
Parents’ Guide to Key Stage 1 Year 1 learning objectives
Core Subjects
English
In Year 1 everything starts to become a little more formal, as the freedom and play of Reception are replaced with more organised activities. Here are the topics your child will learn in their more structured English lessons.
Literacy is a daily lesson, made up of three aspects taught over the week:
Reading
Writing
Speaking and listening
Reading in Year 1 – your child will:
be able to use their phonic knowledge to read words
know all the 40+ phonemes (sounds) and know which letters or groups of letters correspond to them
read words with -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings
read a range of poems, stories and non-fiction and talk about them
answer questions about what they have read and what it means
be able to re-tell stories that they know
correct their own inaccurate reading
Writing in Year 1 – your child will:
learn/revise to spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught
learn to write the days of the week
learn to add suffixes, word endings (such as -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est) and also learn about the prefix un-
form all lower case and upper case letters, plus the digits 0 to 9
join clauses in a sentence using the word 'and'
punctuate sentences using capitals, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks
sequence stories to form short narratives
start to understand how to make their sentences interesting
discuss what they have written with others
Spelling in Year 1
Year 1 is a foundation year for spelling, with children being taught important spelling patterns and exception words as well as how split digraphs work. We explain how you can support your child's Y1 spelling learning at home with an understanding of the curriculum and practical worksheets and activities.
In Year 1, children will be doing lots of phonics work to help them with their spelling. This phonics work will consist of looking at how different sounds are spelled in different words.
Children will go over all the phonemes (sounds) they learned in Reception. They will learn both digraphs (sounds made by two letters, such as 'ee' or 'ir') and trigraphs (sounds made by three letters, such as 'igh' and 'tch’).
They will look at how the same sounds can be made by different groups of letters, for example:
oy and oi (as in 'toy' and 'coin')
ai and ay (as in 'rain' and 'say')
ir, er and ur (as in 'dirt', 'fern' and 'turn')
ow and ou (as in 'cow' and 'round')
ow and oe (as in 'flow' and 'toe')
ue and ew (as in 'glue' and 'flew')
ie and igh (as in 'pie' and 'sigh')
or, ore and aw (as in 'for', 'more' and 'raw')
air and are (as in 'fair' and 'dare')
They will also look at how the same groups of letters can make different sounds, for example:
ea in 'bead' and 'bread'
oo in 'food' and 'wood'
ear in 'bear' and 'fear'
Year 1 children will also learn about split digraphs. As mentioned earlier, a digraph is two letters that make up one sound. Sometimes, when the digraph is made up of two vowels, a consonant appears between the two vowels, splitting up the digraph. For example, the word 'bite' is made up of the sounds 'b', 'ie' and 't', however, the 't' in this word splits up the vowel digraph 'ie', so that it is spelt 'bite'. Here are some other examples of split digraphs:
o_e as in 'rope'
a_e as in 'tape'
e_e as in 'theme'
u_e as in 'tune'
As well as their phonics learning, Year 1 children will learn spellings of words that have particular patterns, for example:
Words ending ff, ck, zz, ll, ss such as 'fluff', 'luck', 'buzz', 'fill' and 'kiss'
Words ending nk such as 'bunk' and 'sink'
Words with two syllables, such as 'ticket' and 'kitchen'
Words ending ve such as 'have' and 'live'
Adding -es to the end of plurals and verbs, for example: 'hutch' becomes 'hutches' and 'stitch' becomes 'stitches'
Adding -ing, -ed and -er to words, such as: 'jump' which changes to 'jumping', 'jumped' and 'jumper'
Adding 'er' and 'est' to adjectives to make the comparative and superlative form, such as 'kind' which changes to 'kinder' and 'kindest'
Words ending y, such as 'happy' and 'funny'
Words containing ph or wh, such as 'telephone' and 'which'
Adding the prefix un- to change the meaning of a word, for example: 'fit' to 'unfit'
Compound words, which are words made up of two short words, such as 'football' and 'playground'
Children will also be taught what are now referred to as 'common exception words' (sometimes called tricky words). These are words commonly found in the English language, but which do not follow the phonic rules that have been taught so far. Examples of these in Year 1 are: 'were', 'once', 'school', 'house'.
We focus on phonetic spelling in Year 1 and trying out the range of spellings and patterns. Children are expected to choose between possible spellings and mistakes within the possibility range are allowed.
Mathematics
During KS1, it’s important for your child to get to grips with maths in a very practical, hands-on way. Working individually, as a class and in groups, they will be investigating, counting, playing number games and using everyday objects to help them solve problems and do simple calculations. As they start to become more familiar with the language used in maths, they will be encouraged to talk about their methods for solving problems and presenting their results.
The maths your child will be doing at school can easily be practised at home – you don’t need to be an expert – and it will really help them to learn. As well as doing maths informally at home, you may also have maths homework, which will probably be a simple worksheet, reinforcing the work they have been doing in class that week.
In Year 1 Maths your child will be:
Number and place value
Counting up to 100 forwards and backwards
Reading and writing numbers up to 100
Reading and writing numbers up to 20 in words
Counting on and back in twos, fives and tens
Using a number line to put numbers in the correct order
Recognising patterns in numbers
Recognising odd and even numbers
Estimating amounts of objects and then counting to check
Calculating
Learning simple addition and subtraction
Recognising mathematical words and symbols
Using money – paying and giving change
Learning which pairs of numbers add up to 20 (number bonds)
Doubling and halving
Finding a quarter of a quantity
Working out multiplication and division questions using objects to group or share out
Measuring
Telling the time to the hour and half hour
Putting the days of the week and months of the year in order
Measuring length, weight and capacity and comparing these measurements
Geometry
Recognising, naming and describing common 2D and 3D shapes
Using shapes to make patterns, models and pictures
Describing whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns
Science
Science is integrated into other subjects and topics throughout the academic year. In Year 1 science-focused lessons, your child will use the following methods, processes and skills:
asking simple questions (for example, what would happen if I didn't give a plant water? What would happen if I tried to bend some plastic).
observing closely, using simple equipment.
identifying and classifying.
using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions.
gathering and recording data to help in answering questions.
Year 1 Science topics
Children will learn about the following subjects:
Plants
Animals, including humans
name common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
name animals that are carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.
compare the structure of different animals.
draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part is associated with each sense.
Everyday materials
name a variety of everyday materials including wood, plastic, glass, metal, water and rock.
describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials.
compare and group materials.
Seasonal changes
Throughout the year Year 1 is also taught such subjects as History, Geography, Computing, Art and Design, Design and Technology which are integrated into daily lessons or into Topic work.
More detailed information regarding Year 1 learning outcomes can be found on the site: http://www.primarycurriculum.me.uk/year1
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