Chapter library

Chapter 1: Rhyming words: hearing words that sound the same at the end

• Can finish a line of a rhyme or poem with a word that rhymes
• Can hear and pick out words that rhyme, like cat and hat

Year 1 english

Chapter 2: Rhythm in rhymes and poems: clapping the beat

• Can clap the beats in words and clap along to the beat of a rhyme

Year 1 english

Chapter 3: Predictable phrases: spotting words that come again and joining in

• Can spot the words that come again in a story or poem, and join in with them

Year 1 english

Chapter 4: Joining in with predictable phrases in stories: the Gingerbread Man

• Can spot the words that come again in a story or poem, and join in with them

Year 1 english

Chapter 5: Learning a rhyme by heart and reciting it

• Can say a short nursery rhyme by heart, with the lines in the right order

Year 1 english

Chapter 1: Literal and figurative language: what words really mean

• Can tell when words mean exactly what they say and when they paint a word picture, and say what a word picture really means

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 2: Similes: comparing two things with like or as

• Can spot similes that compare two different things using like or as, and explain what they show

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 3: Metaphors: saying one thing is another

• Can spot metaphors that say one thing is another, and explain what they suggest

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 4: Personification: giving things human actions and feelings

• Can spot personification, where things are given human actions or feelings, and explain what it makes us picture

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 5: Effect on the reader: how figurative language makes us see and feel

• Can explain what figurative language makes the reader picture and feel, and say which word pictures work best

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 6: Discussing and evaluating figurative language in a story

• Can explain what figurative language makes the reader picture and feel, and say which word pictures work best
• Can spot metaphors that say one thing is another, and explain what they suggest
• Can spot personification, where things are given human actions or feelings, and explain what it makes us picture

Years 5–6 english

Chapter 1: Where rivers begin

• Can explain where a river’s water comes from and what its source is

Chapter 2: Downhill all the way

• Can name the parts of a river, from its source to its mouth, and knows rivers always flow downhill

Chapter 3: Pick up, carry, drop

• Can explain how rivers wear away, carry and drop rocks and soil

Chapter 4: The mountain stream

• Can explain how a mountain river makes V-shaped valleys and waterfalls

Chapter 5: Bends and loops

• Can explain how river bends called meanders grow and how oxbow lakes form

Chapter 6: Journey to the sea

• Can describe floodplains, deltas and estuaries near the end of a river

Chapter 7: Rivers and people

• Can explain why people live beside rivers and how we keep towns and rivers safe

Chapter 1: What is soil made of? Rock bits and organic matter

• Can recognise organic matter as dead plants and animals that rot and become part of soil
• Can say that soil is made from tiny bits of rock and organic matter

Year 3 science

Chapter 2: Rocks break into tiny bits to make soil

• Can explain how rock slowly breaks into tiny bits that become part of soil

Year 3 science

Chapter 3: Organic matter: dead plants and animals rot into soil

• Can recognise organic matter as dead plants and animals that rot and become part of soil

Year 3 science

Chapter 4: Making soil: rock bits and organic matter mix over time

• Can say that soil is made from tiny bits of rock and organic matter

Year 3 science

Chapter 5: Soil in a jar: separating rock bits and organic matter

• Can separate soil in a jar of water and say which layers are rock bits and which is organic matter

Year 3 science

Chapter 1: Rock appearance: natural rocks, colour, texture and shine

• Can spot natural rocks and describe rocks by their colour, texture and shine

Year 3 science

Chapter 2: Looking closely: grains, crystals, layers and fossils

• Can use a magnifying glass to spot grains, crystals, layers and fossils in rocks

Year 3 science

Chapter 3: Hard or soft rocks: the scratch test

• Can test rocks to find out if they are hard or soft, and put them in order

Year 3 science

Chapter 4: Permeable or impermeable rocks: the water test

• Can test which rocks let water soak in, and group them as permeable or impermeable

Year 3 science

Chapter 5: Compare and group rocks in different ways

• Can compare rocks, group them in different ways and spot the rule used to sort them

Year 3 science

Chapter 1: Plants make food, animals eat it

• Can explain that animals, including humans, cannot make their own food and get their nutrition from what they eat

Year 3 science

Chapter 2: Nutrients: what foods give us

• Can name the types of nutrients (carbohydrates, protein, fats, vitamins and minerals, fibre and water) and match foods to them

Year 3 science

Chapter 3: A balanced plate: right amounts

• Can build a balanced plate with the right amounts of each food group

Year 3 science

Chapter 4: What different animals eat

• Can compare what different animals eat, and explain that each needs the right food in the right amounts

Year 3 science

Chapter 1: 2D shapes: counting sides and vertices

• Can count the sides and vertices of 2D shapes and use them to name triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons and octagons

Year 2 maths

Chapter 2: Vertical lines of symmetry in 2D shapes

• Can spot a vertical line of symmetry in 2D shapes by checking that both halves match

Year 2 maths

Chapter 3: 3D shapes: faces, edges and vertices

• Can count the faces, edges and vertices of cubes, cuboids, pyramids and prisms

Year 2 maths

Chapter 4: Faces, edges and vertices of cylinders, cones and spheres

• Can describe the flat faces, curved surfaces, edges and vertices of cylinders, cones and spheres, and say which shapes roll

Year 2 maths

Chapter 5: Finding 2D shapes on the surface of 3D shapes

• Can find 2D shapes on the surface of 3D shapes, like a circle on a cylinder and a triangle on a pyramid

Year 2 maths

Chapter 6: Comparing and sorting shapes and everyday objects

• Can compare and sort 2D shapes, 3D shapes and everyday objects by their properties

Year 2 maths

Chapter 1: Naming 2D shapes: circles, triangles, rectangles and squares

• Can recognise and name circles, triangles, rectangles and squares, and knows a square is a special kind of rectangle

Year 1 maths

Chapter 2: Spotting 2D shapes in any size or turn, and what is not a triangle

• Can spot circles, triangles, rectangles and squares whatever their size or which way they are turned, and can say why a shape is not a triangle

Year 1 maths

Chapter 3: Naming 3D shapes: cubes, cuboids, pyramids, spheres, cylinders and cones

• Can recognise and name cubes, cuboids, pyramids, spheres, cylinders and cones, and knows a cube is a special kind of cuboid

Year 1 maths

Chapter 4: 3D shapes turned round, rolling and stacking, and in everyday objects

• Can name 3D shapes when they are turned round, find them in everyday objects like tins and boxes, and say which shapes roll and which stack

Year 1 maths

Chapter 5: Telling flat 2D shapes from solid 3D shapes all around us

• Can recognise and name circles, triangles, rectangles and squares, and knows a square is a special kind of rectangle
• Can recognise and name cubes, cuboids, pyramids, spheres, cylinders and cones, and knows a cube is a special kind of cuboid
• Can tell flat 2D shapes from solid 3D shapes, and match a flat shape to the solid shape it is like, such as a circle and a sphere

Year 1 maths

Chapter 1: Acute and obtuse angles: smaller or bigger than a right angle

• Can spot acute angles, which are smaller than a right angle, in shapes and everyday things
• Can spot obtuse angles, which are bigger than a right angle but smaller than a straight line, in shapes and everyday things

Year 4 maths

Chapter 2: Finding acute and obtuse angles in shapes and everyday things

• Can spot acute angles, which are smaller than a right angle, in shapes and everyday things
• Can spot obtuse angles, which are bigger than a right angle but smaller than a straight line, in shapes and everyday things

Year 4 maths

Chapter 3: Comparing angles: which angle is bigger?

• Can compare two angles and say which is bigger, even when the arms are different lengths

Year 4 maths

Chapter 4: Ordering angles by size, up to two right angles

• Can put angles in order of size, from smallest to largest and back again, up to two right angles (a straight line)

Year 4 maths

Chapter 1: Angles as a turn

• Can explain that an angle is an amount of turn

Year 3 maths

Chapter 2: Angles in shapes: corners where sides meet

• Can find the angles in 2-D shapes

Year 3 maths

Chapter 3: Right angles: finding square corners

• Can spot right angles, the square corners, in shapes and objects

Year 3 maths

Chapter 4: Right angles make half, three-quarter and whole turns

• Can explain how right angles make half, three-quarter and whole turns

Year 3 maths

Chapter 5: Bigger or smaller than a right angle?

• Can tell if an angle is bigger or smaller than a right angle

Year 3 maths

Chapter 1: Area: counting the squares inside a shape

• Can find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares, and compare which shape has the bigger area

Year 4 maths

Chapter 2: Area of rectilinear shapes: count, compare and make

• Can find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares, and compare which shape has the bigger area

Year 4 maths

Chapter 3: Perimeter: the distance around a shape on a grid

• Can find the perimeter of a shape on a grid by counting the edges all the way around it

Year 4 maths

Chapter 4: Perimeter of rectangles and squares: measure and add in cm and m

• Can measure the sides of rectangles and squares in centimetres, and add every side to find the perimeter in centimetres or metres

Year 4 maths

Chapter 5: Perimeter of rectilinear shapes: find missing sides in cm and m

• Can work out missing sides of rectilinear shapes, then add every side to find the perimeter in centimetres or metres

Year 4 maths

Chapter 6: Area or perimeter? Choosing and finding both

• Can choose whether a job needs area or perimeter, and find both for the same shape
• Can find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares, and compare which shape has the bigger area
• Can find the perimeter of a shape on a grid by counting the edges all the way around it

Year 4 maths Year 4 maths

Chapter 1: Kilometres and metres: 1 km = 1,000 m

• Can convert between kilometres and metres both ways, including decimals such as 2.5 km = 2,500 m

Year 5 maths

Chapter 2: Metres, centimetres and millimetres: 1 m = 100 cm, 1 cm = 10 mm

• Can convert between metres, centimetres and millimetres, knowing 1 m = 100 cm, 1 cm = 10 mm and 1 m = 1,000 mm

Year 5 maths

Chapter 3: Grams and kilograms: 1 kg = 1,000 g

• Can convert between grams and kilograms both ways, including decimals such as 1.5 kg = 1,500 g

Year 5 maths

Chapter 4: Litres and millilitres: 1 l = 1,000 ml

• Can convert between litres and millilitres both ways, including decimals such as 0.75 l = 750 ml

Year 5 maths

Chapter 5: Measure problems: add, subtract, multiply and divide with decimals and money

• Can solve measure and money problems by changing to the same unit, lining up decimal points and choosing to add, subtract, multiply or divide

Year 5 maths Year 5 maths

Chapter 6: Scaling measures: multiply and divide to make amounts bigger or smaller

• Can scale every amount in a recipe up or down by multiplying or dividing, and solve 'times as long' or 'times as heavy' problems

Year 5 maths Year 5 maths