UK National Curriculum — Reading, Writing, Grammar & Phonics
English has a pre-eminent place in education and society. A high-quality education in English teaches pupils to speak and write fluently so they can communicate their ideas and emotions to others — and through reading and listening, engage with others' thoughts and experiences.
Letter sounds, blending, segmenting; common digraphs (sh, ch, th); vowel sounds; syllables.
Year 1Understanding and retrieving information; sequencing events; vocabulary in context.
Years 1–2Common exception words; applying spelling rules; Year 1 and Year 2 statutory word lists.
Years 1–2Capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks; demarcating sentences.
Years 1–2Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions; modal verbs; tense.
Years 3–6Commas, apostrophes (possession & contraction), inverted commas, colons, semi-colons, brackets.
Years 3–6Statutory word lists for Years 3–4 and Years 5–6; prefixes and suffixes; etymology.
Years 3–6Retrieve, record and present information; inference; author's intent; figurative language; summary.
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