Welcome to Mrs Clayton's and Mrs Elliotts Class
Literacy - January - March 2026
Communication:
Makaton
· Sign of the week
· Core Word of the Week (up/down, on/off, in/out, make, get, look, what, need, are, is, some, all)
Talking and Listening:
Attention Skills
• Listening to a wide range of stories, poems, songs and music.
• Following instructions.
Phonological Awareness
• Identifying and manipulating phonemes.
Social Use of Language
• Understanding non-verbal signals.
• Adopting or assuming a role relevant to context.
Language and Thinking
• Talking about experiences, pictures and stories.
• Talking about their work, play and things they have made.
Extended Vocabulary
• Listening and responding to adults and peers.
Reading:
• Know how to handle and care for books.
• Listen to a range of stories, poems and non-fiction texts read to them by adults/other pupils.
• Read with some independence.
Writing:
• Distinguish between drawing and writing.
• Talk about the ideas represented in their drawings.
Numeracy - January - March 2026
NUMBER:
• Count a variety of objects, for example, number of cups, apples, crayons.
• Develop an understanding of one-to-one correspondence and come to appreciate that the size of a set is given by the last number in the count.
• Match numerals to sets.
• Order numerals and sets within 5/10.
• Understand in counting activities that ‘none’ is represented by zero.
• Explore ordinal number, for example, first, second, third, last, between, by completing practical activities.
• Explore the number that comes after, before, between a given number.
• Carry out simple mental calculations, for example, 1 more than/less than within 10; 2 more than/less than within 10.
• Extend, when appropriate, understanding of number beyond 10.
• Understand that the place of the digit indicates its value
Counting and Number Recognition:
• Count in the context of number rhymes, jingles and stories.
• Count forwards in ones within 5/10 from different starting points.
• Count backwards in ones within 5/10 from different starting points.
• Recognise numerals up to 5/10.
• State, without counting, quantities within 5.
• Explore numbers relevant to their everyday lives, for example, the number of children allowed to play in the sand, telephone numbers, house number.
• Extend, when appropriate, counting in ones and recognition of numbers beyond 10.
• Extend activities to include counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Topic Work - January - March 2026
Dinosaurs
· I can explore dinosaur models and fossils using my senses (touch, look, feel).
· I can notice and talk about differences in dinosaur shapes, sizes, and colours.
· I can sort dinosaurs into groups (big/small).
· I can begin to understand that dinosaurs lived a long time ago.
· I can talk about how dinosaurs are different from animals today.
· I can explore pictures or videos to see what dinosaurs looked like.
· I can explore what happens when I make dinosaur footprints in sand, paint, or playdough.
· I can use simple tools to dig for ‘fossils’ in a sensory tray.
· I can use magnifying glasses to look closely at dinosaur models or fossils.
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
