Literacy
8. Comprehension ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
8. Comprehension ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and
- narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary;
- Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories;
- Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories,
- non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Say a sound for each letter in the alphabet and at least 10 digraphs;
- Read words consistent with their phonic knowledge by sound-blending;
- Read aloud simple sentences and books that are consistent with their phonic
- knowledge, including some common exception words.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Write recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed;
- Spell words by identifying sounds in them and representing the sounds with a letter
- or letters;
- Write simple phrases and sentences that can be read by others.
Mathematics
11. Number ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
11. Number ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Have a deep understanding of number to 10, including the composition of each
- number;
- Subitise (recognise quantities without counting) up to 5;
- Automatically recall (without reference to rhymes, counting or other aids) number
- bonds up to 5 (including subtraction facts) and some number bonds to 10, including
- double facts.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Verbally count beyond 20, recognising the pattern of the counting system;
- Compare quantities up to 10 in different contexts, recognising when one quantity is
- greater than, less than or the same as the other quantity;
- Explore and represent patterns within numbers up to 10, including evens and odds,
- double facts and how quantities can be distributed equally.
Understanding the World
13. Past and Present ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
13. Past and Present ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Talk about the lives of the people around them and their roles in society;
- Know some similarities and differences between things in the past and now, drawing
- on their experiences and what has been read in class;
- Understand the past through settings, characters and events encountered in books
- read in class and storytelling;
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Describe their immediate environment using knowledge from observation,
- discussion, stories, non-fiction texts and maps;
- Know some similarities and differences between different religious and cultural
- communities in this country, drawing on their experiences and what has been read
- in class;
- Explain some similarities and differences between life in this country and life in other
- countries, drawing on knowledge from stories, non-fiction texts and – when
- appropriate – maps.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Explore the natural world around them, making observations and drawing pictures
- of animals and plants;
- Know some similarities and differences between the natural world around them and
- contrasting environments, drawing on their experiences and what has been read in
- class;
- Understand some important processes and changes in the natural world around
- them, including the seasons and changing states of matter.
Expressive Arts and Design
16. Creating with Materials ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
Children at the expected level of development will:
16. Creating with Materials ELG
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Safely use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting
- with colour, design, texture, form and function;
- Share their creations, explaining the process they have used;
- Make use of props and materials when role playing characters in narratives and
- stories.
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher;
- Sing a range of well-known nursery rhymes and songs;
- Perform songs, rhymes, poems and stories with others, and – when appropriate – try
- to move in time with music.
