Key Stage 1 · Year 1 · ages 5 or 6
Year 1 maths: what your child learns
In Year 1 children count to 100 in ones, twos, fives and tens, learn number bonds within 20, and meet halves and quarters of shapes and amounts. They also compare lengths, weights and capacities, tell the time to the hour and half past, recognise coins and notes, name 2-D and 3-D shapes and describe turns. Much of the work uses real objects and pictures, with written number sentences introduced alongside.
Guides for parents
Year 1 maths
Adding and subtracting within 20
How Year 1 children learn number bonds to 10 and 20, add and subtract within 20, use the equals sign and solve missing number problems, with ideas for home.
Year 1 maths
Halves and quarters
What Year 1 children learn about halves and quarters of shapes, lengths and sets of objects, with a worked example, common mistakes and easy ideas to try at home.
Year 1 maths
Position, direction and turns
How Year 1 children describe where things are, give simple directions and describe whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns, with a worked example and ideas for home.
Year 1 maths
2-D and 3-D shapes
How Year 1 children learn to recognise and name flat 2-D shapes and solid 3-D shapes, what the curriculum requires, common mistakes and simple shape hunts to try at home.
Year 1 maths
Length, mass, capacity, time and money
What Year 1 children learn about measuring length, weight and capacity, telling the time to the hour and half past, days and months and coins, with ideas for home.
Year 1 maths
Grouping, sharing and doubling
How Year 1 children meet multiplication and division through equal groups, sharing, arrays and doubling, with a worked example, common mistakes and ideas for home.
Year 1 maths
Counting and numbers to 100
How Year 1 children count to 100, read and write numbers in numerals and words, find one more and one less, and count in 2s, 5s and 10s, with ideas for home.
Everything in the Year 1 maths curriculum
The National Curriculum topics for Year 1, in the order the National Curriculum lists them.