Key Stage 1 · Year 1 · ages 5 or 6

Year 1 English: what your child learns

In Year 1 children learn to read by blending the 40-plus sounds of English, and to spell those sounds, the days of the week and tricky words. They form letters and digits, say a sentence aloud before writing it, and start using capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks. Books matched to the sounds they know build fluency, and the phonics screening check takes place in June.