this is an example of a 'outstanding' reception curriculum with outcomes
:■ follow simple spoken instructions
■ speak clearly, taking turns and listening to what others say
■ participate in talk on a range of topics, both through play and in a class discussion
■ listen attentively to a range of stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems
■ become familiar with a few traditional and modern stories, recognising and joining in with predictable phrases, reciting some traditional and modern rhymes and poems by heart
■ talk about stories they had heard and say which ones they liked
■ take part in role play in familiar and everyday contexts
participate in whole-class or small-group talk as preparation for writing
■ compose and write independently, when they had the necessary skills
■ rehearse out loud what they were going to write
■ compose a sentence orally before writing it down
■ sequence sentences to form short narratives
■ re-read what they had written to check it made sense
■ read aloud what they had written
■ listen to sounds and identify the correct corresponding graphemes (letters or groups of letters), according to the GPCs taught in the school’s phonics programme
■ sit correctly on a chair at a table when writing
■ hold a pencil correctly and comfortably using the tripod grip
■ form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place
■ form capital letters, as prompted by the phonics programme being followed
■ write, from dictation, simple English words made up of the GPCs they had learned
■ write correctly a few of the common exception words that had been learned for reading
■ write their own name correctly
■ write simple sentences from dictation
■ begin sentences with capital letters and finish with full stops
■ apply phonic knowledge and skills as the route to decode words
■ respond speedily with the correct sound to graphemes (letters or groups of letters) taught in the school’s phonics programme
■ read accurately by blending sounds in unfamiliar words that used only the grapheme–phoneme correspondences (GPCs) that had been taught ■ read a small number of exception words, including common words and words of special interest to children, highlighting to children any unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occurred in the word
■ read words without overt sounding and blending, once children were confident in their decoding, but not before
■ read aloud accurately books that were consistent with their developing phonic knowledge and that did not require them to use other strategies to work out words
■ re-read books to build up their fluency and confidence in word reading.
Bold beginnings - The Reception curriculum in a sample of good and outstanding primary schools (publishing.service.gov.uk)