Language & Literacy – During Term 1

Talking & Listening

• Listen to and follow instructions accurately.
• Speak clearly and audibly with confidence to a range of audiences.

Reading (At appropriately differentiated levels)

• Participate in guided reading sessions and develop visual, meaning and grammar reading strategies.
• Know the purpose of captions, labels and lists.
• Recognise full-stops and capital letters when reading and name them correctly.

Writing (At appropriately differentiated levels)

Sentence Construction & Punctuation:

• Use upper case letters and full stops to demarcate sentences

Phonics & Spelling [building on & extending P1 work]:

• Linking sounds to letters, sounding the letters of the alphabet.
• Hearing and saying sounds in order in words.
• Blending sounds to read and write CVC words.

Handwriting:

• Use a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.
• Write lower case letters using the correct sequence of movements.

Writing:

• Write captions for their own work.
• Write and draw labels for everyday classroom use.

Use ICT to create signs, labels and captions.

World Around Us (Topic Work) -  

Our topic is ‘People Who Help Us’

Some of the activities we will be involved in are:

• Participate in activities to explore who helps us at home, in school and the community.
• Learn about the emergency services.
• Investigate how to keep safe and healthy.
• Meet our local helping heroes.
• Consider appropriate clothing for road safety.
• Participate in practical science experiments.
• Express their learning through paint, clay, sand, recycled materials and foliage.

ICT

• Explore: Participate in whole class ICT activities.
• Express: Create a simple picture using the interactive whiteboard and pen.
• Exchange: Find out information using television programmes.
• Evaluate: Know that digital methods can be used to communicate.
• Exhibit: Know that work can be printed. Print their work out for display.