​Your child begins Year 1 with familiar faces and school routines.

Year 1 is the start of Learning Stage 1 and will continue until the end of Year 2. This year students become more involved in school routines and continue to develop their social skills as they interact with other children in the classroom and playground.

Links

Parents' guide to the NSW primary syllabus (also in community languages)

Foundation statement for Years 1 and 2 (PDF 55.KB)

Curriculum

Parents' guide to the NSW primary syllabus

​Reading recovery program - Information for parents

​Help your child learn

​You can help your child develop their literacy and numeracy skills by taking an active interest in what they're learning.

Here are useful links to tips on how you can help your Year 1 child learn at home.

Literacy

• Five ways to build your child's literacy skills (also in community languages)
• Reading to your child at home
• Writing Stage 1 (K-2)
• Reading Stage 1 (K-2)
• Spelling Stage 1 (K-2)
• Talking and listening Stage 1 (K-2)

Numeracy

• Sites using number, shapes, pattern and geometry
• Literacy and Numeracy Tips (also in community languages)
• Everyday Numeracy K-4 video (also in community languages)
• Five ways to build your child's numeracy skills (also in community languages)
• Mathematics K-6 parent support document (PDF 186KB)

Links

Teaching and learning exchange

School parents ezine

​Raising children parenting website

Literacy and numeracy guides in English and community languages