What your child actually learns this year

Meeting somebody and saying who you are, out loud and in the right register.

Following somebody describing their family, and catching who is who.

Understanding a description of a place: a home, a classroom, a town.

Catching a time when it is said to you, which is harder than reading one off a page.

Saying what you like doing, and asking somebody else what they like.

Ordering, offering, and saying what you would like.

Saying how you feel and where it hurts.

Catching a weather report and acting on what it said.

Asking the way, and then understanding the answer.

Reading a greeting aloud so that it sounds like one.

Reading a short family description smoothly rather than word by word.

Reading a description of a place and being able to picture it.

Reading times and timetables aloud, correctly.

Reading about what somebody enjoys, and answering questions on it.

Reading a menu, a recipe or an order.

Reading about health and feelings, and taking the detail out of it.

Reading a forecast, and a short piece about the environment.

Reading directions against the map they describe.

Writing a greeting and a short introduction of their own.

Writing about a family, with the right word for each relative.

Describing a place in writing, in whole sentences.

Writing times, and a timetable for a day.

Writing about what they like doing, and why.

Writing a menu, an order, or a short note about food.

Writing about health: a note to a teacher, a message to a friend.

Writing a short weather report.

Writing directions somebody else could actually follow.