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English

National Curriculum in England · Key Stage 2 · Year 6

What they will learn

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Writing composition

Planning, drafting, editing and writing for purpose.

Writing for different audiences

Adapting tone, structure and formality.

  • Write formal and informal text
  • Use varied sentence openers
  • Proofread confidently

Grammar and punctuation

Clauses, tenses, commas, apostrophes and speech.

Standard English and tense

Consistent tense, subjunctive and active or passive voice.

  • Keep tense consistent
  • Use the passive voice
  • Choose Standard English forms

Spoken language

Debate, performance and structured explanation.

Debate and presentation

Structured speaking with reasons and evidence.

  • Build an argument
  • Respond to another view
  • Present to an audience