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.