English Long term plan
Year
Gro
up
Year
1
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Descriptive
writing
Story:
Revisit
traditional
tales – See
Early Years
Little
Princess Tony Ross
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Instructiona
l writing
Story:
The Snail
and the
Whale –
Julia
Donaldson
Sharing a
Shell – Julia
Donaldson
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Non
chronological
report writing
Story:
Farmer Duck –
Martin
Waddell
Old Bear –
Jane Hissey
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Non
chronological
report writing
Story:
The Giraffe the
Pelly and Me –
Roald Dahl
Tabby McTat –
Julia Donaldson
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Descriptive
writing
Story:
Onibombulator
– Dick King
Smith
Funny Bones –
Janet and Alan
Ahlberg
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Instructional
writing
Story:
The Marble
Crusher –
Michael
Morpurgo
Mrs Goat and
Her 7 Little Kids
- Tony Ross
Year
2
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Chronologic
al reports
Story:
Fairy Tale
Twists –
Katie Dale
Revolting
Rhymes –
Roald Dahl
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Instructiona
l writing
Story:
Stickman –
Julia
Donaldson
Happy
Mouse Day
– Dick King
Smith
RWI incl
spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Descriptive
writing
Ship’s log
Story:
Flat Stanley –
Jeff Brown
Sandman and
the Turtles –
Michael
Morpurgo
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Non chron
reports
Character
descriptions
Story:
Horrid Henry –
Francesca
Simon
The Twits –
Roald Dahl
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
nocturnal
animals – non
chron reports
explanations
Story:
Owl Babies –
Martin Waddell
The Owl Who
Was Afraid Of
The Dark – Jill
Tomlinson
RWI incl spelling
Guided and
individual
reading
Postcards
Explanations
Story:
Conker Michael
Morpurgo
Year
3
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genres –
Fiction –
Grimm
stories
traditional
tales
reports –
history link
instruct
ions
mumify
ing
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genresDescription
–
geography
and art
Explanation
s – how
muscles
work
Story:
The Angel
of Nitshill
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genres –
Chronological
reports –
plant lifecycle
– volcanoes /
earthquakes
Non
chronological
reports –
places of
worship
Story:
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres
–
Diary – history
link
Persuasion
history link
Fiction –Horrid
Henry style
stories
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres –
Description –
science and art
Instructions - art
Story:
The Butterfly
Lion Michael
Morpurgo
Killer Cat – Anne
Fine
Some children
RWI
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres –
Persuasion –
tourist leaflet
chevin
Poetry –
performance
Story:
Cliff Hanger Jaqueline
Wilson
Story:
Horrid Henry’s
Nits – Francesca
Some children
RWI
English Long term plan
Year
4
Story:
Brothers
Grimm
stories
Some
children
RWI
George’s
Marvellous
Medicine –
Roald Dahl
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genres –
Explanation
– water
cycle – land
use
Traditional
tales
involving
water
Story:
The BFG –
Roald Dahl
Traditional
tales - revisit
Year
5
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres
Settings and
character
descriptions –
River Sea
Instructions –
DT
Non chron
reports geography
Story: Journey
to the River
Sea -Eva
Ibbotsen
Year
6
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
Road –
Anne Fine
The Worst
Witch – Jill
Murphy
Some
children
RWI
Vlad the Drac
- Anne
Jungman
Hodgeheg –
Dick King
Smith
Some children
RWI
Simon
Horrid Henry
Meets the
Queen –
Francesca
Simon
Some children
RWI
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genres –
Instructiona
l writing DT
Diary
history
Chronand
non chron
report
history
Story:
Charlotte’s
Web – EB
White
The Sheep
Pig – Dick
King Smith
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing
genres Traditional
tales from
Europe
Explanations
science
Story:
Bill’s New
Frock – Anne
Fine
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres Persuasion –
history
Explanations
science
poetry –
history link
Story:
The Viking Who
Came To School
– Jeremy Strong
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres Description –
history link
argument
history link
Story:
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres
Explanations science
Chronological
reports history
Description –
art
Diaries history
Story:
The Queen’s
Nose – Dick
King Smith
Step by Wicked
Step – Anne
Fine
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Writing genres Poetry - RE
Persuasive
writing – RE
Description- RE
Story:
Kensuke’s
Kingdom –
Michael
Morpurgo
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Writing genres Fiction Islamic
stories
Descriptive writing habitats
Playscripts – link to
the stories
Story:
The Witches – Roald
Dahl
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Writing genres Biographies –special
people
Persuasion – why
your special person
should go on a
special people list
Story:
Double Act –
Jacqueline Wilson
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Writing genres Description to
create a mood
landscape
photography
Argument – trial
crime and
punishment
Formal letters –
pleas for mercy or
to have someone
punished
Story:
Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone
– JK Rowling
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Spelling & grammar
Guided and
individual reading
Beowulf Michael
Morpurgo
The Wreck of the
Zanzibar – Michael
Morpurgo
Spelling &
grammar
Guided and
individual
reading
Writing genres Reports – Spain
Instructional
writing
Myths history
Story:
Tracey Beaker –
Jacqueline
Wilson
English Long term plan
individual
reading
Writing genres
Non
chronological
reports –
history and
Herd Farm
Myths and
legends
history
Persuasion –
Herd Farm
Story:
Room 13 Robert
Swindells
Greek Myths
individual
reading
Writing genres
Persuasion –
tourist leaflets
Descriptive
writing landscapes
Poetry - link
to descriptive
writing
Story:
Buried Alive
Jacqueline
Wilson
individual reading
Writing genres Explanations –
link to science
Hymns and
prayers
Writing genres Historical fiction
Blitz
Diaries - history
Argument – PSHCE
link
Story:
Carrie’s War-Nina
Bawden
An Elephant in
the garden –
Michael
Morpurgo
Story:
Goodnight Mr Tom Michelle Magorian
Writing genres Explanations link to
science
Instructions DT link
Formal letters of
complaint link to
come dine with me
Story:
Danny the champion
of the world - Roald
Dahl
Writing genres Playscripts –
leavers’ play
Autobiographies
time at Ashfield
Debate - RE
Story:
Flour Babies – Anne
Fine