--- title: "Year 8" url: "https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/year-8" school: "Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust" --- Admissions Consultation BHCET schools [Click Here](https://bhcet.org.uk/admissions-consultation) # Year 8 Foundational Knowledge & Skills ## Year 8 A single view of the foundational Reading, Writing, Oracy and Maths & Numeracy knowledge and skills pupils should develop and apply during Year 8. **Extending, developing and applying 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 8 foundational reading expectations ### Phonics - Applies phonics to read increasingly complex words in order to read longer texts fluently. ### Fluency & Decoding - Fluent, confident reading of complex and unfamiliar texts. - Sustains focus on longer texts and across subject-specific texts. ### Comprehension & Inference - Understands and can summarise a range of complex and unfamiliar texts. - Look beyond literal meaning and can articulate implicit information, bias and viewpoints. - Understands and can explain a writer’s perspective on abstract theories and conceptual ideas. - Synthesise information from different parts of a text or different sources / texts. ### Reading for Purpose & Audience - Identify different purposes and audiences and evaluate their effectiveness. Can explain and analyse the key features of different texts adapted for different audiences. - Independently select and deploy a range of reading strategies during a task. ### Disciplinary Reading - Selects and applies a range of appropriate reading strategies independently to help increase knowledge and understanding. ### Reading for Pleasure - Reads widely, confidently and independently, including a range of text types and genres. [Explore Reading in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/reading) ## Writing Year 8 foundational writing expectations ### Purpose & Audience - Considers reader response through choices made in writing. - Writes with the intention of engaging and impacting range of audiences for a range of purposes. - Appropriate use of tone and formality for different purposes and audiences. ### Grammar - Uses varied sentence openings. - Whole range of sentence types chosen to suit purpose and audience and used accurately. ### Punctuation - Chooses the correct punctuation for effect. - Accurate use of semi-colons and colons. ### Spelling - Accurate spelling of more complex and ambitious vocabulary. Where mistakes are made, students are able to amend these in future work. - Confident use of Tier 2 / 3 vocabulary that is accurately spelled and applied in written and oracy work. ### Editing & Redrafting - Students can edit / proofread key Tier 2 / 3 words accurately and correct common vocabulary. - Students can edit / proofread for the whole range of punctuation, grammar and cohesive devices to amend their own work and that of others. - Writing is redrafted for clarity, structure and vocabulary. ### Handwriting & Presentation - Students independently choose the right materials and tools used for the task on every occasion e.g. pencil to draw graphs, pen to write extended answers. - Expression of ideas is not hindered by handwriting and presentation. [Explore Writing in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/writing) ## Communication, Oracy & Vocabulary Year 8 foundational communication and spoken-language expectations ### Vocabulary - Increasing use of Tier 2 vocabulary (e.g. analyse, compare); accurate use of Tier 3 vocabulary which is used in the right context. - Begins to use new vocabulary independently in structured talk. - Select and sustain appropriate formality with growing control. ### Linguistic - Adjusts tone / register in familiar contexts. - Expands sentence structures (because, however, therefore); developing clarity and detail. ### Cognitive - Builds on others’ ideas; makes connections. - Builds logical reasoning; links ideas; begins to justify with evidence. ### Social & Emotional - Expresses disagreement respectfully using scaffolds. - Participates consistently; acknowledges others. - Interprets, builds on and questions others’ ideas. - Confidence is increasing with students engaging in longer speaking activities and debates. ### Physical - Reduced reliance on notes; growing fluency. - More consistent clarity and pace; emerging confidence. [Explore Oracy in more detail → ](https://bhcet.org.uk/foundational-knowledge-and-skills/oracy) ## Maths & Numeracy Year 8 foundational maths and numeracy expectations ### Number - Understand fractions and develop fluency with the four operations with fractions. ### Algebra - Re-arrange formulae. - Solve equations, using inverse operations. ### Statistics - Use averages and measures of spread to analyse and interpret data. ### Proportion & Rates of Change - Learn how to scale up and scale down using multiplicative relationships. ### Geometry - Understand and apply angle facts. ### Numerical Communication - Present accurate, ordered working out. ### Calculator Skills - Successfully use a calculator, knowing how to check answers are reasonable. [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 8 expectations together in one place. 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