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Learning in Year 1

Dolphins Class September 2017

• All subjects in the National Curriculum
• English – speaking and listening, reading and

writing

• Maths
• Science
• Art and design, computing, design technology,

geography, history, music, PE

• French or Spanish (in Key Stage 2)

What we learn

Reading scheme

Our books are

• rganised into book
• bands. Children

work through these book bands as they learn to read.

Reading

By the end of Year 1 we hope that children will be reading books from the blue, green

• r orange book bands.

Band 2 – Red

Band 3 – Yellow

Band 4 – Blue

Band 5 – Green

Band 6 – Orange

Band 7 – Turquoise

Band 8 – Purple

Phonics

• The sounds that letters make
• Sounds are blended together to make words

wish = w-i-sh chin = ch-i-n

• Sounds should be said properly – imagine

that you are saying the word in slow motion

• There is more information in your child’s

reading record book

Recognising words

• Lots of words cannot be sounded out
• Your child may be given these words on

flashcards so that they can practise reading them

• The words your child should be able to read at

the end of each year group are shown in the reading record

Rising Stars reading tests

• Talk about books, stories and information
• Read to your child at home
• Read with your child at home
• Ask questions
• Look at and talk about words that

you see in the real world

How you can help your child with reading

Useful questions

• What happens in the story?
• What is the book about?
• Who is in the story?
• What do you think this character is like? How do you know?
• What do you think will happen next?
• What is the title of the story?
• Is this book fiction or non-fiction? How do you know?
• What did you learn in the book?
• What is your favourite part of the story? Why?
• Who is your favourite character? Why?

Writing

Key skills in Year 1. Children…

• Talk about their writing
• Leave spaces between their words
• Try to write one or more sentences
• Use capital letters and full stops
• Start to use ? and ! Correctly
• Use sounds well to spell words
• Spell most of the ‘tricky’ words for Year 1
• Use ‘and’ to join ideas
• Put words and sentences into order
• Shape letters and numbers properly
• Choose words carefully
• Write work that can be read and understood by other people

Writing

• Help them to learn spellings
• Help them to sound out words carefully to

write them

• Talk about stories
• Encourage them to find out about new words
• Notice and talk about punctuation in the real

world

How you can help your child with writing

Maths

Key skills in Year 1. Children…

• Count forwards and backwards up to and beyond

100

• Count, read and write numbers up to 100
• Use maths words confidently and explain what they

are doing or thinking

• Solve + and – number sentences
• Count on in steps of 1, 2, 5 and 10
• Start to understand multiplication and division
• Find and recognise ½ and ¼
• Know the value of different coins and notes
• Measure time, length, capacity, mass
• Name and describe 2D and 3D shapes

Rising Stars maths tests

• Give your child opportunities to handle

money, learn to tell the time and understand it

• Involve your child in measuring things
• Notice and talk about numbers, measures and

shapes in the real world

• Ask questions and talk about number

problems

How you can help your child with maths

Assessment