Summer 2 Summer 1 Spring 2 Spring 1 Autumn 2 Autumn 1 Term Year group Reception Y1 Y2 Topic Text/novel Friends &family, starting school ORT focus; stories focusing on familiar experiences, Elmer Jungles/Africa Handa’s surprise, the tiger who cam e to tea, Great Fire of London Great Fire of London (Gill Atkins) Walking through the jungle Poetry – alternative verbs; List writing and letter writing (non-fiction) Character description Arctic Emperor Egg, Lost and found The greedy Fox Diary and Recount Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Bears Whatever next/Going on a bear hunt/Peace at last/ Non-fiction Goldilocks – story maps Fiction – introduce non-fiction Letter writing – Captain Scott; Story map Narrative and story writing Saltaire/David Hockney Annie, the story of a Victorian mill child, Stick Man The magic paintbrush, Non chronological reports, letters Diary Saltaire/David Hockney Mr Gum Polar and jungle animals The Emperor’s egg, Handa’s surprise, Monkey puzzle, Rumble in the jungle How the tortoise got his shell Non-fiction, poetry , fiction Monsters The Gruffalo; Not now Bernard; Monsters Inc The Gruffalo Character description; Wanted poster, monster poetry with adjectives Character descriptions Let’s pretend Traditional Tales 3 little pigs, Kasim and the hungry fox The elves and the shoemaker, The greedy fox, the magic porridge pot Night time (Nocturnal animals) The twits, A daft bat Cat, Bramble and Heron Gingerbread man/3 billy goats/ 3 little pigs Plants and Growth Jasper’s beanstalk, Jim and the Beanstalk, Katie and the sunflowers, My bean diary The enormous turnip, Jack and the beanstalk Recounts, fiction, non-fiction Under the sea The little mermaid/the rainbow fish Up and Away Blue balloon, Someone bigger, Aliens love underpants, Winnie the Witch in space, Rosie’s walk Growing Jack and the Beanstalk, The enormous watermelon Comparative writing – features of a letter Jack and the Beanstalk Retell the story; character descriptions, Instructions for fruit salad, character diary. Newspaper reports, Letter writing Non-chronological reports Circus Matilda, the Circus Collection The Hobyahs Descriptive poetry, information texts Non-chron reports, character description India Buddy in India, Fantastic Mr Fox Nail Soup Letter writing, instructions Non-Chron reports Autumn 1 Year group Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Topic Text/novel Volcanoes and Earthquakes Pirates of Pompeii (Caroline Lawrence) Rainforest The Journey to the River Sea (Eva Ibbotson) Descriptive story (;art of the book) Tour of Britain 4 Poems by Keats, Worsdworth and Yeates Poems Stoneage to Iron age The Croods Mystery Stories Non-chronological reports mystery/description Character description, fact files, reports Rainforest The Journey to the River Sea (Eva Ibbotson) Persuasive letter – save our rainforests persuasive letters/debate instructions (DT) Rhyming Poetry Cold Climates The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C S Lewis Desert poem Haiku, Blank verse, sonnets Newspaper reports, non chronological reports Anglo Saxons and Vikings How to train a dragon (Cressida Cowell) How to train a dragon extracts Narrative, Persuasion instructions/explanation Non-chronological reports Anglo Saxons and Vikings How to train a dragon (Cressida Cowell) Diary/Playscript Instructions North America Pocahontas Sensory poetry and blank/free verse Recounts, fact files Ancient Greece The Odyssey – Geraldine McCaughrean Diary Narrative Space Aquila (Andrew Norris) Recounts, newspaper reports Sections of the Odyssey Aquila extracts Myths and legends Sensory description, poetry, Fact file, character description Romans in Britain The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle (Julia Jarman) Roman newspaper report based on the book Newspapers Recounts, non-chronological report, debates Romans in Britain The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle (Julia Jarman) Playscript based on the book Narrative Poetry leaflets and non-chron reports Persuasion World War II Good Night Mr Tom (Michelle Magorian) Princess Elizabeth/Chamberlain’s speech to the nation Letters/Persuasive writing Non-chronological reports Europe War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) World War II Good Night Mr Tom (Michelle Magorian) Extracts from Anne-Frank’s Diary Europe War Horse (Michael Morpurgo) Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Topic Text/novel Rivers Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) Poetry (shape poems and kennings) Fables Ancient Egypt The curse of the mummy’s tomb (R L Stine) Adventure stories Letters/Diaries Ancient Egypt The curse of the mummy’s tomb (R L Stine) Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Myths and Legends Stories by the same author Topic Text/novel Tudors Terrible Tudors – Terry Deary Talk for writing text Genres to teach Genres to revisit Explanations Rhyming Poetry Topic Text/novel Tudors Terrible Tudors – Terry Deary Summer 2 Summer 1 Spring 2 Spring 1 Autumn 2 Topic Text/novel Talk for writing text Stoneage to Iron age The Croods North America Pocahontas letters, Postcards, arguments Recounts Genres to teach Genres to revisit Persuasive Texts Recounts Playscript Narrative – mystery/suspense Debate/argument Narrative Poetry narrative Playscript (end of Yr show)