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.
