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  • Mathematics // Data & Statistics

    Pictograms and tally charts (age 6+)

    Read, write, and use the vocabulary of data collection and display — data, tally, tally chart, frequency, frequency table, survey, pictogram, bar chart…

    Ages 6 to 9Language
  • Mathematics // Data & Statistics

    Statistical Analysis Vocabulary

    Read, write, and use the vocabulary of statistical analysis — mean, median, mode, range, frequency, data, sample, average, chart, table, graph, pie chart…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • Mathematics // Fractions

    Fraction Notation

    Read, write, and use fraction notation correctly — fraction, numerator, denominator, unit fraction, non-unit fraction, proper fraction, improper fraction, mixed…

    Ages 6 to 9Language
  • Mathematics // Fractions

    Decimal & Percent Notation

    Read, write, and use decimal and percentage notation correctly — decimal, decimal point, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, percentage, per cent, % symbol…

    Ages 8 to 11Language
  • Mathematics // Probability

    Likelihood Language

    Use probability language to describe and compare the likelihood of everyday events using words such as certain, likely, even chance, unlikely, impossible

    Ages 9 to 10Language
  • Mathematics // Ratio & Proportion

    Percentages (age 9+)

    Know and use the vocabulary of ratio and proportion — ratio, proportion, percentage, scale, equivalent, unequal, relative size, part-to-part, part-to-whole, and…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar Terms: Clauses and Conjunctions

    Use and understand Year 3 grammatical terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause…

    Ages 7 to 9Language
  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Choosing A or An

    Use the correct form of the indefinite article — 'a' before words beginning with a consonant sound and 'an' before words beginning with a vowel sound (e.g., a…

    Ages 7 to 8Language
  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar Terms: Pronouns and Determiners

    Know and use Year 4 grammar terminology including determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, and adverbial

    Ages 8 to 9Language
  • English // Grammar & Punctuation

    Grammar Terms: Modal Verbs and Clauses

    Know and use Year 5 grammar terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, bracket…

    Ages 9 to 10Language
  • English // Reading Comprehension

    Structural terminology

    Use structural terminology (chapter, scene, stanza) to refer to parts of literary texts and describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections

    Ages 8 to 9Language
  • English // Vocabulary

    Discussing and Questioning New Words

    Ask and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known

    Ages 5 to 11Language
  • English // Vocabulary

    Shades of Meaning

    Distinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and…

    Ages 5 to 9Language
  • English // Vocabulary

    Using New Vocabulary

    Use words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing

    Ages 5 to 9Language
  • English // Vocabulary

    Formal and Informal English

    Recognise and compare formal and informal uses of English, understanding that language choices vary based on audience, purpose and context

    Ages 7 to 10Language
  • English // Vocabulary

    Domain Vocabulary Across Subject Areas

    Acquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • English // Writing Composition

    Writing Process Vocabulary

    Know and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction…

    Ages 5 to 8Language
  • English // Writing Composition

    Writing Craft Vocabulary

    Know and use the vocabulary of writing craft and effect — form, structure, register, tone, voice, coherence, cohesion, argument, evidence, perspective…

    Ages 8 to 11Language
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Evaporation and condensation

    Name and use vocabulary for the water cycle — evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, transpiration, water vapour, runoff, groundwater — and…

    Ages 7 to 9Language
  • Science // Earth's Systems

    Types of rocks

    Use vocabulary for Earth's geological processes and rock types — igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, erosion, weathering, deposition, fossil, sediment, strata…

    Ages 9 to 11Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Habitat Vocabulary

    Name and use vocabulary for where living things are found — habitat, environment, microhabitat, conditions, woodland, ocean, desert, rainforest, pond — and use…

    Ages 6 to 8Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Human impact on environments

    Use vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable…

    Ages 8 to 11Language
  • Science // Ecosystems & Habitats

    Ecology Vocabulary

    Use vocabulary for feeding relationships and ecological roles — producer, consumer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, food chain, food…

    Ages 8 to 10Language
  • Science // Energy

    Naming types of energy

    Name and use vocabulary for types of energy and energy transfer — kinetic energy, potential energy, heat energy, light energy, sound energy, electrical energy…

    Ages 7 to 9Language