Guidance on the teaching of fractions in Key Stage 1

Introduction

Cover the Key Stage 1 statutory requirements for fractions, including recognising, finding, naming and writing one-quarter, one-third, one-half/two-quarters, and three-quarters of an object, shape or quantity.

Suggested teaching progression

• 1: Name the fractions ‘one-half’, ‘one-quarter’ and ‘one-third’ in relation to a fraction of a length, shape or set of objects.
   
• 2: Read and write the fraction notation \(\frac{1}{2}\), \(\frac{1}{3}\) and \(\frac{1}{4}\), and relate this to a fraction of a length, shape or set of objects.
   
• 3: Find half of numbers.
   
• 4: Find \(\frac{1}{3}\) or \(\frac{1}{4}\) of a number.
   
• 5: Find \(\frac{2}{4}\) and \(\frac{3}{4}\) of an object, shape, set of objects, length or quantity; recognise the equivalence of \(\frac{2}{4}\) and \(\frac{1}{2}\).