English / Literacy

At KS2

Targets for every child

Around age 11, most children are able to:

Speaking and listening

• listen to presentations and discussions
• talk intelligently about what they have heard
• develop and shape ideas and stories, using language imaginatively to interest the listener
• use some of the features of formal English when the occasion is right.

Reading

• understand important ideas, themes, events and characters
• read between the lines
• give ideas about a text, supporting them by referring to it
• use different ways to find information in print and on screen (for example, an index, or web site links).

Writing

• write in a lively, thoughtful way in a range of forms
• organise ideas to draw them to the reader's attention
• use words adventurously, and for effect
• spell words accurately, most of the time
• use punctuation to show where sentences begin and end, and to
• make meaning clear within the sentence
• write legibly and fluently in joined-up writing.