--- title: "Year 7" url: "https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/year-7" school: "Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust" --- Admissions Consultation BHCET schools [Click Here](https://bhcet.org.uk/admissions-consultation) # Year 7 Foundational Knowledge & Skills ## Year 7 A single view of the foundational Reading, Writing, Oracy and Maths & Numeracy knowledge and skills pupils should secure during Year 7. **Securing these skills and knowledge** Use this page as a year-group overview across all four foundational knowledge areas. For more detailed progression and teaching guidance, follow the links to each individual area. **Jump to an area**Reading Writing Oracy Maths & Numeracy ## Reading Year 7 foundational reading expectations ### Phonics - Blends sounds to read simple Tier 2 and 3 vocabulary. ### Fluency & Decoding - Reads with appropriate rhythm and expression. - Reading stamina means students can engage with increasingly complex texts. ### Comprehension & Inference - Understands and can summarise a range of simple texts. - Look beyond literal meaning in order to make simple inferences. - Efficient retrieval of information from longer and more complex texts. ### Reading for Purpose & Audience - Understand that writing has different purposes and different audiences. Can identify features associated with these different purposes and audiences. - Adapt a range of reading strategies depending on the task. ### Disciplinary Reading - Applies a range of reading strategies that have been taught explicitly by the teacher, e.g. skimming, scanning, detailed reading and SQ3R. ### Reading for Pleasure - Sustain focus on longer and more demanding texts independently. [Explore Reading in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/reading) ## Writing Year 7 foundational writing expectations ### Purpose & Audience - Apply features of the genre / type of writing accurately with some teacher support and guidance. - Awareness of the need to adapt tone and levels of formality for different purposes and audiences. ### Grammar - Accurate use of tenses: past, present, future, active and passive. - Subject / verb agreement is used accurately. - Accurate use of simple, compound, complex sentences including the use of subordinate clauses. ### Punctuation - Accurate use of capital letters, full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks, apostrophes and quotation marks to indicate references. ### Spelling - Accurate spelling of common words. - More complex vocabulary is spelled phonetically at times. - Tier 2 and 3 words which are a focus of the topic are spelled accurately or corrected and followed up. ### Editing & Redrafting - Students can edit / proofread for key Tier 2 and 3 words accurately. - Students can edit / proofread the punctuation above accurately. - Improve / redraft writing by adding and correcting basic elements. ### Handwriting & Presentation - All dates and titles are underlined with a ruler. - The right materials and tools are used for the task e.g. pencil to draw graphs, pen to write extended answers. - Students can write legibly in designated areas e.g. on lines and in squares. - Expression of ideas is not hindered by handwriting and presentation. Where it is, this is supported and corrected. [Explore Writing in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/writing) ## Communication, Oracy & Vocabulary Year 7 foundational communication and spoken-language expectations ### Vocabulary - Uses everyday vocabulary with some subject-specific terms; may misuse or repeat language. - Can use new words when prompted. - Recognise and begin to adapt speech for different levels of formality. ### Linguistic - Attempts to adapt talk with support. - Uses mostly complete sentences; beginnings of sentence variation; explanations simple / linear. ### Cognitive - Responds to others’ ideas. - Explains thinking simply; gives basic reasons. ### Social & Emotional - May struggle with disagreement. - Takes turns; listens; basic respect. - Uses active listening skills to listen attentively and respond appropriately. - Confidence is developed through encouraged engagement in opportunities to become involved in discussions, questions and answers. ### Physical - Relies on prompts or notes. - Audible voice; some eye contact; basic delivery. [Explore Oracy in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/oracy) ## Maths & Numeracy Year 7 foundational maths and numeracy expectations ### Number - Understand and use place value accurately. - Develop fluency with the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division), including in contexts. - Complete calculations in the correct order (BIDMAS). - Understand and calculate with negative numbers. ### Algebra - Understand the meaning of substitution. - Write and simplify “algebraic” sentences. ### Statistics - Accurately draw a range of charts and representations. - Understand the importance of totals (calculating the mean). ### Proportion & Rates of Change - Understand what is meant by a percentage. ### Geometry - Understand and apply properties of 2D and 3D shapes to identify and classify. ### Numerical Communication - Show organised working out. ### Calculator Skills - Begin to use a calculator successfully. [Explore Maths & Numeracy in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/maths-and-numeracy) ## Explore the full framework This page brings the Year 7 expectations together in one place. Use the individual Reading, Writing, Oracy and Maths & Numeracy pages for the full progression across Years 7–9 and the supporting teaching toolkits. [← Back to Foundational Knowledge & Skills ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills) ![Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust](https://files.schudio.com/bishop-hogarth-catholic-education-trust/images/logo/Bishop_Hogarth_and_Hexham_Logo_new_(4).png) ### Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust The Headlands Darlington Co. 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