KS2 English Reading Syllabus
Here we have provided the syllabus we cover for KS2 Engliish Reading. If you click on the section you'd like to look at, an example question will appear. You can also try a demo test to get a better understanding of how BOFA works. The syllabus has been taken from the National Curriculum.
| Strand | Description | Yr 3&4 Code Example | Yr 5&6 Code Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| Themes and conventions | Identify the themes and conventions of a range of texts | 2TC1: Year 3&4 | 2TC1: Year 5&6 |
| Themes and conventions | Discuss / comment on themes and conventions in different genres and forms | 2TC2: Year 3&4 | 2TC2: Year 5&6 |
| Making inferences | Make inferences from the text | 2MI1: Year 3&4 | 2MI1: Year 5&6 |
| Making inferences | Explain inferences and justify them with evidence from the text | 2MI2: Year 3&4 | 2MI2: Year 5&6 |
| Making inferences | Predict what might happen from details stated and implied | 2MI3: Year 3&4 | 2MI3: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Give the meaning of words in context | 2C1: Year 3&4 | 2C1: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Explain and explore the meaning of words in context | 2C2: Year 3&4 | 2C2: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Identify main ideas | 2C3: Year 3&4 | 2C3: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Summarise main ideas from more than one paragraph | 2C4: Year 3&4 | 2C4: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Identify key details that support main ideas | 2C5: Year 3&4 | 2C5: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Identify language, structural and presentational features of texts | 2C6: Year 3&4 | 2C6: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Explain how the language, structural and presentational features of a text contributes to meaning | 2C7: Year 3&4 | 2C7: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Retrieve and record information from non-fiction | 2C8: Year 3&4 | 2C8: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Make comparisons within the text | 2C9: Year 3&4 | 2C9: Year 5&6 |
| Comprehension | Distinguish between fact and opinion | 2C10: Year 3&4 | 2C10: Year 5&6 |
| Language for effect | Identify and / or comment on writers’ use of words, phrases and language features including figurative language | 2LFE1: Year 3&4 | 2LFE1: Year 5&6 |
| Language for effect | Discuss and evaluate how writers use words, phrases and language features to have an impact on the reader, at word, sentence and text level | 2LFE2: Year 3&4 | 2LFE2: Year 5&6 |