Ready for School
Five-year old's come to school with a variety of different skills
The following is a guide only, which will enable your child to adjust more readily into school routines
- Recognise their name
Follow three simple instructions
Be able to write their name in lower case letters eg. Jim or Jessica
Know how to blow their nose
Know how to use the toilet, including flushing and washing and drying hands
Know how to correctly hold and use scissors, pencils, crayons, felts, paintbrushes
Know how to sit and listen to stories
Knows alphabet and recognises some individual letters
Knows counting to ten and recognise some numerals
Knows basic colours and different shapes
During their first year at school your child may learn to
Read up to half a dozen sentences on a page
Write three or four sentences using spelling approximations
Add and subtract to 9 and be learning numbers to 20
Develop co-ordination skills through fitness and Physical Education
How to be responsible about their own well-being
