What will my child learn?
Through speaking, listening and interacting with others, your child will have the opportunity to learn to express their ideas and communicate effectively. They will be able to build on the foundational skills to read and write with increasing fluency.
Your child will engage with a wide range of quality literature, including: stories, poetry, plays and multimedia, for enjoyment and to learn about themselves, their community and the world.
Your child will learn to appreciate, reflect on and build knowledge about how language works. This will help them learn to make meaning when reading and viewing texts, and to create texts in ways that are imaginative, creative, interpretative, critical and powerful.
How will my child benefit?
The study of English can benefit your child by helping them to:
- communicate clearly and confidently by interacting and presenting in different social and learning situations
- deepen their knowledge and use of vocabulary to support oral language, reading and writing skills
- choose the most appropriate words for different learning contexts
- use a range of strategies to spell, read and write words that may be increasingly unfamiliar
- use grammar and punctuation to express themselves effectively
- read with accuracy and with expression appropriate for the type of text
- write longer and more complex texts for different purposes
- use quality literature to learn more about the world and their place within it.
