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| Stage 1 | |||
| Phonics and Spelling | Handwriting | Composition | Grammar |
| 1.1.a.1 Spell words containing each of the 40+ phonemes already taught | 1.1.d.1Sit correctly at a table, holding a pencil comfortably and correctly | 1.2.b.1Write sentences by: saying out loud what they are going to write about | 1.3.a.1Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: leaving spaces between words |
| 1.1.a.2Spell common exception words | 1.1.d.2 Begin to form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place | 1.2.b.2 Write sentences by: composing a sentence orally before writing it | 1.3.a.2Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English Appendix 2 by: joining words and joining clauses using and |
| 1.1.a.3Spell the days of the week | 1.1.d.3 Form capital letters | 1.2.b.3Write sentences by: sequencing sentences to form short narratives | |
| 1.1.a.4Naming the letters of the alphabet in order | 1.1.d.4Form digits 0-9 | 1.2.b.4Write sentences by: re-reading what they have written to check that it makes sense | 1.3.c.1Capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences |
| 1.1.a.5 Using letter names to distinguish between alternative spellings of the same sound | 1.1.d.5Understand which letters belong to which handwriting ‘families’ (i.e. letters that are formed in similar ways) and to practise these | ||
| 1.2.c.1Discuss what they have written with the teacher or other pupils | |||
| 1.1.b.1 Add prefixes and suffixes using the spelling rule for adding -s or -es as the plural marker for nouns and the third person singular marker for verbs | |||
| 1.1.b.2Add prefixes and suffixes using the prefix un– | 1.2.d.1Read aloud their writing clearly enough to be heard by their peers and the teacher | ||
| 1.1.b.3Add prefixes and suffixes using -ing, -ed, -er and -est where no change is needed in the spelling of root words: e.g. helping, helped, helper, eating, quicker, quickest | |||
| 1.1.c.1Write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs and common exception words taught so far | |||