Ashley Primary School Curriculum Map 2014-15 Literacy
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Year 1
Non Fiction unit
Labels, lists and captions
Narrative unit
Traditional tales
Focus?
Non fiction unit –
information texts
Narrative unit – stories
from other cultures
Focus World book week
Tanzania
Non fiction unit
Recounts
Narrative unit Stories from
Fantasy Worlds.
Year 2
a)Non fiction unit
Information texts
The Great Fire of London.
b) Narrative unit
Traditional tales – focus Little red Riding Hood
Poetry unit
Patterns on the page.
a)Non fiction unit.
Instructions
b) narrative unit- Stories
by he same author/Author
study
Mairi Heddowick / Katie
Morag stories/
a)The Utterley Otterleys –
Mairi Heddowick
b) Non fiction unit
Non chronological reports
KS1 SATs
Poetry unit
Silly Stuff
Non Fiction unit
Florence Nightingale.
Year 3
Narrative unit
Myths only
Possibly Roman myths to link
with history e.g. Romulus and
Remus?
b) Narrative unit/Author
study- Dick King Smith.
Stories with familiar settings.
Focus –The Sheep Pig
a)Poetry unit.
Shape poems – link to
Romans and Winter
B0 PERFORMANCE
POEMS (Roman March
chants)
Non Fiction unit
Non Chronological
reports
Non Fiction Unit
Play scripts
Focus -?
Non Fiction unit
Persuasion
“Kapok Tree”
“Vanishing Rainforest”
“Shamen’s Apprentice”
Narrative unit
Adventure Santo (i read)
Narrative unit/ Author
study
Stories raising issues Anne
Fine
Persuasion – Real life
leaflets – Adverts- Focus
Charity angle on
persuasion
a)Non Fiction unit
Focus – The Shirt Machine
Year 4
* Use text to write
a range of non
fiction/ fiction
texts e.g. diary
entry, letter,
descriptions,
poetry
Poetry creating images
Non Fiction unit
Recounts – link to History Tutankhamen
Narrative unit./Non
Fiction unit
(Historical)
Focus – * “When Jessie
Came Across the Sea”.
Link to reading
Information texts – e.g
Info about Ellis Island,
Irish potato famine etc.
Non chronological report/
explanation text
“I Lost My Tooth in
Africa”
Poetry unit
Exploring Form
Stories from imagined
worlds
Plays
5
* Range of
writing from text
as a stimulus e.g.
diary, letter,
newspaper report,
Non chronological
report.
Narrative unit
Significant children’s Author
– Berlie Doherty
Focus – * “Street Child” –
History link.
a)Poetry unit
Choral and performance
poetry
b) narrative unit
Older literature
Focus – * The Railway
Children.”
6
* Range of
writing from
text as a
stimulus e.g.
diary, letter,
newspaper
report, Non
chronological
report.
a) Narrative unit – Authors
and texts / Michael Morpurgo
– Focus – * “Friend or Foe”
b0 Non Fiction unit
Journalistic Writing – WW2
link to history
Poetry unit
Narrative unit
Power of Imagery –
Adventure – * “Treasure
Focus * “Jabberwocky”
Island”
b) narrative unit – Stories
with a Flashback – focus *”Tuesday”
Narrative unit
Myths and Legends
Focus – legends
Lambton Worm and
Robin Hood.
*
a)Narrative unit- Stories
from other Cultures
Focus * “The Magic
Paintbrush “.
b) Non Fiction unit
Recount based around
research and information
texts about The Titanic.
a)Non Fiction unit
Persuasive Texts.
Based around research and
information texts about
The Loch Ness Monster.
Write persuasive leaflet
for Scottish Tourist Board.
b) narrative Unit * “The
Piano”
Poetry unit
Classic narrative poetry.
Focus* “The Highwayman”
Non Fiction unit – Play
script – Shakespeare Focus *” A Midsummer
Night’s Dream”
KS2 SATs
Narrative unit
Extending Narrative – Focus * “Kensuke’s Kingdom”