Whole School Literacy Genres to Cover Timetable
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Years R/1
Cycle 1
Castles
Traditional Tales
-Sleeping Beauty
-Rapunzel
-Cinderella
-Gingerbread man
-Jack and the
Beanstalk
Cycle 2
High in the Sky
Narrative
-Stories about the
sky, space, etc
-Whatever next
-How to catch a
star
What killed the
dinosaurs?
Information text
-Facts on
Dinosaurs
Recount
-Visit to museum
Continents –
Would you rather
live in Australia
or Africa?
Persuasive Letter
-To convince
people where they
should live
Famous People
Factsheets/Biography
-Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole,
Beatrix Potter, LS Lowry, Chris
Columbus, etc
Narrative
-Stories by Beatrix Potter
Toys and games
Chinese toys (inc new year) and
changes in toys since Victorian times
Labels and Captions
-Labelling toys
Instructions
-How to make a toy
Seasides
Instructions
-Building a sandcastle
Labels and
Chronological
Captions
report
-Objects on a
-Beaches then and
beach
now
Fire and Weather changes
Newspaper
-What happened at GFoL
Diary
-Samuel Pepys
Whole School Literacy Genres to Cover Timetable
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Year 2
Flat Stanley – UK Focus
Gunpowder plot
Flat Stanley
Newspaper report
-What happened
Narrative
-Adventure stories
-Journey stories
Diary
-Guy Fawkes
Carnival of
animals
Information
text
-Animal
booklets
Inventors and
Inventions
Factsheets/
Biography
-Inventors
Customs and
Festivals
Poetry
Food and
Farming
Recount
-Visit to the
farm
Narrative
-Stories based
on festivals
Explanation
-Food process
Instructions
-Making food
Whole School Literacy Genres to Cover Timetable
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Years 3/4
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
From Stone age to the Vikings
Myths and legends
Diary
-Viking invasion
Informal letter
-Letter to fellow Viking
Children in WWII
Play scripts
-Evacuee
conversation
Narrative
-Traditional tale
Where on Earth?
Non chronological
report
-Space
Narrative
-Science fiction
What makes the
World angry?
Volcanoes
Narrative
-Adventure story
Abolishing
Slavery
Information text
-Slavery
Narrative
-Quest story
Newspaper
-Abolition process
Rainforests
Information texts
-Animals
Persuasion
-Should the
rainforests be cut
down?
Why different
weather?
Types of weather
Journalism TV/
Radio
-Radio/TV report
on the weather
Explanation
-Water cycle
Egypt
Instructions
-How to build a pyramid
Chronological report
Narrative
-Mystery and Comedy stories
Where would you
choose to build a
city?
Persuasive letter
-Giving reasons
why
Narrative
-Detective story
Toucado here we
come
Narrative
-Fables
Information
text/Persuasion
-Holiday brochure
Whole School Literacy Genres to Cover Timetable
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Years 5/6
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Local history
Impact on
landscapes
Hitler
Battle of Britain
and Holocaust
Extreme
environments and
Alaska
Description of a
place
Medicine
Safety leaflet
-Playgrounds/
funfairs
Narrative
-Spooky tale
Narrative
-Historical story
Fictional invention
-To save energy
Biography
-Hitler
Letters
Letter of
complaint
-Dropping litter
Letter
-From/to Hitler
Diary
-Concentration
camp
Sustainable
tourism around
the world
Holiday brochure
-Destination
Greeks
Welsh Migration
to South America
Maya Civilisation
Myths and legends
Balanced argument
-Should we
emigrate?
Information texts
Narrative
-Alternative
fairytale
Explanation
(geography based)
-Why flooding
-River journey
Narrative
-Adventure story
Narrative
-Mystery story
Information texts
-Specific river
Speech
-Building on flood
plains
Advertising
poster/radio
-Specific place of
interest
Recipe
Narrative
-Comedy Fables
Narrative
-Tragic Quest
Narrative
-Fictional diary
Water and Rivers
Letter in role
-Marie Curie
-Alexander
Fleming
Explanation
(science based)
-effects of
medicine
Our challenging
world
Whole School Literacy Genres to Cover Timetable
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Additional
PSHE – Persuasive play
RE – Autobiography, Poetry
Science: Earth and Space – Science fiction story