Humanities

• recognising simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry • discussing and clarifying the meaning of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary • checking the text makes sense to them as they read and correcting inaccurate reading • making inferences on the basis of what is said and done • answering and asking questions • predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far • explaining and discussing their understanding

Writing Children will develop the skills necessary to become effective writers in four key areas: 1. Spelling

Children will continue to learn to spell by: • sounding out unknown words using phonic skills and knowledge • learning new ways of spelling words with similar sounds, e.g. homophones such as “where” and “wear” • learning to spell high frequency, common exception words (for example; again, beautiful, because)•adding suffixes to longer words including –ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -ly (for example; experiment, happiness, wonderful, listless, sadly) 2. Handwriting

Children will continue to join their handwriting using the continuous cursive font (see Year 1 information above). They will: • form lower case letters of the correct size relative to one another • write capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another • use accurate spacing between words. 3. Composition

Children will develop positive attitudes towards and stamina for writing by: • writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others (real and fictional) • writing about real events • writing poetry • writing for different purposes • planning or saying out loud what they are going to write about • writing down ideas and key words, including new vocabulary • encapsulating what they are going to say, sentence by sentence. • evaluating their writing • re-reading to check their writing makes sense • proof reading to check for errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. 4. Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

Children will develop their ability to write in grammatically accurate sentences. They will: • learn how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including full stops, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes • learn to write different types of sentences such as statements, questions, exclamations and commands • use the past and present tense correctly • use subordination (when, if, that, because) and coordination (or, and, but).

Geography

Nursery & Reception

Understanding the World (The World) Children investigate the similarities and differences in relation to places. They talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another. They make observations of their familiar world, explain why some things occur, and talk about changes.

Year 1 & 2

Investigating Places Simple fieldwork and observational skills are used to study the geography of the school grounds and the local area. The children can compare and contrast Singapore with other countries in the world, including the countries, capitals and surrounding seas of the United Kingdom. The children use world maps, atlases, globes and aerial photographs to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features of the world’s continents and oceans.

Communicating Geographically The children use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to and describe key physical and human features of locations. They can devise maps with symbols in a key, use simple grid references and follow compass directions.

Investigating Patterns The children understand geographical and climatic similarities and differences between Singapore and other countries around the world.

History

Nursery & Reception

Understanding the World (People and Communities) Children talk about past and present events in their own lives and in the lives of family members. They understand that other children don’t always enjoy the same things, and are sensitive to this. They can talk about similarities and differences between themselves and others and among families, communities and traditions.

Year 1 & 2

Investigate and Interpret the Past The children observe or handle evidence, artefacts, pictures, stories, online sources and databases to find out about, and interpret, the past. They ask questions and identify some of the different ways the past has been represented.

Build an Overview of World History The children describe historical events and significant people fromthe past. They recognise that there are reasons why people in the past acted as they did. Recognising how technology has changed over time is also a focus.