What skills to revise during the holidays?

During the holidays, I will like you to reinforce the following skills with your child.

Mathematics Skills 

Number and Algebra

• Orally count to 200 and from 100 from any starting point.

• Orally counting from 0 by 2s to 100.

• Knowing and using ordinal numbers from 1st to 31st..

• Identifying odd and even numbers to 20. 

• Reading and understanding basic facts to 20 (addition and subtraction).

• Representing and solving simple addition and subtraction problems to 30 using concrete materials, illustrations, counting on, counting back and number bonds. 

• Measurement and Geometry

• Knowing the duration of an hour, day, week and month.

• Telling the time (hour and half hour).

• Recognising and classify 3D shapes using basic attributes and features.

Statistics and Probability

• Choosing simple questions and gathering responses to collect data.

• Draw simple data displays.

• Representing data with objects and drawings (one to one correspondence).

English Skills

• Identifying R- Controlled Vowels, which is when 'Bossy r' bosses the vowel to make a new sound (ir, ur, er (fern), er (mother), ar and or).

• Recognising the first 200 high frequency words (fast and consistent).

• Use adjectives, nouns and verbs correctly in sentences.

• Providing examples of homophones.  

• Spelling the first 150 high frequency words.

• Writing recounts and procedures, with neat writing and approximately one page in length.

• Using full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks appropriately. 

Kind regards

Miss Ryan