height chart and mark each member of the family’s height.
- At bathtime, play with different-sized containers.
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SCIENCE
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TOPICS
- Minibeasts (insects)
- Animals
- Plants
- People who help us
- Festivals and celebrations
- Ourselves
- Where we live
- Water
- Seasons and weather
- Communities and cultures
- Time
Investigation and Exploration
- How to use their senses to investigate objects and materials
- Looking at objects and observing similarities, differences, patterns and changes
- Finding out and identifying features of living things, objects and events
Design and Construction
- Using a wide range of materials to build
- Choosing the right tools to make, measure, cut and join
- Making an object with a purpose and being able to describe it
ICT
- How we use ICT in everyday situations
- Programmable toys
- How to complete a simple program on a computer
- Using a mouse and keyboard and being able to click on an icon
WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME
- Go for a walk and make up a nature box with leaves, twigs, fir cones or anything else you find.
- Experiment with water – put objects in the bath and get your child to guess which will float, and which will sink.
- Blow bubbles – then see which way the wind blows them.
- Visit a museum and look for the oldest things your child can find.
- Take a magnifying glass into the garden and go on a bug hunt. Draw pictures of the insects you see with your child.
- Think about your route to school and make a map, including any important buildings.
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