Literacy

• Sounds Write - Up to Unit 7 (Initial Code)
• Recognise the symbols and know the sounds that each symbol represents.
• Blend sounds for reading the words in Units 1-7.
• Listening and responding to a range of poems, rhymes and Spring/Easter stories
• Genre: Persuasive Writing - to begin to be able to say that the features of a persuasive text,  manipulate the reader and have a title.
• Develop increasing competence in the use of grammar and punctuation. Focus on capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.
• Using correct letter formation, sizing, orientation and recognition of lower and upper case letters
• Writing simple sentences using their knowledge of sounds, but spelling some key words correctly.

Numeracy 

• Count forwards/backwards from a given number.
• Know the number 1/2 more than or less than a given number. 
• Addition within 10 - Know number bonds up to the story of 8.
• Subtract two numbers practically by taking away.
• Read and write number names one to ten/eleven up to twenty.
• Create simple repeating patterns.
• Recognise and count coins in everyday use- 1p, 2p, 5p.
• Know the names of the days of the week and sequence correctly.
• Understand language associated with length e.g. longer than/shorter than, height.
• Collect, organise and record data using a pictograph. 
• To begin to understand and use mathematical language when talking about their work.