Key Stage 2 English (Ages 7-11)
Reading
The emphasis is on a wide range of strategies to make sense of their reading. Children are taught:
- To identify the difference between fact and fiction.
- Practice the skills of identifying the main points in text.
- Locate information – using contents, index, headings, page numbers and bibliography.
- Describe and evaluate the style of writing in different texts.
- Study poetry – the use of rhyme, rhythm and form.
- Write for specific audiences.
Writing
Emphasis is on the skills of planning and presentation writing. Children are taught to:
- Use speech marks, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, dashes and brackets.
- Use paragraphs and chapters, sub-headings and numbering to organise writing.
- Plan and write stories, newspaper reports and advertisements.
- Describe and evaluate the style of writing different texts.
- Practise writing to inform, explain and describe.
- Continue to improve spelling and punctutation.
For more information download our Key Stage 2 Parent Pack.