St John's CofE Aided Primary School
St John's CofE Aided Primary School is a primary school in Caterham for ages 2 to 11.
Daily practice for St John's CofE Aided Primary School pupils
Daily maths and English that follow the national curriculum for your child's year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 444
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Faith
- Church of England
- Address
- Markfield Road, Caterham, CR3 6RN
- Phone
- 01883 342009
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What each year group is learning
From St John's CofE Aided Primary School's curriculum maps.
ReceptionAutumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Comparing groups using more, fewer and same. Matching and sorting objects. Copying patterns such as AB, AB. Naming shapes such as circles and triangles. Matching and sorting objects in different ways. Counting objects carefully with one to one correspondence. Copying simple AB patterns. Measuring and comparing full, empty, heavy and light. Visualising, building and mapping, including patterns and describing positions. Understanding numbers to 10 and subitising up to 5
- Reading
- Recognising own name on labels or trays. Recapping and learning tricky words such as is, I, the, put, pull, full and as. Learning new tricky words such as was, you, they and are. Reading aloud simple sentences and books consistent with phonic knowledge
- Writing
- Making marks to show ideas and giving meaning to them when talking to an adult. Forming lowercase letters correctly and beginning upper case letters. Using finger spaces and spelling some tricky words. Holding a pencil with a tripod grip in preparation for fluent writing
- Phonics
- Learning the first set of new graphemes, including s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d, g, o, c, k, ck, e, u, r, h, b, f, l. Learning the new graphemes ff, ll, ss, j, v, w, x, y, z, qu, ch, sh, th, ng and nk. Learning new graphemes such as ai, ee, igh and oa. Saying a sound for each letter and at least 10 digraphs
- Science
- Noticing changes in weather and seasons. Caring for the world and what makes it wonderful. Describing the natural world around them
- History
- Talking about past and present events
- Art
- Exploring paint, glue and different tools. Talking about their drawings and marks
- Design and technology
- Using tools safely such as scissors, glue and paint
- Music
- Joining in with songs and actions
- PE
- Finding a space and keeping it as their own. Following pathways around cones or markers. Balancing, taking weight on body parts and jumping and landing safely
- RE
- Asking what makes each person special and unique. Exploring what the Bible says about how God created each person and feels about them. Exploring where we each belong and what it means to belong to a Church of England school. Considering how we should value each other. Why Christmas is special for Christians. What the special story celebrated at Christmas by Christians is. Why Jesus is a special person for Christians. How different people in the class celebrate Christmas. The Christian creation story and what it teaches about how people should live. Why special places, objects and people matter to some people
- PSHE
- Understanding differences and knowing everyone is special. Being kind by sharing or helping. Showing kindness by helping or sharing
- Other
- Talking about things they do at home. Exploring classroom resources safely. Talking about something they like or notice. Learning about special places and past lives of famous people
Year 1Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Summer 2 and Spring 2 and Autumn 1
- Maths
- Recognising all coins. Telling the time to o'clock and half past the hour. Naming the days of the week and months of the year
- English
- Forming capital letters and digits 0-9
- Reading
- Reading compound words and words that end with s, -ing, -ed, -est. Making predictions about events in a text. Checking that reading makes sense
- Writing
- Sequencing sentences to form a narrative
- Science
- Carrying out simple tests and making observations with simple equipment. Identifying and classifying things. Everyday materials. Animals, including sensitive bodies and comparing animals. Plants, introduction to plants. Investigating science through stories
- History
- How toys have changed. How explorers have changed the world
- Geography
- Our school name and the local area
- Computing
- Computing systems and networks, improving mouse skills
- Art
- Colour splash painting and mixed media. Puppet textiles. Drawing lines and shapes. Sculpture and 3D paper play
- Design and technology
- Mechanisms, including matching slider game. Cooking smoothies. Wheels and axles mechanisms
- Music
- Keeping the pulse, My Favourite Things. Sound patterns through fairytales. Nativity songs
- PE
- Ball skills and fundamentals. Invasion games
- RE
- Remembering a Christian story and talking about it. Recognising religious art, symbols and words. Why Jesus told stories
- PSHE
- Celebrating difference. Dreams and goals. Healthy me. Changing me
Year 2
- Maths
- Reading and writing numbers to at least 100 in numerals and words. Recognising odd and even numbers to 100. Counting in steps of 2, 3 and 5 from 0. Adding and subtracting two-digit numbers and ones, tens and two-digit numbers. Adding three 1-digit numbers. Solving problems involving addition and subtraction. Telling and writing the time to 5 minute intervals
- Reading
- Reading for meaning and checking the text makes sense. Talking about and giving opinions on a range of texts. Retelling stories, including fairy stories and traditional tales. Answering and asking questions about books. Making predictions based on what has been read
- Writing
- Planning and discussing the content of writing. Evaluating writing independently. Using subordination, expanded noun phrases and present and past tense verbs
- Phonics
- Blending sounds in words with the graphemes learnt. Reading alternative sounds for graphemes. Reading words of two or more syllables. Reading common suffixes. Reading common exception words
- Science
- Asking simple scientific questions. Using simple equipment to make observations. Carrying out simple tests. Identifying and classifying things. Suggesting what has been found out and using simple data to answer questions
- RE
- Identifying symbols used by Christians and other religious groups
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Reception Curriculum page and the school's Year 1 Curriculum page and the school's Year 2 Curriculum page. The maps: Autumn 1, Autumn 2, Spring 1, Summer 2, Summary of Year 1 objectives can be found here, Overview of learning, Summary of Year 2 core learning objectives can be found here.
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 125164. Checked 9 November 2026.
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