Being Ready for School

Parental guide for school entrant skills:

                            Reading

• Will happily sit and listen to a story.
• Know we read from front to back of a book and from left to right on a page.
• Know the sounds for 10 letters.
• Can retell a story using pictures.
• Can suggest a rhyming word to complete the pattern, e.g. "Jack and Jill went up the hill____"

                          Writing

• Can hold a writing tool securely, approximating the correct grip.
• Can write an approximation of their name with most letters correct.
• Draw pictures about their experiences.
• Attempts to form letters and shapes to convey a message.
• Attempts to read back their writing.

                                         Oral

• Speak in a sentence.
• Recount a personal experience.
• Listen and respond to two-part instructions.
• Able to answer a question with a relevant sentence.
• Able to ask for help when needed.

                          Maths

• Say numbers from 1 to 10 in the correct order.
• Make sets to 5 using 1-1 matching.
• Recognise numerals to 5.
• Know basic colours, and shapes and can sort objects by colour, shape or size.
• Can use positional words correctly, e.g above, below, beside, under, in front, behind.

 Adapted from Otonga School.