Welcome to the WPS Teaching and Learning / Curriculum Page.

Throughout the year you will find tips for learning at home and information about aspects of the teaching and learning program at WPS.

Foundation Term 1 Overview

Literacy

Reading

Concepts of Print, such as holding the book the right way up, front cover, back cover, title etc

Turning pages right to left and tracking words from left to right

Recognising the difference between letters, words, numerals, punctuation and sentences

Little Learners Love Literacy Phonics

Writing

Pre-writing patterns

Left to right directionality

Correct pencil grip

Letter and word spacing

Numeracy

Connect number names, numerals, and quantities, including zero, initially up to 10 and then beyond

Counting by naming numbers in sequences, initially to and from 20, moving from any starting point

Subitise small collections of objects

Connect days of the week to familiar events and actions

Compare and order the duration of events using the everyday language of time

Sort, describe and name familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment

Health & History

We Are the Same but Different

Identify personal strengths

Practise personal and social skills to interact with others

My Family, My Community

Identify people and actions that help keep themselves safe and healthy - self, family and community

Differences and similarities in family structures

Year 1/2 Term 1 Overview

Literacy

Reading

Predict what the story may be about by considering; the title of the book, the cover and the illustrations

Expand Vocabulary using a range of adjectives and adverbs

Use prior knowledge to make predictions and connections

Use an increasing range of graphemes, phonemes and letter blends to decode unfamiliar words

Writing

Increase awareness of effective sentence beginnings

Create their own familiar sequence book

Write in-depth, long sentences about a personal item

Use a range adjectives and adverbs to add interest and detail

Effective presentation, including title, correct spacing, careful handwriting and adding appropriate Illustrations

Numeracy

Number sequences to and from 100 by ones from any starting point. Skip count by twos, fives and tens starting from zero

Count collections to 100 by partitioning numbers using place value

Recognise, model, represent and order numbers to at least 1000

Group, partition and rearrange collections up to 1000 in hundreds, tens and ones to facilitate more efficient counting

Tell the time to the half hour

Describe duration using months, weeks, days and hours

Use a calendar to identify the date and determine the number of days in each month

Recognise, model, read, write, and order numbers to at least 100. Locate these numbers on a number line

Identify outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describe them using everyday language such as ‘will happen’, ‘won’t happen’ or ‘might happen’

Describe outcomes as ‘likely’ or ‘unlikely’ and identify some events as ‘certain’ or ‘impossible’.

Health & History

Things I Am Good At and Things That Others Are Good At

Identify personal strengths and describe how these strengths are useful in school or family life

Listen to others’ ideas, and recognise that others may see things differently

My Family, My Community

How family, friends and communities commemorate events that are important to them

Differences and similarities in family structures

Calendar Dates

2023

MARCH

APRIL