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Welcome to English

Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

Year 1

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: Handa’s Surprise, The Enormous Turnip

Writing Genres: Narrative

Reading Texts: Monkey See, Monkey Do!, I want my hat back!

Writing Genres: Narrative

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: Little Red Hen, The Disgusting Sandwich

Writing Genres: Narrative, Instructions

Reading Texts: Look up!,

Writing Genres: Narrative, Recount

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The Queen’s Handbag, Beegu

Writing Genres: Narrative

Reading Text:  The Day the Crayons Quit, Jack and the Beanstalk

Writing Genres: Complaint Letter, Narrative

All Year 1 subjects Next Year 1 Subject - Science

Year 2

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: Dougal’s Deep Sea Diary, How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth

Writing Genres: 3rd Person Narrative, Instructions

Reading Texts: Where the Wild Things are, The adventures of the Dish and the spoon

Writing Genres: Warning Poster, 3rd Person Narrative

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: Wild

Writing Genres: Character Description, Recount (School trip)

Reading Texts: Dear Green Peace, Cinderella

Writing Genres: Letter, Traditional Tale

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The Gruffalo

Writing Genres: Non-Chron Report, 3rd Person Adventure    

Reading Text: Milo Imagines the World, EM Transition

Writing Genres: 1st person narrative

All Year 2 subjects Next Year 2 Subject - Science

Year 3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: The BFG

Writing Genres: Story Opening

Reading Texts: Cloud Busting

Writing Genres: Diary Entry, Informal Letter

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: The Queen’s Nose

Writing Genres: Non-Chron Report, Persuasive Advert

Reading Texts: Fairy Tales

Writing Genres: Fairy Tale

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The Wild Robot

Writing Genres: Diary Entry, Biography    

Reading Text: Adventures of Odysseus

Writing Genres: Narrative

All Year 3 subjects Next Year 3 Subject - Science

Year 4

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: Charlotte’s Web

Writing Genres: Persuasive Letter (informal)

Reading Texts: Varjak Paw

Writing Genres: Story

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: The Explorer

Writing Genres: Diary

Reading Texts: The Explorer

Writing Genres: Narrative

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The Boy at the Back of the Class

Writing Genres: Newspaper Article, Persuasive Letter (formal)

Reading Text: Race to the Frozen North

Writing Genres: Narrative, Big Question

All Year 4 subjects Next Year 4 Subject - Science

Year 5

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: Beowulf

Writing Genres: Historical Legend

Reading Texts: Riddle of the Runes

Writing Genres: Historical Diary, Non-Chron Report

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: The Girl who stole an elephant

Writing Genres: Adventure Narrative (flashback)

Reading Texts: The Girl who stole an elephant

Writing Genres: Biography, Persuasive Speech

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The closest thing to flying

Writing Genres: Narrative (parallel plot)

Reading Text: Cogheart

Writing Genres: Journalistic Writing, Big Question

All Year 5 subjects Next Year 5 Subject - Science

Year 6

Autumn 1 Autumn 2

Reading Texts: Holes

Writing Genres: Informal letter, Persuasive advert

Reading Texts: Kick

Writing Genres: Letter to an idol, 1st person narrative (Francis)

Spring 1 Spring 2

Reading Texts: Letters from the Lighthouse

Writing Genres: Hotel Experience, Diary    

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Writing Genres: 

Summer 1 Summer 2

Reading Texts: The other side of truth

Writing Genres: Narrative

Reading Text: Macbeth

Writing Genres: Biography, Big Question

All Year 6 subjects Next Year 6 Subject - Science

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