By the end of the
foundation stage, most children will be able to:
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enjoy listening to and
using spoken and written language, and readily turn to it in their play
and learning;
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explore and experiment
with sounds, words and texts;
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listen with enjoyment
and respond to stories, songs and other music, rhymes and poems and make
up their own stories, songs, rhymes and poems;
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use language to imagine
and recreate roles and experiences;
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use talk to organise,
sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events;
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sustain attentive listening,
responding to what they have heard by relevant comments, questions or actions;
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interact with others,
negotiating plans and activities and taking turns in conversation;
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extend their vocabulary,
exploring the meanings and sounds of new words;
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retell narratives in
the correct sequence, drawing on the language patterns of stories;
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speak clearly and audibly
with confidence and control and show awareness of the listener, for example
by their use of conventions such as greetings, 'please' and 'thank you';
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hear and say initial
and final sounds in words, and short vowel sounds within words;
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link sounds to letters,
naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet;
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read a range of familiar
and common words and simple sentences independently;
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know that print carries
meaning and, in English, is read from left to right and top to bottom;
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show an understanding
of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events,
and openings, and how information can be found in non-fiction texts to
answer questions about where, who, why and how;
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attempt writing for
various purposes, using features of different forms such as lists, stories
and instructions;
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write their own names
and other things such as labels and captions and begin to form simple sentences,
sometimes using punctuation;
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use their phonic knowledge
to write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts
at more complex words;
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use a pencil and hold
it effectively to form recognisable letters, most of which are correctly
formed.
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