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    Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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    Literacy
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    Expressive Arts and Design
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    Understanding the World
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    Physical Development
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    Enrichment

    Reception Literacy Curriculum
    Children will be taught...
     

    EYFS Development Matters Statements Three to Four Year Olds

    • Understand the five key concepts about print:
      • Print has meaning
      • Print can have different purposes
      • We read English text from left to right and from top to bottom
      • The names of the different parts of a book
      • Page sequencing
    • Develop their phonological awareness, so that they can:
      • Spot and suggest rhymes
      • Count or clap syllables in a word
      • Recognise words with the same initial sound, such as money and mother
    • Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary.
    • Use some of their print and letter knowledge in their early writing. For example: writing a pretend shopping list that starts at the top of the page; writing ‘m’ for mummy.
    • Write some or all of their name.
    • Write some letters accurately.

    EYFS Development Matters Statements Children in Reception

    • Read individual letters by saying the sounds for them.
    • Blend sounds into words, so that they can read short words made up of known letter-sound correspondences.
    • Read some letter groups that each represent one sound and say sounds for them.
    • Read a few common exception words matched to the school’s phonic programme.
    • Read simple phrases and sentences made up of words with known letter–sound correspondences and, where necessary, a few exception words.
    • Re-read these books to build up their confidence in word reading, their fluency and their understanding and enjoyment.
    • Form lower-case and capital letters correctly.
    • Spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s.
    • Write short sentences with words with known letter-sound correspondences using a capital letter and full stop.
    • Re-read what they have written to check that it makes sense.

    Early Learning Goals

    Comprehension

    • 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.

    Word Reading

    • 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.

    Writing

    • 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 recognisable letters, most of which are correctly formed.