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English // Grammar & Punctuation
Subordinate clausesUse subordination (when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (or, and, but) to join clauses and create compound and complex sentences
Ages 6 to 9MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Apostrophes: Contraction and PossessionUse apostrophes in writing for both contraction (marking omitted letters) and singular possession, distinguishing the two uses
Ages 6 to 7MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Expanded noun phrasesUse expanded noun phrases to describe and specify, adding adjectives and other modifiers before a noun (e.g., 'the blue butterfly', 'the old, creaky door')
Ages 6 to 7MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Subject-verb agreementUse singular and plural nouns with matching verbs in sentences, maintaining subject-verb agreement (e.g., 'He hops' vs 'We hop')
Ages 6 to 7MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Irregular past tense verbsForm and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs correctly (e.g., sat, hid, told, went, came, ran), recognising that these do not follow the…
Ages 7 to 8MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Expressing Time, Place and CauseUse conjunctions (when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (then, next, soon, therefore) and prepositions (before, after, during, in, because of) to…
Ages 7 to 8MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Punctuating Direct SpeechPunctuate direct speech using inverted commas (speech marks), understanding that direct speech records the exact words spoken and must be enclosed in…
Ages 7 to 10MethodEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Irregular Plural NounsForm and use irregular plural nouns (e.g., children, teeth, mice, geese) in addition to regular plurals, recognising that some nouns have irregular plural forms…
Ages 7 to 9MethodEnglish // Handwriting & Transcription
Sitting and holding a pencilSit correctly at a table holding a pencil comfortably and correctly; form lower-case letters in the correct direction starting and finishing in the right place
Ages 4 to 6Method- Ages 5 to 6Method
English // Handwriting & Transcription
Forming Capital LettersForm capital letters correctly; print many upper- and lowercase letters legibly
Ages 5 to 6MethodEnglish // Handwriting & Transcription
Joining LettersBegin to join letters using diagonal and horizontal strokes, understanding which letter pairs are best left unjoined, forming letters of correct size relative…
Ages 6 to 10MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Knowing all lettersRecognise and name all uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet; name the letters in order and use letter names to distinguish between alternative…
Ages 4 to 6MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Single Letter SoundsKnow the primary sound for each consonant and the short and long sounds for the five major vowels; respond speedily to single-letter graphemes
Ages 4 to 6MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Onsets & RimesBlend and segment onsets and rimes in single-syllable words; isolate and pronounce individual phonemes (initial, medial, final) in CVC words; add or substitute…
Ages 4 to 7MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Rhyming wordsRecognise and produce rhyming words; join in with predictable phrases and rhymes in stories and poems; learn to appreciate and recite poems by heart
Ages 4 to 6MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Blending Sounds to Read WordsApply phonic knowledge to blend sounds in unfamiliar words containing taught grapheme-phoneme correspondences; respond speedily to graphemes for all 40+…
Ages 4 to 7MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Vowel DigraphsRead and spell words containing common vowel digraphs (ai, ay, ee, ea, oa, oe, oo, oi, oy) including where a digraph can represent more than one sound
Ages 4 to 7MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Consonant DigraphsRead and spell words containing consonant digraphs and less common consonant spellings (ch, sh, th, ck, tch, ng, ph, wh, k for /k/)
Ages 4 to 7MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
SyllablesCount, blend, and segment syllables in spoken words; divide written words into syllables as an aid to reading and spelling
Ages 5 to 6MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Reading High-Frequency Words by SightRead common high-frequency and exception words automatically by sight, including words with irregular spelling patterns
Ages 5 to 8MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Reading fluentlyRead aloud books matched to phonic ability accurately and with growing fluency; reread familiar texts to build confidence, speed, and expression
Ages 5 to 7MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Reading ContractionsRead and understand contractions with apostrophes, knowing the apostrophe represents omitted letters
Ages 5 to 6MethodEnglish // Phonics & Word Reading
Reading Inflectional EndingsRead words containing taught GPCs with common inflectional endings (-s, -es, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) and the prefix un-; read multi-syllable words with taught…
Ages 5 to 7Method