Year 1 Maths and English: find where your child needs help
Free Year 1 Skill Checks show which skills your child understands and where they may need more practice, with a suggested next step.
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Year 1 Maths
What Year 1 Maths covers
- Counting and number sense
- Addition and subtraction
- Groups and sharing
- Patterns
- Money
- Measurement
- Time
- Shape and position
- Data and chance
Mistakes our lessons are written to address
Taken from the common mistakes written into our Year 1 Maths topics. They show the kind of slip a check can bring to light, not a measured result.
- Difference between quantities: Adds the two numbers instead of finding the difference.
- Skip counting: Counts on by 1 instead of skipping.
- Comparing length: Compares where objects end, not how long they are.
Free Year 1 Maths Skill Checks
- Whole-year check-upYear 1 MathsOne short check across the Year 1 maths topics.10 questions · about 6 minutes
- AdditionSee how comfortable your child is with adding.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Counting and Number OrderSee how confident your child is with counting and ordering numbers.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Equal Groups and SharingSee how ready your child is for early multiplication and sharing.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Graphs, Tables and ChanceSee how your child reads simple graphs and talks about chance.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- MeasurementSee how your child compares and measures length, mass and capacity.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- MoneySee how confident your child is counting, making and spending Australian coins.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- PatternsSee how your child gets on with picture and number patterns.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Shapes and PositionSee how well your child knows shapes, objects and position.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Skip CountingSee how well your child can count in 2s, 5s and other steps.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- SubtractionSee how comfortable your child is with taking away and finding the difference.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- TimeSee how your child is going with telling the time and the calendar.5 questions · about 3 minutes
Year 1 English
What Year 1 English covers
- Reading
- Phonics and spelling
- Grammar and punctuation
Mistakes our lessons are written to address
Taken from the common mistakes written into our Year 1 English topics. They show the kind of slip a check can bring to light, not a measured result.
- Action verbs: Picks the noun (a person or thing) instead of the verb.
- Compound words: Picks a long word that isn’t made of two words.
- Proper nouns: Picks a common noun like “dog” or “city” instead of a name.
Free Year 1 English Skill Checks
- Whole-year check-upYear 1 EnglishOne short check across the Year 1 english topics.10 questions · about 6 minutes
- Grammar and PunctuationSee how your child is going with word types and punctuation.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Phonics and SpellingSee how your child is going with sounds, rhymes and spelling.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- Reading ComprehensionSee how well your child understands what they read.5 questions · about 3 minutes
- VocabularySee how your child works out what words mean.5 questions · about 3 minutes