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Key Stage 1

Your child will be taught to:

Reading

• Respond to letters with correct sounds.

• Use phonics to read new words.

• Read words with -s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est endings.

• Discuss fiction and non-fiction texts.

• Listen to and recite poetry from memory.

• Perform poems confidently before peers.

• Learn new word meanings.

Spelling

• Spell days of the week.

• Spell Common Exception Words.

• Use contracted forms (e.g., I'm, I'll).

• Recognize and spell homophones.

• Spell longer words with suffixes (-ness, -ment, -ful, -less, -ly).

• Use the possessive apostrophe (e.g., the girl's book).

Writing

• Sequence sentences to create short narratives.

• Plan writing by verbalising thoughts.

• Write for various purposes: letters, diary entries, poems.

• Correct, add to, and proofread their writing.

Grammar

• Understand statements, exclamations, commands, and questions.

• Use correct punctuation, capital letters, and finger spaces.

• Join words and clauses with and, or, but, because.

• Use expanded noun phrases (e.g., the blue butterfly).

• Use past and present tense correctly.

Handwriting

• Form lowercase and uppercase letters correctly.

• Begin to join letters.

Key Stage 2

Your child will be taught to:

Reading

• Read words automatically.

• Decode words quickly and silently.

• Discuss characters' feelings and motives in text predict what might happen next

• Read further exception words.

Spelling

• Use dictionaries to check the meanings and spellings of words.

• Use further prefixes and suffixes.

• Recognize and use additional homophones.

• Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular and some irregular plurals.

Writing

• Use commas after fronted adverbials.

• Punctuate direct speech correctly.

• Use adverbs and prepositions.

• Extend sentences with words like when, if, because, although.

• Organise writing with headings and subheadings.

• Check for spelling and punctuation mistakes and suggest improvements.

Spoken Language

• Participate in discussions and debates.

• Justify answers, arguments, and opinions.

• Consider and evaluate different viewpoints.