KS1 Curriculum Letter
Literacy
Reception
Learn new sounds and introduce some tricky words.
Write own name.
Recognise own name.
Write with good pencil control.
Listen to stories.
Use role play to retell stories.
Year 1
Composing a sentence orally before writing it
Sequencing sentences to form short narratives
Re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense
Leaving spaces between words
Begin to punctuate sentences using a capital letter and a full stop,
question mark or exclamation mark
Using a capital letter for names of people, places, the days of the
week, and the personal pronoun ‘I’
Year 2
Writing narratives and non-fiction
Writing for different purposes
Make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing
by:
Evaluating their writing with the teacher and other pupils
Re-reading to check that their writing makes sense
Proof-reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation
[for example, ends of sentences punctuated correctly]
Read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make
the meaning clear.
Numeracy
Reception
Recite numbers to 10
Recognise numerals to 5 and begin to recognise numerals to 10
Count up to five objects in a set and begin to count larger sets
Count up to five objects from a set
Match items to numbers using one-to-one correspondence
Match numerals to a set
Count along a 1–10 number track
Estimate a set of objects, sounds, actions or images up to 10
Recite numbers to 20
Conserve numbers up to 10
Year 1
Count up to 20 objects (match number to object);
Estimate and count up to 30 objects;
Count on and back and order numbers to 10;
Recognise domino/dice arrays without counting;
Identify a number 1 more and 1 less (next number in count)
Find pairs that make 5, 6, and 10,
Find missing numbers in number sentences
Double numbers 1 to 5; find 1 and 2 more;
Recognise, 2D shapes and sort according to their properties,
Using Venn diagrams and Carroll diagrams
Read and write numbers and number-names to 20;
Describe position and direction using common words (including half
turns);
Compare lengths and heights;
Estimate, compare and measure lengths using uniform non-standard
and standard units
Add and subtract 1, 2, 3 or more by counting back
Recognise coins and know values (up to £2);
Year 2
Estimate and count a number of objects up to 100;
Locate numbers on 0−100 beaded lines and 1−100 squares;
Compare pairs of numbers and find a number in between;
Order three numbers, order 2-digit numbers
Revise number bonds to 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;
Know number bonds to 10 and begin to learn related subtraction facts;
Know multiple of 10 number bonds to 100, learn bonds to 20, rehearse
number bonds to 10 and 20 using stories
Double numbers to double 15, use patterns in number bonds, use
number bonds to solve more difficult additions, to subtract and to solve
additions bridging 10
Begin using < and > signs, find 1 and 10 more or less using the 100square, find 10 more and 10 less than any 2-digit number
Science
Seasonal Changes
Look at seasonal change in the nature.
Weather patterns.
Foods and farms - Plants
Observe and describe how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
Find out and describe how plants need water, light and a suitable
temperature to grow and stay healthy.
Working scientifically
i) asking simple questions and recognising that they can be
answered in different ways
ii) observing closely, using simple equipment.
iii) performing simple tests.
iv) identifying and classifying
v) using their observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions
RE
Leaders and teachers
Who is an inspiring person?
Celebrations
How and why celebrations are important in religion?
Use some religious words and phrases
Can recall religious stories and recognise symbols,
Suggest meanings for religious actions and symbols Identify how
religion is expressed in different ways
Their own experiences and feelings, in relation to religion and belief
What they find interesting or puzzling in relation to religion and belief
what is of value and concern to themselves and to others
Ask, and respond sensitively to, questions about their own and others ‟
experiences and feelings,
PE
Coordination: Floor Movement Patterns
Static Balance: 1 Leg Standing
Dynamic Balance to Agility
Static Balance: Small Base
Year R/1
I can follow instructions, practise safely and work on simple tasks by
myself.
I can work sensibly with others, taking turns and sharing.
Year 2
I try several times if at first I don’t succeed and I ask for help when
appropriate.
I can help praise and encourage others in their learning.
Computing
Multimedia and Word Processing
Reception
Become familiar with what a computer is and what they can be used
for.
Understand that devices respond to commands.
Talk about their use of ICT and other ways of finding information.
Year 1
Develop familiarity with the keyboard – spacebar, backspace, shift,
enter, to provide text on screen that is clear and error free
Select appropriate images
Use pre-defined layouts or templates for presentations
Begin to explain reasons why choices have been made to teacher or
talk partner
Year 2
Begin to word process short narrative and non-narrative texts
Save, print, retrieve and amend their work
Use the mouse or arrow keys to insert words and sentences
Use appropriate editing tools to improve their work
Use different layouts and templates for different purposes
Art/DT
3D Art and Musical Instruments
To use a range of materials creatively to design and make products
To use drawing, painting and sculpture to develop and share their
ideas, experiences and imagination
To develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour,
pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space
Music
Recognise a phrase length and know when to breathe
Recognise hand gestures and listen to others
Sing with a sense of awareness of pulse, control and pitch.
Control rhythm.
Understanding of higher and lower.
Control some expressive elements when singing.
To identify sounds, to recall and remember short sound sequences.
History
Famous People – Guy Fawkes
Find out about events beyond living memory that are significant
nationally or globally
Look at the lives of significant individuals in the past who have
contributed to national and international achievements. Some should
be used to compare aspects of life in different periods
Geography
Capital Cities – London
Name, locate and identify characteristics
Understand geographical similarities and differences through studying
the human and physical geography.
Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks
and basic human and physical features; devise a simple map; and use
and construct basic symbols in a key.