


Core Subject Skills Guide Writing Skills Report Heading Description Word level Is the child’s spelling accurate and do they use a wide variety of vocabulary? Sentence Level How accurate is the punctuation and grammar. Is the child able to start sentences using a variety of ways or restructure sentences to make a text read better. Text Level How enjoyable is the piece of writing when read. Is the story structured well and does it make sense, or in non-fiction, has the correct layout been used.
Reading Skills:
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Recognition of phonic knowledge and HFW |
· How strong is the child’s ability to sound out words using the phonemes that have been learnt? · How many of the high frequency words can be recognised by sight? |
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Use a range of strategies including accurate decoding of text, to read for meaning |
· Can the child read accurately? · Do they have the skills to work out unfamiliar words? |
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Describe, select or retrieve information, events or ideas from texts |
· Can the child answer what, when, who questions? · Can they answer questions that involved taking something straight from the text? |
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Understand and make deductions from texts |
· Can the child answer why questions? · Can they work out why something might happen even if it does not say so in the story? |
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Identify and comment on the structure of the text |
· Can the child talk about how a text is set out? For example, why are have bullet points been used? Why has the word been written in bold? |
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Explain and comment on writers' use of language |
· Can the child talk about why an author has written a sentence in a certain way? For example, why have they described a train as being like a bullet? |
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Identify and comment on writer’s purpose and viewpoint |
· Can the child talk about why an author has written a text in a certain way? For example, what are they trying to persuade the reader to do? Why have they written this text? |
Numeracy Areas and the skills they focus on Report Heading Description Block A Counting, Partitioning and Calculating · Understanding place value (1s, 10s, 100s) · Ordering numbers · Counting on and back · Addition and subtraction Block B Securing number facts and Understanding shape · Number facts particularly number bonds, multiplication and division facts · Written methods of multiplication and division · Basic facts associated with shape such as names, lines of symmetry and angles Block C Handling Data and Measures · Understanding and producing graphs and charts · Practical measuring of length, volume, weight, time etc. Block D Calculating, Measuring and Understanding Shape · General problem solving involving the skills gain from units A to C · For example, measuring differences is time, calculating cost, moving shapes to different coordinates, finding a perimeter etc. Block E Securing Number Facts, Relationships and Calculating · Extension work of the content of Block A e.g.number bonds, multiplication facts · Extension work on the four operations · Extension work on number facts in developing an understanding on numbers below 1
Science Skills Report Heading Description Understanding of Key Concepts How well has the child understood the area that has been studied? For example: · That different teeth have different jobs · That different animal adapt to different environments · That the heart pumps blood. Scientific Enquiry Skills How well can the child: · Ask questions and plan a fair investigation to answer them. · Carry out an investigation accurately · Record what they found out · Make conclusions from a table of findings · Evaluate their investigation.