Class
R
Autumn 1
Speaking and Listening
Story language and rhyme
Orally re-telling stories.
Extending
vocabulary,listening and
speaking skills through
discussions about pictures
and objects.
Autumn 2
Speaking and Listening
Joining in with repeated
refrains and anticipating
key events and phrases.
Describing main story
settings, events and
characters, suggesting how
stories might end.
Spring 1
Speaking and Listening
Introduce a storyline or
narrative into play.
Able to follow a story
without pictures or props.
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 2
and 3
To be able to express an
opinion.
To listen to other people’s
opinions.
Summer 1
Speaking and Listening
Understand and engage with the
speaker, demonstrating attentive
listening.
Engage with others through taking
turns in pairs and small groups.
Summer 2
Speaking and Listening
Express feelings and ideas
when speaking about matters
of immediate interest.
Talk in ways that are audible
and intelligible to familiar
others.
To express their feelings.
Extending
vocabulary,listening and
speaking skills through
discussions about pictures
and objects.
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 1
and 2 Systematic teaching
of phonemes.
Spring 2
Speaking and Listening
Extend vocabulary.
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 3
and 4
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 3
and 4
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 4 and 5
Phonics
Letters and Sounds Phase 4
and 5
Reading
FICTION- Nursery Rhymes
Key Texts: links to PSED Princesses love to
share,The Friendliest
Ballerina,Cowboys can be
Kind , The Pirate who said
Please all by Timothy
Knapman, Winnie’s Amazing
Pumpkin
Valerie Thomas & Korky
Paul
Reading
POETRY- Key Texts: 2
Bonfire Poems,
The Dot- and Ish by Peter
H Reynolds - Visual literacy
(DVD and book)
The Nativity-Nick
Butterworth
Bible story - Jesus’ birth
Writing
Writing initial sounds and
letters, writing CVC words.
Writing
Writing initial sounds and
letters, writing CVC words.
Handwriting
Letter formation and mark
making
Handwriting
Letter formation and mark
making
Reading
FICTION- Rhyming Texts
Reading
Noah’s Ark - Various Stories
Room on the Broom (Links to
theatre visit)
NON FICTION- Instructional
texts (various)
Dragon in a Wagon- Lynley
Dodd
VISUAL LITERACY- Lost and
Found by Oliver Jeffers, visual
literacy (DVD and book)
Shark in the Park ,Shark in
the Dark- Nick Sharratt
Reading
FICTION/NON-FICTIONBooks: Anna’s Art
Adventure,Degas and the Little
Dancer (Anholt's Artists)Picasso
and the Girl with a Ponytail: A
Story of Pablo Picasso (Anholt's
Artists),The Magical Garden of
Claude Monet (Anholt's Artists)L
Matisse, King of Colour (Anholt's
Artists).
Reading
NON-FICTION- Various Life Cycle of Frog /Insects
Percy the Park keeperAuthor Study: Various - Nick
Butterworth
NON-FICTION to support
Writing
Attempts to write short
sentences in meaningful
contexts.
Handwriting
Nelson Red Level
Writing
Letter Writing/Instructional
texts
To write in a meaningful
context.
To understand that writing can
be used for different
purposes.
Handwriting
Nelson Red Level
Writing
Children use their phonic
knowledge to write words in ways
which match their spoken sounds.
They also write some irregular
common words.
They write simple sentences which
can be read by themselves and
others.
Handwriting
Nelson Red Level
Writing
To write simple sentences.
This can be read by
themselves and others.
Some words are spelt
correctly and others are
phonetically plausible.
Handwriting
Nelson Red Level
1
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
appropriately to adults and
their peers
Ask relevant questions
Participate in discussions
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
Maintain attention
Speak audibly and fluently
Participate in performances
Gain, maintain and monitor
the interest of the listener
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
Maintain attention
Speak audibly and fluently
Articulate and justify
answers, arguments and
opinions
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
Maintain attention
Speak audibly and fluently
Give well-structured
descriptions and explanations
Phonics
Phase 3 revisit and review
Phase 4 (4 weeks)
Phonics
Phase 5a
SEN - Phase 3 intervention
Phonics
Phase 5b
SEN - Phase 3 intervention
Phonics
Phase 3 and Phase 5a revisit
and review. Focus on applying
to reading
SEN - Phase 5a sounds
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:
Knuffle Bunny by Mo
Willems
Author focus - Nick
Sharratt books
NON - FICTION- Key
Texts: Not a Stick by
Antoinette Portis
Billy’s Bucket by Kes Gray
and Garry Parsons (fiction
books but non-fiction work
taken from them)
POETRY
Squishy Squelchy Worm
Poem
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:
Harvey Slumfenburger’s
Christmas present by John
Burningham
NON-FICTION- Key
Text: The Usborne book of
BIg Machines
POETRY- Traditional Tales
(fiction books but poetry
work taken from them.)
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:
Bring the rain to Kapiti
Plain, by Verna Aardema,
Handa’s Hen by Eileen
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:The
House That Jack Built by
Jenny Stow
Anancy and Mr Dry-Bone by
Fiona French
NON-FICTION- Key Texts:
Owls by Emily Bone,
Books on night time creatures
Brown, We all went on
Safari by Laurie Krebs,
Barefoot Books
NON-FICTION- Key
Texts: Don’t let the pigeon
stay up late by Mo Willems
Don’t let the pigeon drive
the bus by Mo Willems
POETRY
The Works, chosen by Paul
Cookson, Sensational:
Poems (Five Senses chosen
by Roger McGough)
and owls
POETRY
Key Texts: The Works, chosen
by Paul Cookson, MacMillan,
The Works Key Stage 1,
chosen by Pie Corbett
It Takes One to Know One, by
Gervase Phinn, Puffin
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
Maintain attention
Speak audibly and fluently
Consider and evaluate different
viewpoints, attending to and
building on the contribution of
others
Use spoken language to develop
understanding
Participate on debates
Phonics
Phonics Screening
Speaking and Listening
Listen and respond
Maintain attention
Speak audibly and fluently
Use spoken language to
develop understanding
Participate in discussions
Select and use appropriate
registers for effective
communication
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts: Traditional
versions of: Cinderella, Billy Goats
Gruff and Snow White
Snow White in New York, by Fiona
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:
Superhero themed books
Super Daisy and the peril of
planet pea, Superhero ABC,
Charlie's Superhero
underpants, Max, Eliot Jones
Midnight Superhero
NON-FICTION- Key Texts:
The Dancing Tiger by
Malachy Doyle
Tigress by Nick Dowson
Surprising Sharks / Ice Bear
by Nicola Davies
POETRY
Key Texts: selected websites
with traditional rhymes as
well as any books containing
nursery rhymes already have.
French,
Hairy Tales and Nursery Crimes
by Michael Rosen
NON-FICTION- Key Text: Dear
Greenpeace by Simon James
POETRY- Key Texts: Poem Maker,
Word Shaker by Pie Corbett
The Works’ chosen by Paul
Cookson
My first Oxford Book of Poems
chosen by John Foster
The Puffin Book of Utterly
Brilliant Poetry
Phonics
Phase 5a revisit and review.
Continue with 5b
SEN - Phase 5a sounds
Writing
FICTION - Write a story
about their favourite soft
toy.
Nick Sharratt books used
to find out about an author
and develop sentence
structure writing.
NON-FICTION - To learn
about the features of labels
and lists, descriptive writing
and designing wanted
posters!
POETRY - To write their
own worm poems before
creating list poems about
what they love and hate!
Handwriting
Formation of lower case
letters and numerals
Writing
FICTION - To learn a
repeated refrain orally and
then adapt this to create
their own individual
sentences using this
pattern, focussing on
writing in sentences.
NON-FICTION- Make up
a fantasy vehicle and write
labels and captions to
describe it.
POETRY - Compose their
own verses to poems that
include repetition.
Handwriting
Cover common mistakes
b - d etc
Formation of capitals
Writing
FICTION - Retell the
story Bringing the Rain using
flow charts, write
describing words &
punctuate sentences.
NON-FICTION - Practise
giving and receiving
instructions about everyday
activities and write and
illustrate their own ‘Don’t
let the Pigeon’ story.
POETRY - Respond to
poems, focusing on finding
interesting adjectives, and
recognising and creating
their own similes. Create
their own poems about
hearing and touch.
Handwriting
Continue to cover common
mistakes.
Form Lower, Upper case
letters and numeralsNelson Yellow Level
Writing
FICTION - Using The House
that Jack Built and Anancy and
Mr Dry-Bone discuss settings,
plots and characters, then
design a character and write
their own version.
NON-FICTION - Produce
Writing
FICTION - Tell oral stories and
plan new versions of old
favourites. Chn write a story
based on a traditional tale using
adjectives and compound
sentences.
NON-FICTION - Write letters
information books on owls to
to WWF about an animal of their
guide Harry Potter in looking
choice using the same story
after Hedwig!
structure as in Dear Greenpeace.
POETRY - Explore how to
join ideas together and use
sentences to express their
ideas creatively.
POETRY - Read, discuss, recite
Handwriting
Begin to introduce the joining
of learnt digraphs for the
children who now have correct
formation.
Nelson Yellow Level
verses from poems, ‘Daffodils’ and
‘Who? This will involve
understanding capital letters,
question marks and syllables. Read,
learn and write their own haiku.
Handwriting
Continue Joining
Nelson Yellow Level
Writing
FICTION - Write a comic
strip adventure story about a
superhero and a baddie!
Along the way, they write
dialogue and create
descriptions using ‘-ing’
words.
NON-FICTION - To write
their own pages for a group
book. They will write
questions, statements &
exclamations.
POETRY - Improvise and
perform simple dramas based
on nursery rhymes. Explore
rhyming words and
exclamation marks.
Handwriting
Continue Joining
Nelson Yellow Level
Year 2
Speaking and Listening
Orally re-telling stories
through drama and role play
Articulate & Justify
answers
Initiate & respond to
comments
Use spoken language to
develop understanding
Phonics
Phase 5 Revisit and Review
Speaking and Listening
Articulate & Justify
answers
Initiate & respond to
comments
Use spoken language to
develop
understanding
Speaking and Listening
Vary talk using a range of
vocabulary, discuss
characters, key events and
how illustrations add
meaning
Speaking and Listening
Explore different ways of
speaking, try out new words
and ways of expressing
themselves
Listen and respond to others
Speaking and Listening
Explore different ways of
speaking, try out new words and
ways of expressing themselves
Listen and respond to others
Speaking and Listening
Explore different ways of
speaking, try out new words
and ways of expressing
themselves
Listen and respond to others
Phonics
Phase 6
Phonics
Phase 6
SEN- Phase 4 Intervention
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts: Julia
Donaldson stories
Features of stories, links to
culture (The Magic
Paintbrush)
SEN- Phase 5
Reading
FICTION- Key Texts:
Anthony Browne Texts
Engage with books through
exploration
SEN- Phase 5
Reading
FICTION- Explanation
Non-Fiction texts (visual
literacy) (Forces)
Features of explanation
texts
Phonics
Phase 6
Phonics screening intervention
Phonics
Phase 6
Phonics screening intervention
Phonics
Phase 6
Phonics screening test
Reading
NON-FICTION- Key Texts:
Report: Non-Fiction Transport
(visual literacy) and Castles
Features of Non-Fiction
Reading
FICTION- Extended Stories by
Roald Dahl (Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory)
Reading
NON-FICTION- Recount
texts- First person recount
telling of events
NON-FICTION- SATS prepNon Fiction books on nocturnal
animals
POETRY- Traditional poems(The Owl and the Pussycat by
Edward Lear) focusing on
limericks
NON FICTIONInstructional Texts- Fiction
based (How to trap a
dragon) and diagrams
POETRY- Sound collector
Roger McGough (Vocabulary
building)
POETRY- Visual poetry
(Shape poetry) Firework
rocket poems focusing on
onomatopoeia and
performance
POETRY- Songs and
repetitive poetry focusing
on adjectives (The Works
by Paul Cookson)
FICTION: Take One Book
Week: The Dragon Machine
(Literacy Shed)
:
SPAG Focus- SATS PrepPunctuation, sentence structure,
past and present tense.
Writing
FICTION- Use a familiar
story as a model to write a
new story
NON FICTION- Write a
range of fiction based
instructions and include
diagrams
POETRY- Write a short
poem based on the ‘Sound
Collector’
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- basic
joining/number formation
Writing
FICTION- Plan and write a
short sustained story about
a familiar character
POETRY- Write an
imaginative shape poem
based on an animal
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- basic
joining/number formation
Writing
NON FICTION- To
produce a flow chart which
is clearly sequenced
POETRY- The WorksPoetry writing based on
sentence construction and
synonyms
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- joining
consistently, joining more
than 3 letters
Writing
NON FICTION- Write an
information booklet about a
type of transport or area of
Kippax (Children decide)
FICTION- Write a short
dragon story focusing on
connectives to write longer
sentences
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- joining
consistently , joining more than
3 letters
Writing
FICTION- Use a familiar story as
a model to write a new story with
an alternative ending
(SATS) NON FICTION- Write
an information piece on nocturnal
animals
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- spelling
patterns and joining (revise joins
taught)
Writing
NON FICTION- Write a
first person recount using
adverbs and the correct
tense
POETRY- Write a limerick
based on one read.
Handwriting
Nelson Yellow Level- spelling
patterns and joining (revise
joins taught)