The journey
From first sounds to the big year
Seven classes. 744 skills. One patient friend at every step. Here is what your child learns on the island, class by class.
Reception
Reception112 skills
Age 4 to 5
First sounds, first words.
- All 42 letter sounds, in Jolly Phonics order
- Blending sounds to read their very first words
- Counting, comparing and numbers to 20
- Shapes, patterns and listening to stories
The evening they point at a word and read it to you, all by themselves.
Infants A
Infants A118 skills
Age 5 to 6
Reading takes off.
- New spellings like igh, air and ear, and the tricky words
- Adding and taking away within 20, and making 10
- Tens and ones to 100; counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
- Barbados coins and notes
- Capital letters, full stops and first sentences
Reading every sign out loud on the drive to school.
Infants B
Infants B126 skills
Age 6 to 7
Confidence grows.
- Place value to 100
- The 2, 5 and 10 times tables
- Telling the time to quarter past and quarter to
- Making amounts of money in different ways
- Apostrophes, ABC order and the tion spelling
Counting out the right change at the shop, and grinning about it.
Class 1
Class 1102 skills
Age 7 to 8
Thinking bigger.
- Numbers to 1,000, with column adding and taking away
- Short multiplication and more times tables
- Fractions, measures and how long things take
- Adding dollars and cents
- Finding facts in a text
Working out how long until the bus comes, before you do.
Class 2
Class 2101 skills
Age 8 to 9
Ready for harder work.
- Column methods with 4-digit numbers
- Times tables to 12 × 12 and factor pairs
- Decimals: tenths and hundredths
- Roman numerals, symmetry and angles
- Fronted adverbials and Standard English
Homework they used to dread, finished with time to spare.
Class 3
Class 391 skills
Age 9 to 10
Strong foundations.
- Fractions, decimals and percentages
- Short division, and what a remainder means
- Angles, line graphs and timetables
- Similes, metaphors and reading between the lines
Explaining a fraction problem to you, slowly, so you understand it too.
Class 4
Class 494 skills
Age 10 to 11
The big year.
- Ratio, algebra and formulae
- Every kind of fraction: compare, add, multiply and divide
- Volume, coordinates and angles in shapes
- Colons, semicolons, hyphens and bullet points
- Composition: planning and writing a full piece
Walking into the Common Entrance calm, because they are ready.
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