End of Year Expectations

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 1

Reading

• Identify which words appear again and again
• Recognise and join in with predictable phrases
• Relate reading to own experiences
• Re-read if reading does not make sense
• Re-tell with considerable accuracy
• Discuss significance of title and events
• Make predictions on basis of what has been read
• Make inferences on basis of what is being said and done
• Read aloud with pace and expression, i.e. pause at full stop; raise voice for questions
• Recognise
  • Capital letters
  • Full stops
  • Question marks
  • Exclamation marks
  • Ellipsis
• Know why the writer has used the above punctuation in a text
• Know difference between fiction and non-fiction texts

Writing

• Write clearly demarcated sentences
• Use ‘and’ to join ideas
• Use conjunctions to join sentences (e.g. so, but)
• Use standard forms of verbs, e.g. go/went
• Introduce use of:

• Capital letters
• Full stops
• Question marks
• Exclamation marks

• Use capital letters for names and personal pronoun ‘I’
• Write a sequence of sentences to form a short narrative (as introduction to paragraphs)
• Use correct formation of lower case – finishing in right place
• Use correct formation of capital letters
• Use correct formation of digits

Mathematics

• Count to and across 100, forwards & backwards from any number
• Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals and words
• Read and write numbers to 100 in numerals
• Say 1 more/less to 100
• Count in multiples of 2, 5 & 10
• Use bonds and subtraction facts to 20
• Add & subtract 1 digit & 2 digit numbers to 20, including zero
• Solve one-step multiplication and division using objects, pictorial representation and arrays
• Recognise half and quarter of object, shape or quantity
• Sequence events of day, week, month and year
• Tell time to hour & half past

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 2

Reading

• Secure with year group phonic expectations
• Recognise simple recurring literacy language
• Read ahead to help with fluency and expression
• Comment on plot, setting & characters in familiar & unfamiliar stories
• Recount main themes and events
• Comment on structure of the text
• Use commas, question marks and exclamation marks to vary expression
• Read aloud with expression and intonation
• Recognise
  • Commas in lists
  • Apostrophe of omission and possession (singular noun)
• Identify past/present tense and why the writer has used tense
• Use content and index to locate information

Writing

• Write different kinds of sentence: statement, question, exclamation, command
• Use expanded noun phrases to add description and specification
• Write using subordination (when, if, that, because) and co-ordination (or, and, but)
• Correct and consistent use of present tense & past tense
• Correct use of verb tenses
• Write with correct and consistent use of:
  • Capital letters
  • Full stops
  • Question marks
  • Exclamation marks
• Use commas in a list
• Use apostrophe to mark omission and singular possession in nouns
• Write lower case letters correct size relative to one another
• Show evidence of diagonal and horizontal strokes to join handwriting

Mathematics

• Compare and order numbers up to 100 and use < > =
• Read and write all numbers to 100 in digits & words
• Say 10 more/less than any number to 100
• Count in steps of 2, 3 & 5 from zero and in 10’s from any number (forwards and backwards)
• Recall and use multiplication & division facts for 2, 5 & 10 tables
• Recall and use +/- facts to 20
• Derive and use related facts to 100
• Recognise place value of any 2-digit number
• Add & subtract;
  • 2-digit nos & ones
  • 2-digit nos & tens
  • Two 2-digit nos
  • Three 1-digit nos
• Recognise and use inverse (+/-)
• Calculate and write multiplication & division calculations using multiplication tables
• Recognise, find, name and write 1/3; 1/4; 2/4; 3/4
• Write and recognise equivalence of simple fractions
• Tell time to five minutes, including quarter past/to

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 3

Reading

• Comment on the way characters relate to one another
• Know which words are essential in a sentence to retain meaning
• Draw inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions
• Recognise how commas are used to give more meaning
• Recognise inverted commas
• Recognise

• Plurals
• Pronouns and how used
• Collective nouns
• Adverbs

• Explain the difference and the precise choice of adjectives and verbs

Writing

• Use conjunctions (when, so, before, after, while, because)
• Use adverbs (e.g. then, next, soon)
• Use prepositions (e.g. before, after, during, in, because, of)
• Experiment with adjectives to create impact
• Correctly use verbs in 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd person
• Use perfect form of verbs to mark relationships of time and cause
• Use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
• Group ideas into basic paragraphs
• Write under headings and sub-headings
• Write with increasing legibility, consistency and fluency

Mathematics

• Compare & order numbers up to 1000
• Read & Write all numbers to 1000 in digits and words
• Find 10 or 100 more/less than a given number
• Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100
• Recall & use multiplication & division facts for 3, 4, 8 tables
• Recognise place value of any 3-digit number
• Add and subtract:
  • 3-digit nos and ones
  • 3-digit nos and tens
  • 3-digit nos and hundreds
• Add and subtract numbers with up to 3-digits using written columnar method
• Estimate and use inverse to check
• Multiply 2-digit by 1-digit numbers
• Count up/down in tenths
• Compare and order fractions with same denominator with whole
• Tell time using 12 and 24 hour clocks; and using Roman numerals
• Tell time to nearest minute
• Know number of days in each month and number of seconds in a minute

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 4

Reading

• Give a personal point of view on a text
• Re-explain a text with confidence
• Justify inferences with evidence, predicting what might happen from details stated or implied
• Use appropriate voices for characters within a story
• Recognise apostrophe of possession (plural)
• Identify how sentence type can be changed by altering word order, tenses, adding/deleting words or amending punctuation
• Explain why a writer has used different sentence types or a particular word order and the effect it has created
• Skim and scan to locate information and/or answer a question

Writing

• Vary sentence structure, using different openers
• Use adjectival phrases (e.g. biting cold wind)
• Use appropriate choice of noun or pronoun
• Use fronted adverbials
• Use apostrophe for plural possession
• Use a comma after fronted adverbial (e.g. later that day, I heard the bad news)
• Use commas to mark clauses
• Use inverted commas and other punctuation to punctuate direct speech
• Use paragraphs to organised ideas around a theme
• Use connecting adverbs to link to paragraphs
• Write with increasing legibility, consistency and fluency

Mathematics

• Count backwards through zero to include negative numbers
• Compare and order numbers beyond 1000
• Compare and order numbers with up to 2 decimal places
• Read Roman numerals to 100
• Find 1000 more/less than a given number
• Count in multiples of 6, 7, 9, 25 and 100
• Recall and use multiplication and division facts all tables to 12x12
• Recognise Place value of any 4-digit number

• Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000
• Round decimals with 1 decimal place to nearest whole number
• Add and subtract numbers with up to 4-digits using written columnar method
• Multiply
  • 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
  • 3-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers
• Count up/down in hundredths
• Recognise and write equivalent fractions
• Add and subtract fractions with same denominator
• Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12 and 24 hour clocks

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 5

Reading

• Summarise main points of an argument or discussion within reading and make up own mind about issue/s
• Compare between two texts
• Appreciate that people use bias in persuasive writing
• Appreciate how two people may have a different view on the same event
• Draw inferences and justify with evidence from the text
• Vary voice for direct or indirect speech
• Recognise clauses within sentences
• Explain how and why a writer has used clauses to add information to a sentence
• Use more than one source when carrying out research
• Create a set of notes to summarise what has been read

Writing

• Add phrases to make sentences more precise and detailed
• Use range of sentence openers – judging the impact or effect needed
• Begin to adapt sentence structure to text type
• Use pronouns to avoid repetition
• Indicate degrees of possibility using adverbs 9e.g. perhaps, surely) or modal verbs (e.g. might, should, will)
• Use the following to indicate parenthesis
  • Brackets
  • Dashes
  • Comma
• Use commas to clarify meaning or avoid ambiguity
• Link clauses in sentences using a range of subordinating and coordinating conjunctions
• Use verb phrases to create subtle differences (e.g. she began to run)
• Consistently organise into paragraphs
• Link ideas across paragraphs using adverbials of time (e.g. later), place (e.g. nearby) and number (e.g. secondly)
• Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed

Mathematics

• Count forwards and backwards with positive and negative numbers through zero
• Count forwards/backwards in steps of powers of 10 for any given number up to 1,000,000
• Compare and order numbers up to 1,000,000
• Compare and order numbers with 3 decimal places
• Read Roman numerals to 1000
• Identify all multiples and factors, including finding all factor pairs
• Use known tables to derive other number facts
• Recall prime numbers to 19
• Recognise and use square numbers and cube numbers
• Recognise place value of any number up to 1,000,000
• Round any number up to 1,000,000 to the nearest 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 or 100,000
• Round decimals with 2 decimal places to nearest whole number and 1 decimal place
• Add and subtract numbers with more than 4-digits using formal written method
• Use rounding to check answers
• Multiply 4-digit by 1-digit/2-digits
• Divide up to 4-digits by 1-digit
• Multiply& divide whole numbers 7 decimals by 10, 100 and 1000
• Recognise and use thousandths
• Recognise mixed numbers and improper fractions and convert from one to another
• Multiply proper fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers
• Identify and write equivalent fractions
• Solve time problems using timetables and converting between different units of time

END OF YEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR YEAR 6

Reading

• Refer to text to support opinions and predictions
• Give a view about choice of vocabulary, structure, etc.
• Distinguish between fact and opinion
• Appreciate how a set of sentences has been arranged to create maximum effect
• Recognise
  • Complex sentences with more than one subordinate clause
  • Phrases which add detail to sentences
• Explain how a writer has used sentences to create particular effects
• Skim and scan to aid note-taking

Writing

• Use subordinate clauses to write complex sentences

• Use passive voice when appropriate
• Use expanded noun phrases to convey complicated information concisely (e.g. The fact that it was raining meant the end of sports day)
• Use a sentence structure and layout matched to requirements of text type
• Use semi-colon, colon or dash to mark the boundary between independent clauses
• Use colon to introduce a list and semi colon within a list
• Use correct punctuation of bullet points
• Use hyphens to avoid ambiguity
• Use full range of punctuation matched to requirements of text type
• Use wide range of devices to build cohesion within and cross paragraphs
• Use paragraphs to signal change in time, scene, action, mood or person
• Write legibly, fluently and with increasing speed

Mathematics

• Use negative numbers in context and calculate intervals across zero
• Compare and order fractions up to 10,000,000
• Identify common factors, common multiples and prime numbers
• Round any whole number to a required degree of accuracy
• Identify the value of each digit to 3 decimal places
• Use knowledge of order of operations to carry out calculations involving four operations
• Multiply 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
• Divide 4-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers
• Add and subtract fractions with different denominators and mixed numbers
• Multiply simple pairs of proper fractions, writing the answer in the simplest form
• Divide proper fractions by whole numbers
• Calculate the percentage of a whole number