1. The New Curriculum

2. English Continued focus on quality writing Grammar objectives for all year groups Focus on reading for pleasure Read a broad range of authors and text types Reciting poetry Required spelling wordlists to be taught

3. KS1 English Continued focus on phonics Additional spelling sessions

4. Assessment Introduction of new curriculum Core subjects (Maths, English, Science) Foundation subjects (History, Geography etc.) Year 1September 2014 Year 2September 2015September 2014 Year 3September 2014 Year 4September 2014 Year 5September 2014 Year 6September 2015September 2014

5. Assessment Levels are being removed July 2015 will be the last year ‘Levels’ are used at the end of Key Stages No official guidance on what will replace the levels

6. Assessment As far as we know beyond July 2015… SATs are staying for the end of both key stages KS1 Combination of teacher assessments and national tests (marked in school) for Reading and Writing Inclusion of a Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar test for Y2 in 2016 Phonics screening in Y1 will continue

7. Assessment As far as we know beyond July 2015… KS2 National tests (externally marked) for Reading, SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar). Writing will remain as a teacher assessment We will keep you updated!

8. Content: English Language word classes and the grammatical functions of words, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, articles the features of different types of sentence, including statements, questions and commands, and how to use them for example, imperatives in commands. the grammar of complex sentences, including clauses, phrases and connectives.

9. Word classes. Nouns – six sub divisions. Pronouns. Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Prepositions Articles Conjunctions/connectives

10. Content: Vocabulary/language strategies to broaden their vocabulary and use it in inventive ways to proofread – check the draft for spelling and punctuation errors, omissions and repetitions.

11. Content: Spelling. All classes have spellings to learn. The curriculum is now phased with year 3/ 4 as lower KS2 and year 5/ 6 as upper KS2. All children must know how: to sound out phonemes to analyse words into syllables and other known words to apply knowledge of spelling conventions to use knowledge of common letter strings, visual patterns and analogies to check their spelling to revise and build on their knowledge of words and spelling patterns.

12. Content: punctuation… to use punctuation marks correctly in their writing, including full stops, question and exclamation marks, commas, inverted commas, and apostrophes to mark possession and omission. At a basic level all children should at least be able to use capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks correctly. (lv2)

14. Focus on punctuation. Two possible ways to punctuate the sentence giving two different meanings: A woman without her man is nothing.

15. A woman, without her man, is nothing. A woman: without her, man is nothing.

16. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 1 Complete the noun phrase about the school. The __________, ____________ school.

17. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 2 Which word shows what Ricky did? Circle one word. Ricky shouted loudly so that his friends could hear him.

18. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 2 Which word shows what Ricky did? Circle one word. Ricky shouted loudly so that his friends could hear him.

19. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 3 Fill in the gaps in the sentence below, using the past progressive form of the verbs in the boxes. While I __________ in the park, my mum _____________ my sister on the swing. to play to push

20. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 3 Fill in the gaps in the sentence below, using the past progressive form of the verbs in the boxes. While I was playing in the park, my mum was pushing my sister on the swing. to play to push

21. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 4 Put a cross in each row to show the type of noun in each sentence. SentenceAbstract noun Collective noun Common noun Proper noun Jo picked up the bundle of papers. Justice has been done. They saw a zebra at the zoo.

22. Let’s have a go at some SPaG… Question 4 Put a cross in each row to show the type of noun in each sentence. SentenceAbstract noun Collective noun Common noun Proper noun Jo picked up the bundle of papers. X Justice has been done. X They saw a zebra at the zoo. X

23. Useful websites: http://www.compare4kids.co.uk/literacy.php http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/spelling_grammar/ Thank you for taking the time to attend tonight’s session. We hope it has given you an insight to the new SPAG requirements and given you some ideas on how to help at home.