Grasp English — Learn

Year 3

The step up into KS2 — reading moves toward analysis (author's choices, fact vs opinion) and writing gains real structure through paragraphing and the writing process.

📖 Reading

Retrieval and inference deepen into early analysis of a writer's choices.

✍️ Writing

Structuring writing into paragraphs and using a genuine planning-drafting-editing process.

🔤 Grammar

A fuller set of word classes and the first real clause structures.

✒️ Punctuation

Building toward direct speech with an introduction to inverted commas.

🔠 Spelling

Roots, prefixes and suffixes become central, alongside trickier spelling patterns.