Communication and language is a fundamental skill your child will learn in Reception.

In Term 5 your child will:

Listening, attention and understanding:

• Understand questions such as who, what, where, when, why and how. 
• Use who, what, where, when, why, how to start and ask a question.  
• Know what helps them to be quiet and concentrate when listening 
• Maintain attention when engaged in an activity. 

Speaking:

• Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events    
• Link statements and stick to a main theme  
• Ask questions to learn more about an event/task. 
• Explain why things happen