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Mathematics & Numeracy – During Term 2

We will be learning to: Understand and use mathematical language when talking about their work. Solve everyday problems in the classroom. Recognise simple patterns and say what comes next.

Number

• Count forwards and backwards in 2’s from odd and even numbers within 20.
• Know the number “before”, “between” and “after” within 20.
• Practically subtract an amount from a set, within 20, as “take away”, “subtract” or “finding the difference”.

Money

• Exchange higher value coins (up to 10p) for 1p’s.
• Calculate change required when buying items from 5p and then from 10p.

Measures

• Understand and use analogue time: o’clock only.
• Understand and use digital time: o’clock only.

Shape and Space

• Recognise and use mathematical names for 2D shapes: square, rectangle , triangle and circle – using given shapes, and also where they occur in the environment

Handling Data

• Use given one criterion Carroll Diagrams to sort for negation, explaining completed diagram (e.g. stating how many animals did not have 4 legs).

Language & Literacy – During Term 2

Talking and Listening

• Recite poems and rhymes with some variety in pace, emphasis and intonation.
• Use different voices for characters when reading aloud.

Reading

• Learn about rhyme by exploring patterns orally, substituting words and phrases extending patterns and playing with rhymes.
• Know the terms ‘fiction’ and ‘non-fiction’, noting some of their different features e.g. layout, titles, contents page, use of pictures, labelled diagrams etc.

Sentence Construction & Punctuation:

• Use the term ‘sentence’ appropriately to identify sentences in a text, i.e. those demarcated by capital letters and full-stops.
• Use features of punctuation to read in a phrased and fluent manner.

Phonics & Spelling:

• Hear, read and spell initial, final and medial letter sounds in words.
• Understand one letter to one sound correspondence with vcc e.g. egg, cvcc e.g. went and ccvc words e.g. trip.

Handwriting:

• Write lower and upper case letters using the correct sequence of movements , ensuring the correct letter orientation. Begin to write on lined paper.

Writing:

• Use phonological and graphic knowledge and sight vocabulary when spelling during writing tasks.

Language & Literacy – During Term 2

Talking and Listening

• Recite poems and rhymes with some variety in pace, emphasis and intonation.
• Use different voices for characters when reading aloud.

Reading

• Learn about rhyme by exploring patterns orally, substituting words and phrases extending patterns and playing with rhymes.
• Know the terms ‘fiction’ and ‘non-fiction’, noting some of their different features e.g. layout, titles, contents page, use of pictures, labelled diagrams etc.

Sentence Construction & Punctuation:

• Use the term ‘sentence’ appropriately to identify sentences in a text, i.e. those demarcated by capital letters and full-stops.
• Use features of punctuation to read in a phrased and fluent manner.

Phonics & Spelling:

• Hear, read and spell initial, final and medial letter sounds in words.
• Understand one letter to one sound correspondence with vcc e.g. egg, cvcc e.g. went and ccvc words e.g. trip.

Handwriting:

• Write lower and upper case letters using the correct sequence of movements, ensuring the correct letter orientation and their position on lined paper.

Writing:

• Use phonological and graphic knowledge and sight vocabulary when spelling during writing tasks.