Five Elms Primary School

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

 They take account of one another’s ideas about how to organise their activity.

 Children are confident to try new activities, and say why they like some activities more than others.

 Children talk about how they and others show feelings, talk about their own and others’ behaviour, and its consequences, and know that some behaviour is unacceptable.

How you can help your child at home

 Allow your child to plan, develop and represent their own ideas in activities at home.

Communication and Language Development

 Children listen attentively in a range of situations and ask questions.

 They answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions about their experiences and in response to stories or events.

 They use past, present and future forms correctly when talking about events

How you can help your child at home

 Talk with children about what they are doing, how they plan to do it, what worked well and what they would change next time.

Physical Development

 They handle equipment and tools effectively.

 Children know the importance for good health of physical exercise, and a healthy diet, and talk about ways to keep healthy and safe.

How you can help your child at home

 Encourage your child to engage in activities that involve manipulating small tools such as drawing, writing, painting and cutting.

 Talk about healthy and unhealthy foods.

Mathematics

 Problem solving using money

 They solve problems, including sharing

How you can help your child at home

 Encourage children to describe problems they encounter, and to suggest ways to solve the problem.

Literacy

 Making their own books and writing in them.

 Reading simple that contain high frequency words.

How you can help your child at home

 Encourage your child to practise reading out loud and writing simple sentences.

Understanding the World

 They know about similarities and differences between themselves and others.

 They make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

 Children recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools.

How you can help your child at home

 Plan linked experiences that follow the ideas children are really thinking about.

Expressive Arts and Design

 Children sing songs, make music and dance, and experiment with ways of changing them.

 Describing different textures

How you can help your child at home

 Planning, making decisions about how to approach a task, solve a problem and reach a goal.