The Meadows
Primary School
‘Play Together, Learn Together, Achieve Together’
Fostering RESPECT
Promoting HONESTY
Building RESILIENCE
Developing RESPONSIBILITY
Nurturing COMPASSION
Encouraging REFLECTION
EARLY LEARNING GOAL
ELG: Listening, Attention and Understanding
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Listen attentively and respond to what they hear with relevant questions,
comments and actions when being read to and during whole class discussions
and small group interactions;
- Make comments about what they have heard and ask questions to clarify their understanding;
- Hold conversation when engaged in back-and-forth exchanges with their
teacher and peers.
ELG: Speaking
Children at the expected level of development will:
- Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their
own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary;
- Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently
introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when
appropriate;
- Express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using full sentences,
including use of past, present and future tenses and making use of
conjunctions, with modelling and support from their teacher.