Autumn 1

English skills

-Write own name with correct formation of capital letter and lowercase letters.

-Write all capital and lowercase letters correctly. 

-Read and write tricky words; I, no, go, to, the, into, we, be, she, me, he, you, are, her, was, all, they, my. 

-Blend and segment single phonemes (sounds) in short words. 

-Blend and segment sounds ck, sh, ch, th, ng, wh, ai, ay, a-e, ea, ee, e, ea, y in words. 

-Write a simple sentence using finger spaces. 

-Write a sentence using 'and' and 'but'.

-Write a question using a question mark. 

Maths skills 

- Form the digits 0-9 correctly from the correct starting point. 

-Read and recognise the numbers 0-10.

-Recognise numbers to 20 as words. 

-Count objects accurately.

- Count out objects accurately from a larger amount. 

-Sort objects into different groups and explain their reasons/thinking. 

-count on from any number using numbers up to 10. 

-1 more/1 less than any number up to 10 (can use a written number line for this or objects to practically add/take away from an amount.)

-Compare amounts and numbers using the language more than, less than, equal to (ask your child to count out 2 amounts up to 10 and then discuss/ask your child to compare the numbers always starting with the amount on the left). 

Science

-Observe how trees and plants can change throughout seasons.

-How does some trees change throughout the seasons, can you display this in a creative way?

-How does weather change throughout the seasons?

History 

-Research the life of Walter Tull and the challenges he faced, what can we learn from him?

Art

-Explore colour mixing, and how we can use colour to show different emotions. 

Geography

-Can you look at a variety of maps? How do they use symbols?