Curriculum

 

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