Stage 1 English Curriculum Framework PDF
Stage 1 English Curriculum Framework PDF
Stage 1 English Curriculum Framework PDF
Reading
The following genres and text types are recommended at Stage 1:
Fiction and poetry: real life stories, traditional tales from different cultures, fantasy stories, poetry and
plays.
Non-fiction: non-chronological report, simple recount, instructions.
Fiction and poetry
Join in with reading familiar, simple stories and poems. Demonstrate an understanding that one
spoken word corresponds with one written word.
Know that in English, print is read from left to right and top to bottom.
Read a range of common words on sight.
Use phonic knowledge to read decodable words and to attempt to sound out some elements of
unfamiliar words.
Read aloud from simple books independently.
Anticipate what happens next in a story.
Talk about events in a story and make simple inferences about characters and events to show
understanding.
Recognise story elements, e.g. beginning, middle and end.
Retell stories, with some appropriate use of story language.
Talk about significant aspects of a story’s language, e.g. repetitive refrain, rhyme, patterned
language.
Enjoy a range of books, discussing preferences.
Make links to own experiences.
Learn and recite simple poems.
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Join in and extend rhymes and refrains, playing with language patterns.
Non-fiction
Read labels, lists and captions to find information.
Know the parts of a book, e.g. title page, contents.
Show awareness that texts for different purposes look different, e.g. use of photographs, diagrams,
etc.
Read and talk about own writing.
Writing
Fiction
Write simple storybooks with sentences to caption pictures.
Write a sequence of sentences retelling a familiar story or recounting an experience.
Begin to use some formulaic language, e.g. Once upon a time.
Compose and write a simple sentence with a capital letter and a full stop.
Use relevant vocabulary.
Non-fiction
Write for a purpose using some basic features of text type.
Write simple information texts with labels, captions, lists, questions and instructions for a purpose.
Record answers to questions, e.g. as lists, charts.
Presentation
Develop a comfortable and efficient pencil grip.
Form letters correctly.