ENGLISH WRITING CURRICULUM
MS/RECEPTION

LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION

To be able to:
• Use talk to connect ideas, explain what is happening and anticipate what might happen next, recall and relive past experiences.
• Question why things happen and give explanations. Asks e.g. who, what, when, how.
• Use a range of tenses (e.g. play, playing, will play, played).
• Build a vocabulary that reflects the breadth of their experiences.
• Extend vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.
• Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.
• Link statements and sticks to a main theme or intention.
• Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.
• Introduces a storyline or narrative into their play.
• Extend vocabulary, especially by grouping and naming, exploring the meaning and sounds of new words.
• Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences in play situations.
• Link statements and sticks to a main theme or intention.
• Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.
• Introduce a storyline or narrative into their play.
• Respond to instructions involving a two-part sequence.
• Understand humour, e.g. nonsense rhymes, jokes.
• To follow a story without pictures or props.
• Listen and respond to ideas expressed by others in conversation or discussion.

TOPIC WORK

The children are taught in the same way they would be in an English-speaking reception class.
A range of free-play opportunities that are related to the topic are provided daily for the children to explore in their own time. There are also different workshops (some independent and some adult-led) set out by the teacher, focusing on each area of learning from the EYFS curriculum.
They extend their vocabulary, improve their language skills and widen their knowledge of the world around them through the study of topics.
Here are some example of topics that are covered using stories, story mapping, songs, poems, acting, and rhymes…

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears • We’re Going on a Bear Hunt • Halloween • Sea Creatures • Seasons • The Gingerbread Man • Arctic/Antarctic • Chinese New Year

• Spring • Farm Animals • Ducks/Ducklings/Life Cycles • The Ugly  Duckling • Africa • The Zoo • The Three Little Pigs • Occupations

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