A guide to your child’s experience in Key Stage 1 Welcome to Years 1 & 2 A guide to your child’s experience in Key Stage 1

Supporting the children with the National Curriculum Statutory Requirements EYFS Profile at the end of the Reception Year Year 1 Phonics Screening SATs at the end of Years 2 and 6

The Curriculum in Key Stage 1 In Ladybird and Caterpillar Class, our curriculum aims to be creative, practical, enquiring and energetic. Childhood research suggests that children develop in ways which lend themselves towards to a practical approach until the age of approximately 6—7 years old and they are then ready for a more formal approach to their learning.  

What does the learning look like? Personal, Social and Health Education English Maths Science RE PE Topic Work Computing Primary Languages Assessment is ongoing and planning the teaching considers the individual needs of each of the children.

Ways you can help at home Reading – A little every day really does go a long way and helps to establish good routines for the future. Writing – the children use the Cursive style of writing. Spellings using patterns and rules, please practise these as often as you can. Write for lots of different purposes. Maths – encourage your child to help out as much as possible, look out for numbers, values of coins and measurements.

Numbers are everywhere! Cardinal Numbers – for counting 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s (Year 1) 2’s, 3’s, 5’s and 10’s (Year 2) Ordinal Numbers – for ordering Nominal Numbers – for naming

Place Value

Calculations Bar Model

Concrete Pictorial Abstract Using real everyday objects which children know Moving on to pictures to represent those objects Using and recording numbers

Shape, Space, Measures and Geometry Similarities and differences Sorting, organising, grouping, ordering Shape Size Capacity Weight Time Money Position Distance

Using ½ and ¼ and their equivalences Fractions Using ½ and ¼ and their equivalences

Offers of Parent Help are always welcome. As ever, we are always happy to share any queries or concerns you have, so never hesitate to talk to us, the Head or one of the Governors. Offers of Parent Help are always welcome.