By the end of Reception, children who are working at age related expectations should be able to:

Reading

• Read some common irregular words.
• Use phonic knowledge to decode regular words and read aloud accurately.
• Identify rhymes and alliteration.
• Join in with rhyming patterns.
• Read and understand simple sentences.
• Demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.
• Make basic predictions.
• Identify start and end of a sentence.

Writing

• Write simple sentences which can be read by themselves and others.
• Use capital letters and full stops to demarcate sentences.
• Write demarcated sentences.
• Use correct pencil grip.
• Write name (correct upper and lower case).
• Use correct letter formation for familiar words.

Mathematics

• Count reliably to 20.
• Order numbers 1 – 20.
• Say 1 more/1 less to 20.
• Add and subtract two single digit numbers.
• Count on/back to find the answer.