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English // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Nouns, Verbs and TenseUse and understand Year 2 grammatical terminology in discussion: noun, noun phrase, statement, question, exclamation, command, compound, suffix, adjective…
Ages 6 to 7LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Clauses and ConjunctionsUse and understand Year 3 grammatical terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause…
Ages 7 to 9LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Choosing A or AnUse 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 8LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Pronouns and DeterminersKnow and use Year 4 grammar terminology including determiner, pronoun, possessive pronoun, and adverbial
Ages 8 to 9LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Modal Verbs and ClausesKnow and use Year 5 grammar terminology accurately when discussing reading and writing: modal verb, relative pronoun, relative clause, parenthesis, bracket…
Ages 9 to 10LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Grammar Terms: Voice and PunctuationKnow and use Year 6 grammatical terminology accurately: subject, object, active voice, passive voice, synonym, antonym, ellipsis, hyphen, colon, semi-colon…
Ages 10 to 11LanguageEnglish // Grammar & Punctuation
Literary and Language TerminologyDiscuss reading, writing, and spoken language with precise and confident use of linguistic and literary terminology — including terms for word classes, sentence…
Ages 11 to 14LanguageEnglish // Reading Comprehension
Structural terminologyUse 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 9LanguageEnglish // Spelling & Word Study
Phonics VocabularyKnow and use the vocabulary of phonics and word structure — phoneme, grapheme, GPC (grapheme-phoneme correspondence), blend, segment, digraph, CVC, vowel…
Ages 4 to 7LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Discussing and Questioning New WordsAsk and answer questions about unknown words in texts; discuss word meanings and link new vocabulary to words already known
Ages 5 to 11LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Shades of MeaningDistinguish shades of meaning among verbs describing similar actions and among adjectives differing in intensity; make real-life connections between words and…
Ages 5 to 9LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Using New VocabularyUse words and phrases acquired through conversations, being read to, and responding to texts in own speech and writing
Ages 5 to 9LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Formal and Informal EnglishRecognise and compare formal and informal uses of English, understanding that language choices vary based on audience, purpose and context
Ages 7 to 10LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Domain Vocabulary Across Subject AreasAcquire and use accurately academic and domain-specific vocabulary relevant to grade-level topics, including words that signal precise meaning in informational…
Ages 9 to 11LanguageEnglish // Vocabulary
Choosing Formal VocabularyDistinguish between formal and informal vocabulary, selecting words appropriate for formal speech and writing such as 'discover' instead of 'find out' and…
Ages 10 to 11LanguageEnglish // Writing Composition
Writing Process VocabularyKnow and use the vocabulary of the writing process — compose, plan, draft, revise, edit, proofread, genre, audience, purpose, narrative, recount, instruction…
Ages 5 to 8LanguageEnglish // Writing Composition
Writing Craft VocabularyKnow and use the vocabulary of writing craft and effect — form, structure, register, tone, voice, coherence, cohesion, argument, evidence, perspective…
Ages 8 to 11LanguageScience // Earth's Systems
Evaporation and condensationName and use vocabulary for the water cycle — evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, transpiration, water vapour, runoff, groundwater — and…
Ages 7 to 9LanguageScience // Earth's Systems
Types of rocksUse vocabulary for Earth's geological processes and rock types — igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic, erosion, weathering, deposition, fossil, sediment, strata…
Ages 9 to 11LanguageScience // Ecosystems & Habitats
Habitat VocabularyName and use vocabulary for where living things are found — habitat, environment, microhabitat, conditions, woodland, ocean, desert, rainforest, pond — and use…
Ages 6 to 8LanguageScience // Ecosystems & Habitats
Human impact on environmentsUse vocabulary for human impact on the environment — pollution, habitat destruction, deforestation, biodiversity, conservation, renewable energy, non-renewable…
Ages 8 to 11LanguageScience // Ecosystems & Habitats
Ecology VocabularyUse vocabulary for feeding relationships and ecological roles — producer, consumer, predator, prey, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, decomposer, food chain, food…
Ages 8 to 10LanguageScience // Energy
Naming types of energyName 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 9LanguageScience // Energy
Circuit vocabularyUse technical vocabulary for electrical circuits — circuit, component, cell, battery, current, voltage, resistance, conductor, insulator, switch, series…
Ages 9 to 11Language