As mentioned, reading is part of this year's homework, along with weekly spellings, both of which will help with the end-of-year phonics screening check. Children will need to practise their spellings weekly. Your child has a spelling book with their words listed, and the quiz will take place on Wednesday. Please do not use the book to practise with.

If you would like to complete additional activities to support your child's learning, I have outlined some suggestions below.

Spring 2  Homework

Spring 2

Skills in English

• Read and write common exception words
• Think of own ideas for a picture and write these as sentences using 'and', 'so', 'but' and 'because'. 
• Know when to use a capital letter and where to put a full stop.
• Write questions using question words and a question mark. 
• Write exclamation sentences using a capital letter and exclamation mark at the end. 
• Blend and segment sounds when reading and writing. 
• Explore and write poetry. 

Skills in Maths

• Count in 10s to 50.
• Read any number up to 50.
• Count forwards and backwards from any number up to 50. 
• Partition a number up to 50 into tens and ones. 
• Identify 1 more/1 less than a number up to 50.
• Compare lengths and heights using vocabulary such as taller, longer and shorter. 
• Measure objects using non-standard units of measurement; e.g. using cubes or paper clips to measure the length of a glue stick. 
• Use a ruler to measure objects to the nearest cm
• Practical measurement to identify objects which are heavier or lighter. 
• Practical measuring to identify objects which are full, empty, half-full, almost full or almost empty. 
• Compare volume. 
• Compare capacity. 
• Measure capacity. 
• Count in 2s, 5s and 10s confidently. 

Learning from other areas of the Curriculum

• Identify what plants need in order to grow. 
• Identify and label different parts of a plant. 
• Explore how plants transport water.
• Explore ways in which plants spread their seed.
• Understand and identify deciduous and evergreen trees. 

• Name and describe common animals
• Know the names of baby animals
• Know the names of common homes of animals
• Understand the animal groups; fish, birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians
• Group animals by what they eat; omnivore, carnivore and herbivore
• Discuss why people keep pets
• Know that we choose the people in our parliament by voting
• Know who makes the laws in the United Kingdom
•  Know that Parliament is made up of three parts

 

 

 

 

Spring 1

Skills in English

• Read and write common exception words (sent home last term)
• Remember word order when writing sentences. Sentences must contain a subject, a predicate (an action) and have the correct punctuation.
• -Use ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘because’ in sentences.
• Write questions using question words and question marks.
• Blend and segment sounds when reading and writing.
• Blend and segment sounds ck, sh, ch, ng, wh, ai, ay, ea, ee, e, y, oa, o, ow, oe, er, ir, ur, ou, ow, oo, ue and ew in words.
• Maintain present tense when writing.
• Understand what a command is.
• Write a simple set of instructions.

Skills in Maths

• Read and recognise the numbers 0-20
• Recognise and write numbers to 20 in words.
• Number bonds to 20. E.g. __________ + ___________ = 20
• Find doubles
• Subtract by counting back
• Missing number problems e.g. 12 - ______ = 9 or 16 + _______ = 19
• Be able to represent numbers through drawings (tens and ones)
• Count in 10s to 50.
• Read any number up to 50.
• Identify 1 more/1 less than a number up to 50.
• Be able to partition numbers up to 50 in tens and ones.

Learning from other areas of the Curriculum

• Name and identify the seas around the UK
• Name and locate all 5 oceans. 
• Understand which ocean is the smallest and which is the largest. 
• Begin understanding the different layer of the ocean and the types of animals which live there. 
• Discuss and explore why oceans are so important. 
• Discuss and explore what problems plastic can cause. 
• Practise simple stitching to join two pieces of material together.
• Begin looking at different types of materials, what they are used for and some of the properties of these materials.