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English // Speaking & Listening

Articulate and justify answers, arguments, and opinions; participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, and debates

English // Speaking & Listening

Ask relevant questions to extend understanding; ask and answer questions to seek help, get information, or clarify something not understood

English // Speaking & Listening

Learn poems by heart and recite with appropriate intonation, adding visual displays to descriptions when appropriate, and producing complete sentences in spoken…

English // Speaking & Listening

Come to discussions prepared, draw on preparation and known information, and explain ideas in light of the discussion

English // Speaking & Listening

Report on a topic or recount an experience with organised facts and descriptive details, speaking clearly at an understandable pace

English // Speaking & Listening

Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points, evaluating whether the reasoning is logical and the evidence is relevant

English // Speaking & Listening

Paraphrase portions of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, capturing the key ideas accurately in one's own words

English // Speaking & Listening

Summarise the points a speaker makes and explain how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence, evaluating the logic and relevance of the support

English // Speaking & Listening

Summarise a written text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats including visually, quantitatively, and orally

English // Speaking & Listening

Review the key ideas expressed in discussions and draw conclusions in light of information and knowledge gained from the discussion

English // Speaking & Listening

Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, using formal English when appropriate to task and situation while adjusting tone, vocabulary, and style for…

English // Speaking & Listening

Include multimedia components and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes

English // Speaking & Listening

Pose and respond to specific questions in discussions, making comments that contribute to the discussion and elaborate on the remarks of others

English // Speaking & Listening

Improvise, rehearse, and perform play scripts and poetry — using role, intonation, tone, volume, mood, silence, stillness, and action to generate language…

English // Speaking & Listening

Use Standard English confidently in formal and informal spoken contexts — give short speeches and presentations expressing own ideas clearly, keeping to the…

English // Speaking & Listening

Participate in formal debates and structured discussions — presenting a position with supporting evidence, responding to others’ points, summarising and…

English // Spelling & Word Study

Segment spoken words into phonemes and spell CVC and simple phonetically regular words by writing a letter or letters for each sound

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell words with common suffixes (-s/-es for plurals and third person verbs, -ing, -ed, -er, -est) where no change to the root word is needed

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell words using the prefix un- to change meaning; understand that un- creates opposites or reverses actions

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell common exception words from memory that do not follow regular phonic patterns, including the days of the week

English // Spelling & Word Study

Write simple sentences from memory when dictated by the teacher, applying taught GPCs, spelling rules, and common exception words

English // Spelling & Word Study

Use the possessive apostrophe with singular nouns to show ownership (e.g., the girl's book, the dog's bone)

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell contracted forms correctly by placing the apostrophe where letters are omitted (can't, didn't, I'll, it's, etc.)

English // Spelling & Word Study

Spell words using alternative grapheme choices for known phonemes, learning new spellings for sounds already encountered (e.g., /ɔ:/ as 'a' before ll, /ʌ/ as…