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Numeracy - May June 2018
Mathematics & Numeracy – In this half term we will:
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).
World Around Us - May - June 2018
World Around Us (Topic Work) -
Our topic in May and June will be ‘A Pirate Adventure!’
Geography
- To use language to identify position relative to other objects or places (P)
- To follow and to give simple directions to places in the immediate environment (P)
- To recognise different viewpoints e.g. from above, below, the side (P)
History
- To recognise and record the sequence of events in simple stories and in personal history e.g. photos and artefacts (COT)
- To find out about their own and other people’s history (COT)
- To use simple vocabulary in relation to the passage of time e.g. before/after (COT)
Science and Technology
- To identify push and pull (M&E)
- That pushes and pulls, including air and water, can make things move (M&E)
- That sounds come from a wide variety of sources and that people and other animals hear sounds with ears (P, M&E)
- That we can make sounds in a variety of ways and these sounds can be loud or quiet (M&E)
Look at what we have been doing.
Language & Literacy - May - June 2018
Language & Literacy – In this half term we will:
Talking and Listening
- To retell stories, to give main points in sequence and to pick out significant incidents.
Sentence Construction & Punctuation:
- To read recounts and begin to recognise generic structure, order of events, sequence words.
- To learn about word order by reordering sentences.
Reading
- To identify simple questions and use text to find answers.
- To read recounts and begin to recognise generic structure, order of events, sequence words.
Phonics & Spelling:
- Hear, read and spell initial, final and medial letter sounds in words.
- Understand two letters can make one sound.
Handwriting:
- Write lower and upper case letters using the correct sequence of movements , ensuring the correct letter orientation to write on lined paper.
- Tall, small and below the line letters.
Writing:
- To write simple accounts linked to topics using the language of texts read as models for own writing.
- Use phonological and graphic knowledge and sight vocabulary when spelling during writing tasks.
Contact Details
Dungannon Primary School,
Circular Rd,
Dungannon,
County Tyrone,
BT71 6BE
T: 028 8772 2250
