The National Curriculum 2014 has highlighted the importance of teaching children explicit knowledge of Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. Building this knowledge is best achieved through a focus on grammar within the teaching of reading, writing and speaking. Once pupils are familiar with a grammatical concept [for example ‘plural noun suffixes’], they will be encouraged to apply and explore this concept in the grammar of their own speech and writing.
The table below shows the GPaS concepts introduced in Year 1:
| Word | Regular plural noun suffixes –s or –es [for example, dog, dogs; wish, wishes], including the effects of these suffixes on the meaning of the noun
Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is needed in the spelling of root words (e.g. helping, helped, helper) How the prefix un– changes the meaning of verbs and adjectives [negation, for example, unkind, or undoing: untie the boat] |
| Sentence | How words can combine to make sentences
Joining words and joining clauses using and |
| Text | Sequencing sentences to form short narratives |
| Punctuation | Separation of words with spaces
Introduction to capital letters, full stops, question marks and exclamation marks to demarcate sentences Capital letters for names and for the personal pronoun I |
| Terminology for pupils | letter, capital letter, word, singular, plural, sentence
punctuation, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark |
Spelling
Spelling in Year 1 is taken from the National Curriculum 2014. The table below lists the statutory requirements for the year group.
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Useful sites for spelling:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=spelling%20activities%20KS1
https://www.teachitprimary.co.uk/ks1-english/spelling-for-beginners/tags/3258