KS1 Maths Help
The 15 topics taught in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 of the UK National Curriculum — with worked examples a parent can follow.
The KS1 maths curriculum (ages 5-7) covers number, place value, simple fractions, money, time and shapes. Below: every topic with a clear explanation, plain examples and the questions parents most often ask.
- Counting to 20Number recognition and order, Reception/Year 1.
- Counting to 100Skip counting in 2s, 5s, 10s; Year 1/2.
- Place value (tens and ones)What does each digit mean? Year 1/2.
- Number bonds to 10 and 20Pairs that sum to 10 / 20.
- Adding within 20Counting on, near doubles, bridging through 10.
- Subtracting within 20Counting back, fact families.
- Doubling and halvingx2 and ÷2 mental strategy.
- 2 times tableEven numbers; rhymes and patterns.
- 5 times tableCounting in 5s; useful for time.
- 10 times tablePlace-value shortcut: digit shifts.
- Halves and quartersFractions of shape and amount.
- UK coins and notes1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 + notes.
- Telling the timeO'clock, half past, quarter past/to.
- 2D shapesCircle, triangle, square, rectangle; sides and corners.
- 3D shapesCube, cuboid, sphere, cone, cylinder; faces, edges, vertices.