What skills to revise during the holidays? 

During the holidays, it would be greatly appreciated if you could revise the following:

Mathematics

Year One

Number and Algebra

• Reading, writing and ordering numbers to 100.
• Making and drawing collections to 50.
• Locating numbers 1 to 100 on the number line.
• Orally counting to 200 and from 100 from any starting point.
• Orally counting starting from 0 by 2s, 5s and 10s to 100.
• Reading the word numerals for 1 to 20.
• Reading and understanding basic facts to 20 (addition).
• Representing and solving simple addition and subtraction problems to 30 using concrete materials, illustrations and counting on.  

Measurement and Geometry

• Naming and ordering the days of the week and months of the year.
• Naming the seasons.
• Knowing the duration of an hour, day, week and month.

Statistics and Probability

• Identifying outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describing them using everyday language such as “will happen”, “won’t happen” or “might happen”.

English

Year One

• Identifying constant digraphs, which are two letters coming together to make one sound (sh, ch, th, wh and ck).
• Identifying trigraphs, which are three letters coming together to make one new sound (ang, ing and ong).
• Recognising the first 200 high frequency words (fast and consistent).
• Identifying and using nouns and verbs correctly in sentences.
• Providing examples of antonyms and synonyms.
• Spelling the first 150 high frequency words.
• Applying blends and digraphs, when writing. 
• Writing recounts, with neat writing and approximately one page in length.
• Identifying when, who, what, where and why in a sentence (underline the areas).
• Using full stops, capital letters, question marks and exclamation marks appropriately.

Kind regards

Miss Ryan