Year 1 Maths Summer Block 1 focuses on multiplication and division, helping pupils develop early understanding of equal groups, arrays, grouping and sharing. Aligned with the Year 1 National Curriculum and White Rose Maths progression, pupils also develop fluency by counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Across the block, pupils make and add equal groups, explore arrays and doubles, and solve practical problems by grouping and sharing. Concrete resources and visual representations help pupils develop the foundations needed for later multiplication and division learning.
Week 1: Consolidation and assessment activities revisit key Spring term learning.
Summer Block 1 forms part of the Maths Masters Year 1 Summer sequence. Explore the full term to see how early multiplication and division builds on pupils’ number knowledge and prepares them for further work with multiplication, division and times tables.
View our free Year 1 maths yearly overview or explore our maths subject leader resources.
Our Year 1 multiplication and division resources introduce pupils to equal groups, arrays, grouping and sharing through practical activities and visual representations. Pupils also develop fluency by counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 and begin to recognise how equal groups relate to multiplication and division.
The block includes Year 1 multiplication and division worksheets, teaching slides and practical activities covering counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, making and adding equal groups, arrays, doubles, grouping and sharing. Concrete and pictorial representations help pupils understand these early multiplication and division concepts before moving towards more formal methods in later year groups.
In Year 1, pupils learn to count in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 and solve one-step multiplication and division problems using concrete objects, pictorial representations and arrays with teacher support. Exploring equal groups, grouping and sharing gives pupils practical experience of the structures that underpin multiplication and division.
See how this block fits into the wider sequence and explore Year 1 Summer maths planning and resources.
