By the end of Year 1 it is hoped that each child will have had access to and have mastered the following skills in the following areas:
LITERACY
Speaking and Listening
The students will be able to:
- talk about matters of immediate interest
- listen to others
- ask appropriate questions
- speak audibly
- begin to use descriptive language.
Writing
The students will be able to:
- communicate meaning through words and sentences
- begin to use full stops appropriately
- begin to form clear letters.
Reading
The students will be able to:
- recognize some high frequency vocabulary
- say and use letter names and sounds
- respond to stories and poems identifying aspects that they like
- gain meaning from reading.
NUMERACY
Using and Applying Mathematics
The students will be able to:
- use pictures and objects to represent their work
- solve whole number story problems including money.
Number and Algebra
The students will be able to:
- count, order, add and subtract number 10
- read and write numbers to 10
- recognize and make repeating patterns
- solve missing number stories
- estimate a small number of objects.
Shape, Space and Measurement
The students will be able to:
- order objects and make comparisons
- order events
- work with 2D + 3D shapes describing properties and positions
- tell the time using "o'clock" and "half past".
Handling Data
The students will be able to:
- sort and classify objects giving reasons for classification choices
- interpret information taken from a simple chart or graph.
SCIENCE
Electricity
The students will be able to:
- understand that many things use electricity and that we must use them safely
- make a bulb light using a battery, understanding that this will not work if there is a break in the circuit
- identify some materials which conduct electricity
- use a switch to break a circuit and turn things on and off
- draw pictures to show a circuit and make a circuit using pictures.
Change
The students will be able to:
- understand that heating and cooling can change things
- understand that some changes can be reversed but others can not
- appreciate that some changes can be harmful.
Plant Life
The students will be able to:
- understand that there are different kinds of plants.
- understand that plants need air, light and water to stay alive.
- understand that plants can make new plants and that all plants have a life-cycle.
Forces
The students will be able to
- understand that a force is a push or a pull and that a push or pull force can make something start to change the shape of some things
- recognise that magnets can push or pull some things
- understand that the bigger the push or pull force the further something moves, or the more the shape of something is changed
- understand that a pull force can stretch things and a push force can make things slow down, go faster or stop.
Earth and Beyond
The students will be able to:
- recognise that the Earth is a planet that is made of rock, air and water and that things can live on Earth
- understand that the Sun is a star and that it gives us heat and light and that living things need heat and light to survive
- understand that the Moon is made of rock and that is has no air or water
- recognise that there are plenty of other planets in space and that they are all different.
ART
The students will be able to:
- express with confidence what they see and touch
- choose suitable materials to express their ideas
- work with both imagination and practicality in making 2D + 3D artwork.
MUSIC
The Music Course in Year 1 will cover the following areas:
Melody
- melodic patterns
- high and low registers
- singing
- ostinato
- melodic patterns on mallet instruments.
Rhythm
- how to keep a steady pulse
- singing
- rhythm with body or classroom instruments
- movement to music.
Harmony
- Create harmony with or without instruments
Tone colour
- listen to environmental sounds.
- individuals / groups produce various tone qualities
- explore various uses of voice: sing, speak, shout, hum, whisper.
- use a wide variety of percussion instruments- thereby learn percussion sounds.
Expressive Qualities
- music in a variety of styles
- dynamics of loud and soft, crescendo and diminuendo
- tempo-fast/slow, louder/softer.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (PE)
The student will be able to:
- explore orientation and basic locomotion
- develop spatial awareness
- develop large ball skills such as bouncing, catching and throwing
- participate in co-operative games such as leader ball and tunnel ball
- develop gymnastic skills
- improve fitness level
- develop games skills
- develop dance / aerobics skills.
UZBEK
RUSSIAN
