West Heslerton CE Primary School Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation (SPaG) Workshop Thursday 11 th February 2016

How did you get on with the matching game?

“Grammar to a writer, is as to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep- sea diver an oxygen tank.” What is SPAG? Spelling Punctuation And

Is good grammar still important in 2016? ● It clarifies meanings. We saw her duck. ● It makes what we write consistent and universally understood, even when we aren’t there to explain it! ● It is really important to employers - they judge us. ● Our writing is more public than it has ever been!

What Has Changed in the New Curriculum? The revised National Curriculum for English (introduced from September 2014) places a much stronger emphasis on vocabulary development, grammar, punctuation and spelling. Expectations have been raised in each year group with many aspects having to be taught at least a year earlier than in the previous curriculum (for example, the use of commas and apostrophes will be taught in KS1) Pupils are expected to recognise and use the grammatical terminology appropriate to their year group

End of year group expectations in Badger Wood for SPaG

End of year group expectations in Keeper Wood (LKS2) for SPaG

End of year group expectations in Keeper Wood (UKS2) for SPaG

Assessment Changes – May 2016 The English grammar, punctuation and spelling test was introduced in May 2013 as part of the KS2 SATs programme for Year 6 pupils, replacing the previous English writing test. In line with the new raised expectations, there will be new national curriculum tests for grammar, punctuation and spellings in Years 2 and 6 introduced in For your child to do well in the SPaG tests, they don’t just have to be good at writing; they also need a technical understanding of how the English language works, including the correct grammatical terminology.

How Do We Teach SPaG at West Heslerton Spoken grammar is the start......we’re in Yorkshire. (Modelling standard English)

How Do We Teach SPaG at West Heslerton I fink we have free main words to contend wiv! “Th” sound Speech has a huge impact on spelling, even with really simple words! (Modelling correct speech)

How Do We Teach SPaG at West Heslerton Board games Apps Worksheets Playground games Magnetic letters Interactive Whiteboard Through whole class reading book Through small group guided reading sessions Pie Corbett writing sessions Movement games Circle games

KUNG FU PUNCTUATION – WHITE BELT How Do We Teach SPaG at West Heslerton

FULL STOP Throw a short, right-handed punch at the air in front of you. Make the noise, Ha!

COMMA With your right arm bent so that your hand is in front of your face, make a short twisting motion at the wrist to signify the comma shape. Make the noise, Shi!

SEMI-COLON Do the full-stop punch, then the comma shape directly underneath it. Make the noises, Ha! Shi!

COLON Follow the full-stop punch immediately with one directly beneath it. Make the noises, Ha! Ha!

ADVANCED KUNG FU PUNCTUATION Perform the correct move and sound to match the punctuation mark

She walked to the shop.

She bought apples, pears and tea.

It was hot; we went to the beach.

Tennis, which is a popular sport, can be played in pairs.

I speak the following languages: English, Spanish and French.

He was late; he missed the bus.

Unfortunately, we lost the game.

I caught three fish: a tuna, a cod and a salmon.

TOURNAMENT A proper bout of Punctuation Kung Fu requires three players: two combatants and a referee. The combatants face each other. The referee says the words ''capital letter'', and the opponents bow to each other while repeating the same phrase. The referee then calls out three punctuation marks and the players have to put the moves and sounds for these together, in sequence, as quickly as they can. The winner is the one who puts together all three moves and their accompanying sounds correctly in the quickest time.

National Curriculum Expectations and Standards The new national curriculum expectations and standards will be assessed for the first time in May KS1 examples

KS2 Examples

Do you meet the expected standard? Now it is your turn to take the test!

Helpful Parents Guide