Year 1 Handbook pilot
Explain it to me properly
This is a deeper guide for understanding ideas, seeing why methods work and fixing common mistakes. It complements lessons, Maths Notes and Visual Reference; it does not replace them.
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Place value: tens and ones
Understand what each digit tells us in a two-digit number.
Read the explanation →Handbook topicAddition within 20
See addition as joining parts and learn how making 10 can help.
Read the explanation →Handbook topicSubtraction within 20
Understand subtraction as taking away and as finding a difference.
Read the explanation →Handbook topicFractions: halves and quarters
Recognise halves and quarters as equal parts of one whole.
Read the explanation →Handbook topicTime: o'clock and half past
Read the hour and half-hour positions on an analogue clock.
Read the explanation →Handbook topicCommon 2-D shapes
Name and describe familiar flat shapes by their features.
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