English Curriculum & ICT Links
Infant Classes
David Mc Mahon PDST 2011/ 2012
Strands, Strand Units & ICT Links
Descriptor of Resource & Learning Objective
Strand Unit: Oral Language
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Listen to a story or description and
respond to it

Hear, repeat and elaborate words,
phrases and sentences modelled by the
teacher

Focus on descriptive detail and begin
to be explicit in relation to people,
places, times, processes, events,
colour, shape, size, position

Re-read, retell and act out familiar
stories, poems or parts of stories

Listen to, enjoy and respond to stories,
nursery rhymes, poems and songs

Encounter early reading through
collaborative reading of languageexperience material

Learn to form and name individual
letters using various materials

See the teacher model writing as an
enjoyable experience
Oral Language - CrickWeb Literacy
Oral Language – Listen & Respond
Oral Language – Language Cards
Oral Language – Flashcard Generator
Oral Language – Letter Stories
Strand Unit: Reading
Reading - Starfall Poetry
Reading - Literactive
Reading – Starfall Reading
Reading – BookPop Stories
Reading – Letter Sounds
Strand Unit : Writing
Writing – Magic Key Writing
Writing – Skywriter Letters
Writing - Printables
1
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Writing - Frameworks
Writing – Jenny Eather Site
2
Hear a rich variety of stories, rhymes
and songs and draw and write about
them