Literacy

YEAR 1

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Text

The Knight who Wouldn’t  Fight

Attacking a Norman Castle

The Kiss That Missed

Katie in London - Europe

The Koala Who Could  - Australia

Meerkat Mail - Africa

Goldi Luck and the Three

Pandas  - Asia

Lost and Found - Antartica

Sloths Don’t Run - South America

City Hawk - North America

Beegu

Man on the Moon

The Way Back Home

Ten Seeds

The Big Book of Blooms

What the Ladybird Heard

Little Red Hen

A Squash and a Squeeze

The Queen's Hat

Little Elizabeth

The Queen’s Knickers

Shhh! Don’t Wake the Royal Baby

Super Duper You

Can I build Another Me?

Funnybones

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Genre

Description

Narrative

Recount

Non Chronological report

Traditional Tale

Instructions

Letter

Description

Recount

Lists

Poetry

Description

Narrative

Persuasive advert

Letter

Narrative

Instructions

Topic Link

Castles, Dragons and Knights

All around the World

Intrepid Explorers

At the Farm

Famous Queens

Where do I live?

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

Book: History Hackers

The Secret Explores and the Rainforest Rangers

The Accidental Prime Minister

The Dragon of Krakow

The Travel Book

Survivors

The Railway Children

Genre

Description

Instructions

Poetry

Setting Description

 Recount trip

Diary entry

Persuasive Letter

Non-Chronological Report

Narrative

Information PPT

Poetry

Narrative

Information Text

Letter Writing

Narrative

News Paper report

Topic Link

World Kitchen

Rainforests

Reign over us

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