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Each half-term, every class in the school focuses on one key area of maths, based on
strengths and weaknesses identified by all of our teachers at the start of the year. Your
child’s targets are explained over the page, along with some ideas for how you can
support your child with them at home. The targets are split into 3 sections - the
‘Should’ target is age-related, based on national standards for maths, and is the point
most children should reach. For some children maths can be difficult and therefore they
are targeted to get the ‘Must’. For others who really excel at maths there is the ‘Could’
target, which challenges them to work at a higher level.
Each class also selects a key set of number facts - their ’Learn-Its’ - which they
practice every day. These are explained below, and again it would be a huge help if you
could spend a few minutes every day helping your child to learn these.
Learn-Its: Bonds to 10
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This half-term, we are working on two of our number bonds to 10:
2 + 8 = 10, 1 + 9 = 10
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Here a few things you could try together at home:
 Write-out number facts with finger paints, chalk or water-ontarmac, or make them from playdoh or fridge magnets.
 Chant, sing, whisper... Say number facts out loud together whenever you have the
chance - silly voices and silly ways to say them really stick in the memory.
 Practice number bonds by rolling a dice to pick random numbers - what do we add to
the number we’ve rolled to make 10?
 Count fingers and toes to practice counting to 10, then make up problems involving
number bonds to 10, eg: If I’m holding 4 fingers up, how many are down? I’ve got
rings on two fingers - how many don’t have rings?
 Can we find any front doors on our street where the numbers add up to 10?
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Maths Targets
Introduction to concept of targets;
Must
Should
Could
I can recognise and
order numbers to 20
I can recognise and order
numbers beyond 20
I can write numbers
to 20
I can write numbers
beyond 20
Note on age related expectations
I can use
number names to
count objects
How you can help:
Count anything and everything - houses on the way to School,
footsteps on the way to bed, shoes in the house, players on the
team, objects in the shopping trolley, claps, nods... It doesn’t
matter what, just find opportunities to count as often as you
can. Check that your child recognises that the last number
you’ve said is the total number counted.
Look for numbers in the natural environment - helping your child to
understand that numbers are all around them and always have the
same meaning (if I say I have 5 ‘things’, everyone else knows
what that means, no matter what the ‘thing’ is).
Put a pack of cards into order, recognising and ordering numbers, and linking these to
the number of hearts / clubs etc pictured on the card.
Practice writing numbers in sand, salt or water, or try making numbers out of groups
of pebbles. Help your child to make sure their numbers are the right way
round, too - it’s much easier to address this now while they’re still
learning patterns, shapes and hand movements, rather than later
when ideas are ’fixed’
This target is all about matching objects to a number, so practice
counting out specific numbers - can you make a group of 7 teddies?
What can you make from just 14 bits of Lego? Can you pair-up 16
socks while we sort the laundry?
Make number trains: to
practice counting:
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