Key focus areas for home learning - KS1 & KS2

Key areas to focus on for Key Stage 1

• Reading skills - Reading underpins everything, particularly during home learning when your child will need to read a lot of the instructions that are given to them. Keeping reading fun is really important so remember to give your child a wide variety of reading experiences. Listening to stories together is extremely beneficial for your child as well as being a nice activity to do together


• Counting - Many areas in mathematics are made easier when we have a good knowledge of patterns of numbers. Counting forwards and backwards in different steps (1s, 2,s , 5s, 10s etc) is really important and can be done absolutely anywhere


• Writing - Learning to write can be really tricky, especially when there is so much to remember. Encouraging your children to have a go and to write their ideas down is really important. Committing their ideas to paper can be challenge but it will get much easier with practise. Having a jotter or a journal for Free Writing is extremely worthwhile


• Building independence - In any age group, children learning to be independent is key, but it is even more so as they move towards the end of Key Stage 1. Allowing them the chance to work independently and to work through challenges before asking for help is really important. We learn the most from mistakes that we make, so it is perfectly normal to allow our children to get something wrong as they will learn from it