➕Oxford Mathematics Grade 1

This is the course most Fayferz families start with. It covers a full academic year of Grade 1 mathematics — roughly UK Year 1 and US first grade — and it does so with a bias towards reasoning rather than repetition. Children are asked to explain, draw and justify, not just to compute.

The Oxford influence shows up most clearly in the problem-solving unit, where every question is presented in words first and the child's job is to turn it into a diagram. Parents consistently report that this is the part their children find hardest in week three and easiest by week twelve.

What your child will be able to do

By the end of this course, a learner working at the expected pace will be able to:

• Add and subtract two-digit numbers within 100, with and without regrouping
• Explain place value in tens and ones using concrete materials
• Solve two-step word problems and check the answer is sensible
• Tell the time to the half hour and handle money to $1 / £1
• Measure length and mass in standard units

How the course is structured

Oxford Mathematics Grade 1 is organised into 6 units covering 160 lessons in total, designed to run across 36 weeks at roughly 4 hours a week. The unit outline below shows 29 representative lessons.

Place value to 100

• Tens and ones with base-ten blocks
• Expanded form: 47 = 40 + 7
• Comparing and ordering two-digit numbers
• Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s from any start
• Rounding to the nearest ten (informally)

Addition strategies

• Adding tens, then adding ones
• Bridging through ten
• Near doubles
• Column addition without regrouping
• Column addition with regrouping

Subtraction strategies

• Counting back and counting up
• Subtraction as the inverse of addition
• Column subtraction without borrowing
• Column subtraction with borrowing
• Checking by adding back

Problem solving the Oxford way

• Reading a problem twice before starting
• Drawing the problem as a bar model
• Two-step problems
• Missing-number puzzles
• Is my answer sensible?

Shape, space and measure

• 2D and 3D shape properties
• Symmetry and halves
• Measuring length in cm
• Mass and capacity
• Telling time to the half hour

Money and data

• Coins and making amounts
• Change from a whole unit
• Pictograms and tally charts
• Reading a simple bar chart

How it is taught

Each unit opens with a concrete lesson using objects you already own, moves to pictorial representation with bar models, and only then introduces the written algorithm. If a quiz score falls below 70%, the course suggests the two specific lessons to revisit rather than the whole unit.

What is included

• 160 video lessons with fully worked examples
• Printable base-ten blocks, bar-model templates and 140 worksheets
• 40 auto-marked quizzes plus six unit tests
• End-of-year assessment with a parent report

Who this course suits

This course sits in the Grade 1 track and follows a oxford-aligned sequence. It suits families who want a complete, sequenced mathematics year rather than a set of loose practice activities, and it assumes no teaching experience — every lesson includes a short method note for the adult. If your child is comfortably ahead or behind the beginner level described here, use the placement check in lesson one and start at the recommended point instead of lesson one.