Early Stage 1

A student communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction  

A student composes simple texts to convey an idea or message

A student demonstrates developing skills and strategies to read, view and comprehend short, predictable texts on familiar topics in different media and technologies

A student recognises that there are different kinds of spoken texts with specific language features and shows an emerging awareness of some purposes for spoken language

A student recognises some different purposes for writing and that own texts differ in various ways

A student demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter

A student demonstrates developing skills and knowledge in grammar, punctuation and vocabulary when responding to and composing texts

A student thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts

A student responds to and composes simple texts about familiar aspects of the world and their own experiences

A student demonstrates awareness of how to reflect on aspects of their own and others’ learning