Key Vocabulary
The following table shows how the Statutory EYFS Framework fits alongside Year 1 subject content and how Year 1 key skills, knowledge and understanding fit alongside relevant early learning goals (assessment). In addition, suggested key skills, knowledge and understanding for EYFS are provided. These are intended as guidance to support staff and transition.
Place Value and Number
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Number, zero, one, two, three… to twenty, zero, ten, twenty, none, how many? Count, more, less, many, few, pattern, pair, greater, more, larger, bigger, less, fewer, smaller, greatest, most, biggest, largest, least, fewest, smallest, compare, order, size, first, last, before, after, next, between, half-way between, above / below | Equal to, more than, less than (fewer), most, least, one more and one less, ordering (for example, first, second, third…), counting and comparing numbers up to 100, tens, ones, part/whole, count on, count back | Alternative, strategy, digits, numerals, partition |
Addition and Subtraction
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Add, more, make, total, altogether, one more, Subtract, take (away), leave, how many are left? How many have gone? One less. | Put together, add, altogether, total, take away, distance between, difference between, more than and less than. how many more…? How many more is…than..? how much more is…? how many fewer/less is…than…? Difference between, number bonds, equals, sign, is the same as, half, plus, total, addition, balance, double, sign, sum, number sentence | Sum, commutative, inverse, greater than, minus, leave, decrease, left, remain, less than, |
Fractions
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
halves, equal, sharing, share equally, one each, two each, group, cut, same as | Half, quarter, equal, part, whole, equal to, whole/part | Third, three quarters, equivalent, |
Multiplication and Division
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Number patterns, doubling, count, answer sign, equal, sharing, share equally, one each, two each, group, shape, whole, pattern, puzzle, count out, share out, left, same, number/s, different number/s | Multiplication and division; doubling numbers and quantities; and finding simple fractions of objects, numbers and quantities, part/whole, halves, half, equally, array, share, equally, set of, equal groups of, times, multiply, divide, times, equal parts, divided by, number sentence, operation | Operation, remainder, repeated addition, repeated subtraction, multiple of, set of, lots of |
Geometry: Shape
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Shape, pattern, flat, curved straight, round, hollow, solid, corner, point, pointed, sort, make, build, draw, 2d shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) size, bigger, larger, flat, similar, smaller, repeating pattern, match, differences, the same as… | Recognise and name common 2-D and 3-D shapes, including: cuboids, cubes, pyramids and spheres, face, side, edge, vertices | Pupils handle and name a wide variety of common 2-D and 3-D shapes including: quadrilaterals and polygons, and cuboids, prisms and cones |
Geometry: Position and Direction
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Behind, next to, on top, below, ahead, above, in front, underneath etc… | Describe position, direction and movement, including whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns. direction and motion, including: left and right, top, middle and bottom, on top of, in front of, above, between, around, near, close and far, up and down, forwards and backwards, inside and outside | Right angle (for quarter, half and three quarter turns), clockwise and anti-clockwise |
Measurement
EYFS | Year 1 | Year 2 |
Measure, size, compare, guess, estimate, enough, too much, too little, too many, too few, long, short, tall, high, low, thick, thin, longer, shorter, taller, higher, full, half full, empty, holds, containers, money, coin, total, buy, morning, afternoon, evening, night, midnight, today, yesterday, tomorrow, | o’clock, half past, mass, weight, volume and capacity, before and after, next, first, morning, afternoon and evening, use language relating to dates, day, days of the week, month/names of months, year, before, after, next, last, now, soon, early, late, longest, shortest, tallest, highest, heavier, lighter, heaviest, lightest, balance, scales, weight, length, width, height, depth, wide, narrow deep, shallow | Analogue, digital, equivalent, five to/five past, quarter to, quarter past, notes, total, change. |