Curriculum Objectives

• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly including: capital letters / Use of capital letters to demarcate sentences
• Understand and use sentences with different forms: statement / How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a statement / Terminology for pupils: statement
• Understand and use sentences with different forms: question / How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a question / Terminology for pupils: question
• Understand and use sentences with different forms: exclamation / How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a exclamation / Terminology for pupils: exclamation
• Understand and use sentences with different forms: command / How the grammatical patterns in a sentence indicate its function as a command / Terminology for pupils: command
• Learn how to use: The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form / Correct choice and consistent use of present tense and past tense throughout writing / Terminology for pupils: tense (past, present)
• Formation of nouns using suffixes such as –ness, –er and by compounding [for example, whiteboard, superman] / Formation of adjectives using suffixes such as –ful, –less (A fuller list of suffixes can be found in the year 2 spelling section in English Appendix 1) / Use of the suffixes –er, –est in adjectives / Terminology for pupils: compound / Terminology for pupils: suffix
• Terminology for pupils: subordinate clause
• Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by: Using conjunctions to express time and cause / Express time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because] / Terminology for pupils: conjunction
• Use the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel [for example, a rock, an open box] / Terminology for pupils: consonant / Terminology for pupils: consonant letter / Terminology for pupils: vowel / Terminology for pupils: vowel letter
• Terminology for pupils: clause