
Orchard Primary
& Pre-School

Orchard Primary & Pre-School
"Small enough to care, Big enough to inspire"
YEAR 1 |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Text |
Three Little Pigs Traditional Tales |
Lost and Found Snowman |
Supertato Highway Rat |
Going on a Bear Hunt Where the Wild things Are |
Queens Hat Baboon on the Moon |
Storm Whale Snail and Whale |
Genre |
Narrative Description Instructions Recount
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Letter Writing Narrative Lists Descriptions Instructions Poetry |
Narrative Instructions Poetry Persuasive |
Narrative Description Recount Non-chronological Report |
Lists Letter Narrative Recount |
Narrative Description |
Topic Link |
If I Huff and Puff… Materials |
Pole to Pole |
Healthy Me |
Our Local Area - Tiddesley Woods |
English Country Garden |
The Coast is Clear |
YEAR 2 |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
Text |
The Pirates are Coming Night Pirates Pirates Love Underpants |
There’s a Snake in My School |
Grace Darling Mousehole Cat Town is by the Sea |
Mr Wolf’s Pancakes True Story of Three Little Pigs |
Jim and the Beanstalk |
Sally and the Limpet |
Genre |
Narrative |
Narrative Report Poetry |
Recount Instructions Diaries |
Instructions Food Review |
Informative Narrative |
Poetry Recount D&T write up |
Topic Link |
Aaaargh You Ready for an Adventure? |
There’s a Ssssnake in my Sssschool. |
Who lives in a lighthouse next to the sea? |
Wolf Down Recipes |
Who’s Jim and what did he do with Jack? |
I’m on my way to Barry Island |
YEAR 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Text | Stone Age Boy How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth | Volcano Challenge
| Flat Stanley - The Great Egyptian Robbery | The Mystery of the Mosaic | Paddington | Famous Five - Five Go Down to the Sea |
Genre | Narrative Instructions
| Non- Chronological Report Poetry | Letter Narrative | Persuasive | Recount - Newspaper Report Narrative | Narrative Poetry |
Topic Link | Prehistoric Britain | The Big Bang | Ancient Egypt | Italy | Snapshots of History | Nile to the Severn |
YEAR 4 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Text | Demon Dentist | Escape to Pompeii | Great Kapok Tree | The Accidental Prime Minister | The Boy at the Back of the Class | The Railway Children |
Genre | Description Instructions Poetry | Rehearsal Description Recount | Persuasive Debate | Narrative Information PPT | Newspaper Report Narrative Information Text | Letter Writing Narrative |
Topic Link | World Kitchen | Celts and Romans | Rainforests | Great Leaders | Our European Neighbours | Local Area -Transport? |
YEAR 5 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Text | Who Let the Gods Out? Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Orchard Book of Greek Myths | The Last Polar Bears | Anglo Saxon Boy | Kenzuke’s Kingdom | The Explorer | Beetle Boy |
Genre | Narrative Report | Poetry Letters Narrative | Persuasive Debate Report
| Narrative, featuring speech Poetry Report
| Non-chronological Report Information Piece - Debate Persuasive | Report - Case Study of Local Area Narrative |
Topic Link | Groovy Greeks | Hot and Cold Deserts | Invaders! The Anglo Saxons | Oceania | Central America and The Mayans | Local Study - Croome Park |
YEAR 6 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
Text | Floodland | Private Peaceful | A Boy Called Hope | The Sign of the Sugared Plum / Black Powder | Running Wild | Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Genre | Narrative from different perspectives Poetry Brochure Letters | Diary Newspaper Report | Persuasive Narrative -Adventure Mystery Report Writing | Historical Narrative Poetry
Biography
| Poetry Playwriting Diaries / Letters | |
Topic Link | Extreme Earth | WW1 and WW2 | Hastings, 1066 and the Normans | Plague, Pox and Antibiotics | Shakespeare and Stratford |