• Create and read words using the phonic sounds of letters as they are introduced
• Create and read words using the phonic sounds of diagraphs as they are introduced
• Sight read 100 high frequency words that are introduced
• Form sentences using the vocabulary learnt

In numeracy, children will be able to:

• Identify opposites: front - behind, above - below, right - left, near - far, top - bottom - middle and high - low
• Identify shapes: cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, cuboid and 3D diamond (no theories)
• Identify tertiary colours: chartreuse, amber, vermillion, magenta, violet and teal
• Rote count from 1 to 100
• Sight read numbers 1 to 100
• Count objects
• Sight read and write number words upto fifty
• Sight read and write ordinal number words: first to tenth
• Understand the concepts of:
o Single digit addition word sentences
o Single digit subtraction word sentences
o Repeated addition (step towards multiplication)
o Fractions
o Forming equal groups (step towards division)
o Time