➕ Spring 1 Overview – Year 1

Theme: White Rose Maths 🔢✨

This half term, Year 1 will be learning maths through the White Rose Maths scheme. Children will deepen their understanding of numbers and develop confidence with counting, place value, and simple addition and subtraction.

🧮 What We Are Learning

During Spring 1, children will be learning to:

• Count, read, and write numbers within 20

• Understand place value, including tens and ones

• Compare numbers using language such as greater than, less than, and equal to

• Use number lines and objects to represent numbers

• Add and subtract numbers within 20 using practical resources

• Solve simple number problems and explain their thinking

Learning will be hands-on and practical, using concrete resources, pictorial representations, and discussion to support understanding.

🛠️ Skills We Are Developing

Children will develop important mathematical skills, including:

• Number sense – understanding how numbers are made and how they relate to each other

• Reasoning skills – explaining how they know an answer is correct

• Problem-solving skills – applying maths to different situations

• Fluency – becoming quicker and more confident with number facts

• Mathematical language – using correct vocabulary when talking about maths

🗣️ Vocabulary We Are Using

Children will be encouraged to use mathematical vocabulary such as:

number, count, tens, ones, place value, more, less, equal, add, subtract, total, difference, number line

🏠 How You Can Support at Home

You can help your child by:

• Practising counting forwards and backwards to 20

• Talking about numbers you see every day (house numbers, prices, buses)

• Using objects at home to practise simple addition and subtraction

• Asking your child to explain how they worked something out

• Playing number games such as board games or card games

Thank you for supporting your child’s maths learning at home. This half term will help build strong foundations for future maths learning ➕