National Curriculum Expectations
Expectations in English Year 1
Expectations in English Year 2
Expectations in English Year 3
Expectations in English Year 4
Phonics
Pupils in foundation stage and key stage 1 are taught a 20 min phonics lesson daily to enable them to develop their reading and later their spelling skills.
We base our phonics teaching and learning on the Letters and Sounds document:
Reading
Reading readiness skills objectives
SPAG
Writing
Writing Assessment Ladders year 1-6
Handwriting
At St Peter's we use a cursive handwriting style from Foundation Stage to Year 6.
Children first learn to form letters starting on the line and ending with a flick, when they are ready they learn to join them.
Click here to see how we form our letters using