Year1-Addition
Startingwithpracticalobjectsandpictures:
Thiswillbeusedtofindatotalof2amountofobjectsas
wellas1more/1less,10more/10less.
Thechildrenhavetoformtheirnumbercorrectlyand
usethe+and=symboltowritenumbersentences.
NumberBonds–Childrenareexpectedtoknowpairs
ofnumbersthatmake10and20withoutusing
apparatustofindtheanswer.E.g.8+2=10
Partitioning-splittingnumbersintotensandones.Thechildrenwillusearangeof
apparatustoshowthis:
Bundlesofstraws:Arrowscards:CubesorDienes:
tens
2
ones
2
Theywillthenusetheseapparatustoadd:
22+14=36
Whentheyaresecureaddingwithpicturesandobjects,theywilluseanumberlineto
jumpintens(t)andones(o).
to
14+13=27
+10
+3
Startonthebiggestnumber(14)andjumpforwardsin‘tens’oncethenjumpforward
in‘ones’threetimes.
Keyvocabulary:numbersentence,partitioning,add,addition,tens,ones,total,
more,plusmake,sum,totalaltogether,onemore,twomore...tenmore...,
Year1-Subtraction
Startingwithpracticalobjectsandpicturesthatcanbecrossedout:
Thechildrenhavetoformtheirnumbercorrectlyanduse
the-and=symboltowritenumbersentences.
Theinverse–whenchildrenstarttobecomesecurewith
theiradditionnumberfactstheythenusethistofindthe
inverse.Forexample,
if8+2=10then10–2=8and10–8=2without
usingapparatustofindtheanswer.
Partitioning-splittingnumbersintotensandones.Thechildrenwillusearangeof
apparatustoshowthis:
Bundlesofstraws:Arrowscards:CubesorDienes:
tens
2
ones
2
Theywillthenusetheseapparatustosubtract:
36-22=14
Whentheyaresecuresubtractingwithpicturesandobjects,theywilluseanumber
linetojumpbackwardsintens(t)andones(o).
-3
-10
to
27-13=14
Startonthebiggestnumber(17)andjumpbackwardsin‘tens’oncethenjump
backwardsin‘ones’threetimes.
Keyvocabulary:numbersentence,partitioning,tens,ones,total,subtract,takeaway,
minus,howmanyareleft/leftover?oneless,twoless,tenless…differencebetween,
Year1–Multiplication
Countingin2,5,10s.startingat0andnoticingthepatternsofthenumbers:
024681012141618202224262830etc.
0510152025303540455055606570etc
0102030405060708090100
Whenconfident,startingatanynumber,fillinginthemissingnumber,counting
backwards.Forexample:
24___810___14161820
152025303540
20181614121086420
Usingthesecountingskillsandobjects/picturestofindatotal:
3x2=64x5=20
2465101520
Arrays–usingcountersasavisualwayofshowingamultiplicationnumbersentence
ingroups.ThiswillbeneartheendofYear1.
6x2=12-6groupsof2is12
Repeatedaddition–understanding
multiplicationasadditionandcounting
in2,5or10tofintheanswer.
2+2+2+2+2+2=12
Keyvocabulary:
numbersentence,groups,multiply,groupsof,lotsof,repeatedaddition,array
Year1–Division
Dividingshapesintoequalpieces:
halfquarter
Divisionofamounts/numbersinYear1isverypractical,usingobjectstoshareout
equally.
10sweetssharedbetween2children:
Eachchildhas5sweets.
Theymayshareoutobjectslikecountersorcubesandthenlearntodrawaccuratelyin
equalgroupsonebyone.
12dividedinto3groupsis4:
Whenchildrenaresecurewith
theconceptofsharing/division,
theyarethenintroducedtothe
symbol.
12÷3=4
Keyvocabulary:
Shared,sharing,numbersentence,equalgroups,dividedby,splitinto,equalgroups,