We love working hard in P1/P2 and having lots of fun playing together. Our teacher is Mrs Elliott and Jean & Rachel are our classroom assistants.

During Term 1 we will be studying:

Number

• Look for and talk about patterns in the environment
• Understand one-to-one correspondence

e.g. matching one cup to one saucer

• Sorting a variety of coins
• Making and counting sets
• Reading, counting, writing and exploring numbers within five

Measures

• Understand and use the language associated with length
• Understand and use the language associated with time

Handling Data

• Sort collections of materials and talk about how they have been sorted

Shape and Space

• Talk about shapes in their environment
• Copy simple patterns

Mental Maths

• Learning to count through number rhymes, songs and stories

Talking & Listening

• Learning to listen
• Taking turns to speak
• Asking and answering questions
• Reciting nursery rhymes

Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)

• Enjoying and talking about stories
• Know that print carries meaning and is read from left to right and top to bottom
• Naming the parts of a book

e.g. front, back, spine

Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels)

• Find and recognise their name
• Holding their pencil correctly
• Controlling their pencil along different shapes and lines
• Correct use of scissors
• Tracing/writing their name

Phonics

• Learning the skills of blending, segmenting and phoneme manipulation using sounds ‘a,i,m,s,t,n,o,p,b,c,g,h,d,e,f’