• all the National Literacy Strategy words from the reception years
• many words form the National Literacy Strategy Years 1-2
• other words integral to the books read
• the sounds associated with many letters
• to write these letters from memory
• to correctly form the targeted letters
• to correctly write some high frequency words
• to write them from memory
• to use a range of reading strategies
• to expect and gain meaning from texts
• to be more aware of rhyme
• to use analogy to write related words
• to write VC and CVC words, and attempt to write unknown words with confidence.

At the end of Blitz! the child should be in a position to begin to read independently from several reading schemes, with the knowledge and understanding to make sense of them whilst being aware of efficient and successful reading strategies. He/she should also be aware of, and be confident using, strategies to spell unfamiliar words.