Beachlands School .::. Home Learning

Year 1	Year 2
Maths: Number recognition to 10. Sets of objects up to 10. Number before and after in this range. Play number games. Look for opportunities to extend oral language and Maths through everyday experiences. E.g. Everybody is having 2 potatoes for dinner. How many potatoes will we need?	Maths: Basic Facts weekly practice of the number Support your child to make and learn the family of facts for the number indicated eg. 6 2+4=6 4+2=6 6-2=4 6-4=2 5+1=6... 3+3=6... 6+0=6... extension of this 20+40=60, 200+400=600 and 2x3=6 3x2=6 6 divided by 2=3 Create little problems for them to solve eg Jane has 2 dolls and Sam gives her 4 more. How many does Jane have now?
Home Reader: A home reader will go home every day. Read with your child each day. Look for sounds in words, little words in big words. E.g. How many letters do you know on this page? You have been learning about the letter 's', see how many you can find on this page. inside, shoe. How many words can you read in this book? Can you see the little words in the the big words? begin - be, in.	Home Readers: Things to do... They read to you, you read to them. Ask your child to retell story - the main ideas in sequence who the characters are what do they think about the story Identify language features: Find a capital letter a full stop, question mark, exclamation mark talk about why they are used find compound words like - into, inside find a word that means ... on page... find the opposite of - up find blends, gr, fl* or words with endings- ing, ly Make list of new words and talk about what they mean. Notice the author and illustrator, do you know of other books they have done?
	News Focus: *Each week a child's piece of writing will be published on the Our Writing Page. Find out who wrote the latest work, write it in your homework for this week and get 50 House Points. Be creative! Support your child to learn how to present information How to speak using: good eye contact a clear voice use of gestures and expression a visual tool that has been made, poster, chart, photos... They need to be proud and confident of their item.