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Term 1
Autumn
Term 2
TfW Whole School Overview
Spring
Term 3 Term 4 Term 5
Summer
Term 6
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Topic: Neighbours
Author Focus: Janet and Allan Ahlberg
Core Book: The Jolly
Postman
TfW Genre: Losing &
Finding
Fiction Focus:
Character
Non-Fiction Focus:
Letters
Topic: Space
Author Focus:
Simon Bartram
Core Book: The Man on the Moon
TfW Genre: Journeys
Fiction Focus:
Setting
Non-Fiction Focus:
Persuasive
Topic: Toys
Author Focus: Mini Grey
Core Book: Traction Man
TfW Genre:
Suspense/thriller
Fiction Focus: Build up & climax
Non-Fiction Focus:
Instructions
Topic: New Life (eggs)
Author Focus: Martin
Jenkins
Core Book: Emperor’s
Egg
TfW Genre: Wishing and warning
Fiction Focus: Resolution
& ending
Non-Fiction Focus:
Information report
Topic: Fairy Tales
Author Focus: Lauren
Child
Core Book: Who’s
Afraid of the Big Bad
Book
TfW Genre: Defeating
Monsters/Villains
Fiction Focus:
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book: Much ado about nothing
Fiction Focus: Play script
& Poetry
Topic: Healthy Eating
Author Focus: Rhonda and David Armitage
Core Book: The
Lighthouse Keepers
Lunch
TfW Genre:
Fiction Focus:
Opening
Non-Fiction Focus:
Instructions
Topic: China
Author Focus:
Core Book: The
Magic Paintbrush
TfW Genre: Wishing
& Warning
Fiction Focus:
Resolutions
Non-Fiction Focus:
Information report
Topic: Family
Author Focus: Mary
Hoffman
Core Book: Grace &
Family
TfW Genre: Losing & finding
Fiction Focus: Character
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount
Topic: Animals
Author Focus: Anne Fine
Core Book: Diary of a
Killer Cat
TfW Genre:
Thriller/suspense
Fiction Focus: Build up
Non-Fiction Focus:
Persuasive
Topic: Looking After the
Planet
Author Focus: Melanie
1.
Walsh
Core Book: 10 Things I can do to look after my world.
TfW Genre: NF
Fiction Focus: Setting
Non-Fiction Focus:
Explanation
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book:
Midsummer’s Night’s dream
Fiction Focus: Play script & Poetry

TfW Whole School Overview
3
4
Topic: Dragons
Author Focus:
Cressida Cowell
Core Book: How to train your dragon
TfW Genre: Defeating monsters/villains
Fiction Focus: Action opening
Non-Fiction Focus:
1.Information Texts
2. Instructions
Topic: Explorers
Author Focus:
Phillip Reeve
Core Book: Oliver and the Seawigs
TfW Genre: Journeys and Quests
Fiction Focus:
Settings
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount (log book)
Topic: Mystery
Author Focus: SF Said
Core Book: Varjak Paw
TfW Genre: Suspense &
Thriller
Fiction Focus: Character
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount (Newspaper report)
(Diary)
Topic: Chocolate
Author Focus: Roald
Dahl
Core Book: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
TfW Genre: Wishing and
Warning
Fiction Focus: Build up and dilemma
Non-Fiction Focus:
Explanation
Topic: Friendship
Author Focus: Michael
Morpurgo
Core Book: The
Butterfly Lion
TfW Genre: Losing and finding
Fiction Focus:
Resolutions and Endings
Non-Fiction Focus:
Discussion
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book: Tempest
Fiction Focus: Play script
& Poetry
Topic: Romans
Author Focus: David
Grimstone
Core Book: Gladiator boy
TfW Genre: Defeating monsters and villains.
Fiction Focus: Action openings
Non-Fiction Focus:
1. Instructions
2. Recounts
Topic: Winter
Wonderland
Author Focus: C.S
Lewis
Core Book: The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe
TfW Genre: Portal
Text
Fiction Focus:
Setting
Non-Fiction Focus:
Explanation
Topic: Africa
Author Focus: Beverley
Naidoo
Core Book: Journey to
Jo’burg
TfW Genre: Journeys &
Quests
Fiction Focus:
Resolutions and endings
Non-Fiction Focus:
Persuasive letter
Non-chronological report
Topic: Climate & Global
Warning
Author Focus: Marcus
Sedgwick
Core Book: Floodland
TfW Genre: Thriller and
Suspense
Fiction Focus:
Cliffhanger
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount (diary entry)
Explanation
Topic: Survival
Author Focus: Michelle
Paver
Core Book: Wolf
Brother
TfW Genre: wishing and
Warning
Fiction Focus:
Character
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount (Newspaper report)
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book: Julius
Ceasar
Fiction Focus: Play script
& Poetry

TfW Whole School Overview
5
6
Topic: Victorians
Author Focus: Berlie
Doherty
Core Book: Street
Child
TfW Genre: Journeys
Fiction Focus:
Characterisation - diary
Non-Fiction Focus:
Discussion/Argument
Topic: Sacrifice
Author Focus: Alfred
Noyes
Core Book: The
Highwayman
TfW Genre:
Narrative Ballad
Fiction Focus:
Narrative poetry
Non-Fiction Focus:
Discussion
Topic: Creation
Author Focus: Rudyard
Kipling
Core Book: Just so stories
TfW Genre: Wishing and
Warning
Fiction Focus:
Resolutions and endings
Non-Fiction Focus:
Explanation
Topic: Expeditions
Author Focus: Meredith
Hooper
Core Book: Ice Trap
TfW Genre: Journeys and
Quests
Fiction Focus: Build up and climax
Non-Fiction Focus:
Persuasive (Travel brochure)
Topic: Journey
Author Focus: Michael
Morpurgo
Core Book: Kenzuke’s
Kingdom
TfW Genre: Journeys and Quests
Fiction Focus: Settings
& Cliff-hangers
Non-Fiction Focus:
Newspaper report
Non-chron report
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book: Romeo &
Juliet
Fiction Focus: Play script & Poetry
Topic: Heroes
Author Focus:
Anthony Horowitz
Core Book:
Stormbreaker
TfW Genre: Defeating the Monster/Enemy
Fiction Focus:
Character
Non-Fiction Focus:
1. Explanation
2. Information Report
Topic: WW2
Author Focus:
Michelle Magorian
Core Book:
Goodnight Mister
Tom
TfW Genre: Thriller, suspense, fear
Fiction Focus:
Flashabck
Non-Fiction Focus:
1. Recount (diary)
2. Persuasive letter
Topic: Faith
Author Focus: David
Almond
Core Book: Skellig
TfW Genre: Journey &
Quest
Fiction Focus: Dilemmas
& build-ups
Non-Fiction Focus:
Recount (Newspaper
Report)
Discussion
Topic: Difference
Author Focus:
Core Book: Scarlet Ibis
TfW Genre: Losing and finding.
Fiction Focus:
Resolutions & Endings
Non-Fiction Focus:
Discussion
Explanation
Topic: Relationships
Author Focus: Louis
Sachar
Core Book: There’s a boy in the girls bathroom.
TfW Genre: Wishing and Warning
Fiction Focus: Plot
Non-Fiction Focus:
Persuasive advertisement
Topic: Shakespeare
Author Focus:
Shakespeare
Core Book: Macbeth
Fiction Focus: Play script
& Poetry