All of our year groups cover the complete curriculum with the exception of Maths, English, Computing and Language. Currently, Maths and English are being developed through new activities as well as integrated into existing ones.
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En2/1a listen and respond appropriately to adults and their peers | |
En2/1b ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and knowledge | |
En2/1c use relevant strategies to build their vocabulary | |
En2/1d articulate and justify answers, arguments and opinions | |
En2/1e give well-structured descriptions, explanations and narratives for different purposes, including for expressing feelings | |
En2/1f maintain attention and participate actively in collaborative conversations, staying on topic and initiating and responding to comments | |
En2/1g use spoken language to develop understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas | |
En2/1h speak audibly and fluently with an increasing command of Standard English | |
En2/1i participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play/improvisations and debates | |
En2/1j gain, maintain and monitor the interest of the listener(s) | |
En2/1k consider and evaluate different viewpoints, attending to and building on the contributions of others | |
En2/1l select and use appropriate registers for effective communication | |
En2/2.1a continue to apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words until automatic decoding has become embedded and reading is fluent | |
En2/2.1b read accurately by blending the sounds in words that contain the graphemes taught so far, especially recognising alternative sounds for graphemes | |
En2/2.1c read accurately words of two or more syllables that contain the same graphemes as above | |
En2/2.1d read words containing common suffixes | |
En2/2.1e read further common exception words, noting unusual correspondence between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word | |
En2/2.1f read most words quickly and accurately, without overt sounding and blending, when they have been frequently encountered | |
En2/2.1g read aloud books closely matched to their improving phonic knowledge, sounding out unfamiliar words accurately, automatically and without undue hesitation | |
En2/2.1h reread these books to build up their fluency and confidence in word reading | |
En2/2.2a develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and
understanding by:
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En2/2.2b understand both the books that they can already read accurately and
fluently and those that they listen to by:
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En2/2.2c participate in discussion about books, poems and other works that are read to them and those that they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say | |
En2/2.2d explain and discuss their understanding of books, poems and other material, both those that they listen to and those that they read for themselves | |
En2/3.1a spell:
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En2/3.1b add suffixes to spell longer words, including –ment, –ness, –ful, –less, –ly | |
En2/3.1c apply simple spelling rules and guidance, as listed in Appendix 1 | |
En2/3.1d write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs, common exception words and punctuation taught so far. | |
En2/3.2a form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another | |
En2/3.2b start using some of the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined | |
En2/3.2c write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters | |
En2/3.2d use spacing between words that reflects the size of the letters | |
En2/3.3a develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by:
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En2/3.3b Consider what they are going to write before beginning by:
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En2/3.3c make simple additions, revisions and corrections to their own writing
by:
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En2/3.3d read aloud what they have written with appropriate intonation to make the meaning clear | |
En2/3.4a develop their understanding of the concepts set out in Appendix
2 by:
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En2/3.4b learn how to use:
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En2/3.4c use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 in discussing their writing and reading. |