1. Church Hill Infant School
Year 1 Expectations

2. Useful Information
Label Uniforms/PE Kit
Punctuality & Attendance
Holidays
Book bag in school everyday
Homework- reading and phonics focus this term
Star readers- gold, silver, bronze certificates
PE Kit – Promote independence/ no earrings or other jewellery
Class assemblies- spring term
Wellington boots
Breakfast Club (8am)

3. Reading
Children working at the expected level by the end of Year 1 will be able to read a range of age appropriate books and be able to apply the following skills
Can read words containing taught GPCs and -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er and -est endings
Can read words with contractions, (I'm, I'll, we'll), and understand the apostrophe represents the omitted letter(s)
Can re-read these books to build up their fluency and confidence in word reading
Is familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics
Can discuss word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known
Can check that the text makes sense to them as they read and corrects inaccurate reading
Can explain clearly what has been read to them.
In discussion with the teacher, the pupil can answer questions and make inferences on the basis of what is being said and done in a familiar book that is read both independently and to them.
Can read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the common graphemes for all 40+ phonemes.
Can read accurately some words of two or more syllables that contain the same grapheme-phoneme correspondences (GPC’s).
Can read many common exception words.
In a book closely matched to the GPC’s as above, the pupil can read aloud many words quickly and accurately without overt sounding and blending.
In a book closely matched to the GPC’s as above, the pupil can sound out many unfamiliar words accurately.

4. For Reading children must be able to…..
…know all their digraphs and tri-graphs.
…use their phonics to read unfamiliar words.
…know their high frequency words (common exception words) automatically.
…be fluent readers.
…be able to answer questions about what they read.
Parent reading session-wk beg
Phonics screening test in June (October meeting)
Fluency 90% , examples of questions

5. Writing
Children working at the expected level by the end of Year 1 will be able to write a narrative about their own and others’ experiences (real and fictional) and show the following skills consistently in their writing:
Can demarcate some sentences with capital letters and full stops.
Can spell the days of the week
Can form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place, and on the line.
Can form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another in some of the writing.
Can use spacing between words.
Can spell common exception words from the Year 1 list.
Can segment spoken words into phonemes (including some phase 5) and represent these by graphemes, spelling some correctly.
Can clearly define upper and lowercase letters
Can clearly define ascenders and descenders.
Can write four or more sensible and coherent sentences
Can re-read what he/she has written to check that it makes sense.
Can use conjunctions in addition to 'and' (so, because, but)
Can use other forms of punctuation to demarcate their writing (? and !)
Can write their own first and surname with appropriate upper and lowercase letters

6. For Writing children must be able to…
…form all letters correctly – clear ascenders and descenders with correct size for upper and lower case, …write full name with the correct formation of letters and capitals in the correct place. ..be able to write sentences correctly with capital letters, spaces, and full stops and check that what they have written makes sense. …use their phonics in their writing. …write the high frequency words (common exception words) independently. …use some conjunctions ( and, but, because, so) …use punctuation ? and ! correctly.
Pen pals

7. Important for children to form letters correctly.
Handwriting
Important for children to form letters correctly.
Penpals
Long ladder family – l, t, i, u, j, y
One-armed robot family – r, b, n, h, m, k, p
Curly caterpillar family – c, a, d, o, s, g, q, e, f
Zig-zag monster family – z, v, w, x

8. Examples of Year 1 writing
From this…..
…to this!

9. From this…..
…to this!

10. Maths
Children working at the expected level by the end of Year 1 will be able to consistently apply the following skills in their independent work:
Can count to 100, forwards from any given number
Can count, read and write numbers from 1 to 100 in numerals and words
Can count backwards from any given number to 100.
Can identify and represent numbers to 100.
Can recognise the place value of each digit in a two-digit number (tens, ones)
Can estimate numbers to 20
Can identify one more and one less of any number to 100
Can count in steps of 2, 5 and 10 from 0
Can represent and use number bonds and related subtraction facts within 20
Can add and subtract numbers to 20, including zero
Can solve missing number problems.
Can read, write and interpret problems involving addition (+), subtraction (–) and equals (=) signs
Can solve one-step problems in addition and subtraction
Can recognise, find and name a half as one of two equal parts of an object, shape or quantity
Can recognise, find and name a quarter as one of four equal parts of an object, shape or quantity
Can solve one-step problems involving multiplication and division.
Can recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes
Can describe position, direction and movement.
Can tell and show the time to the hour and half past the hour.
Can recognise and use language relating to dates.
Can compare, describe and solve practical problems for time.
Can sequence events in chronological order using language
Can measure and begin to record measures.
Can compare, describe and solve practical problems involving measures
Can recognise and know the value of different coins and notes
Can solve one-step problems that involve money.

11. For Maths children must be able to…
…have a very good understanding of number to 100.
…know and use number bonds to 20 independently.
…understand addition and subtraction, multiplication and division and how these are related.
…write number words to 20.
…understand fractions - half and quarter.
…know basic time (o’clock and half past)
…know 2D and 3D shapes.
…know different the coins and notes
…measure and record.
…apply their knowledge to solve problems and in a range of contexts.
…be able to talk about how they have gone about solving problems and reason about their methods.

12. Examples of Yr 1 Maths

13. Examples of Yr 1 Maths

14. www.churchhillinfants.co.uk - Curriculum booklets
School website
- Curriculum booklets

15. Many thanks