Cambridge Primary Stage 1 Syllabus

• 1TWSp.01 Ask questions about the world around us and talk about how to find answers.
• 1TWSp.02 Make predictions about what they think will happen.

• 1TWSc.01 Sort and group objects, materials and living things by observed similarities/differences.
• 1TWSc.02 Use given equipment appropriately.
• 1TWSc.03 Take measurements in non-standard units.
• 1TWSc.04 Follow instructions safely during practical work.
• 1TWSc.05 Collect and record observations/measurements by annotating images and completing simple tables.

• 1TWSa.01 Describe what happened during an enquiry and whether it matched predictions.

• 1Bs.01 Recognise and name the major parts of familiar flowering plants (roots, leaves, stems, flowers).
• 1Bs.02 Identify the senses (sight, hearing, taste, smell, touch) and link each to the correct body part.
• 1Bs.03 Recognise and name the major external parts of the human body.

• 1Bp.01 Identify living things and things that have never been alive.
• 1Bp.02 Know that animals (including humans) need air, water and suitable food to survive.
• 1Bp.03 Know that plants need light and water to survive.
• 1Bp.04 Describe how humans are similar to and different from each other.

• 1Cm.01 Identify, name, describe, sort and group common materials (wood, plastic, metal, glass, rock, paper, fabric).
• 1Cm.02 Understand the difference between an object and a material.

• 1Cp.01 Understand that all materials have a variety of properties.
• 1Cp.02 Describe common materials in terms of their properties.

• 1Cc.01 Describe how materials can be changed by physical action (stretching, compressing, bending, twisting).

• 1Pf.01 Explore, talk about and describe the movement of familiar objects.
• 1Pf.02 Describe pushes and pulls as forces.
• 1Pf.03 Explore that some objects float and some sink.

• 1Ps.01 Identify different sources of sound.
• 1Ps.02 Explore that as sound travels from a source it becomes quieter.

• 1Pe.01 Identify things that require electricity to work.
• 1Pe.02 Explore and describe what happens when magnets approach and touch different materials.

• 1ESp.01 Know that Earth is mostly covered in water.
• 1ESp.02 Describe land as being made of rock and soil.

• 1ESs.01 Know that Earth is the planet on which we live.
• 1ESs.02 Describe the Sun as a source of heat and light, and as one of many stars.

• 1SIC.01 Talk about how some scientific knowledge and thinking now was different in the past.
• 1SIC.02 Talk about how science explains how objects they use (or know about) work.
• 1SIC.03 Know that everyone uses science and identify people who use science professionally.
• 1SIC.04 Talk about how science helps us understand our effect on the world around us.

• TWM.01 Specialising
• TWM.02 Generalising
• TWM.03 Conjecturing
• TWM.04 Convincing
• TWM.05 Characterising
• TWM.06 Classifying
• TWM.07 Critiquing
• TWM.08 Improving

• 1Nc.01 Count objects from 0 to 20, recognising conservation of number and one-to-one correspondence.
• 1Nc.02 Recognise the number of objects in familiar patterns up to 10 without counting.
• 1Nc.03 Estimate the number of objects or people (up to 20) and check by counting.
• 1Nc.04 Count on in ones, twos or tens, and count back in ones and tens starting from any number (0–20).
• 1Nc.05 Understand even and odd numbers as “every other number” (0–20).
• 1Nc.06 Use familiar language to describe sequences of objects.

• 1Ni.01 Recite, read and write number names and whole numbers (0–20).
• 1Ni.02 Understand addition as:
  • counting on
  • combining two sets
• 1Ni.03 Understand subtraction as:
  • counting back
  • take away
  • difference
• 1Ni.04 Recognise complements of 10.
• 1Ni.05 Estimate, add and subtract whole numbers where the answer is 0–20.
• 1Ni.06 Know doubles up to double 10.

• 1Nm.01 Recognise money used in local currency.

• 1Np.01 Understand that zero represents none of something.
• 1Np.02 Compose, decompose and regroup numbers from 10 to 20.
• 1Np.03 Understand the relative size of quantities to compare and order numbers (0–20).
• 1Np.04 Recognise and use ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th.

• 1Nf.01 Understand that an object or shape can be split into two equal parts (halves).
• 1Nf.02 Understand that a half can describe one of two equal parts of a quantity or set of objects.
• 1Nf.03 Understand that a half can act as an operator (whole number answers).
• 1Nf.04 Understand and visualise that halves can be combined to make wholes.

• 1Gt.01 Use familiar language to describe units of time.
• 1Gt.02 Know the days of the week and the months of the year.
• 1Gt.03 Recognise time to the hour and half hour.

• 1Gg.01 Identify, describe and sort 2D shapes by their characteristics (e.g., number of sides, curved/straight).
• 1Gg.02 Use familiar language for length (long, longer, longest; short, shorter, shortest; thin, thinner, thinnest, short, tall, taller, tallest).
• 1Gg.03 Identify, describe and sort 3D shapes by properties (e.g., number of faces, edges; flat/curved surfaces).
• 1Gg.04 Use familiar language to describe mass (heavy, light; less and more).
• 1Gg.05 Use familiar language to describe capacity (full, empty, less and more).
• 1Gg.06 Differentiate between 2D and 3D shapes.
• 1Gg.07 Identify when a shape looks identical as it rotates.
• 1Gg.08 Explore instruments with numbered scales and select appropriate instruments to measure length, mass, capacity and temperature.

• 1Gp.01 Use familiar language to describe position and direction.

• 1Ss.01 Answer non-statistical questions (categorical data).
• 1Ss.02 Record, organise and represent categorical data using:
  • practical resources and drawings
  • lists and tables
  • Venn and Carroll diagrams
  • block graphs and pictograms
• 1Ss.03 Describe data using familiar language (more/less/most/least) to answer questions and discuss simple conclusions.

Decoding sounds, blending, high-frequency words, comprehension of simple texts.

Letter formation, spacing, simple sentences, capitals and full stops.

Short discussions, retelling simple stories, following instructions.