Class

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Nursery

YEAR A

Brown Bear Brown Bear

(Bill Martin jr)

Fiction

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

(Michael Rosen)

The Gruffalo

(Julia Donaldson)

Fiction

Jack Frost

(Kazuno Kohara)
 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(Campbell First Books)

Fiction

Handa’s Surprise
(Eileen Brown)

Ugly Duckling

(ladybird first)

Fiction

The Train Ride
(June Crebbin)

Big Yellow Digger
(Julia Jarman)

Fiction

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
(Eric Carle)

Mr Gumpy’s Outing
(John Burningham)

Fiction

Reception

YEAR B

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

(ladybird first)

The Gingerbread Man

(Mara Alperin)

Fiction

Owl Babies

(Martin Waddell)

Stick Man

(Julia Donaldson)

Fiction

The Snowman

(Raymond Briggs)

Ridiculous

(Michael Coleman)

Fiction

Supertato

(Sue Hendra)

The Growing Story
(Ruth Krauss)

Fiction

What the ladybird heard

(Julia Donaldson)

Farmer Duck

(Martin Waddell)

Fiction

Rainbow Fish

(Marcus Pfister)

Pirates love Underpants

(Claire Freedman)

Fiction

Year 1

YEAR A

Traditional Tales Fiction

Little Red Riding Hood retold by Stan Cullimore

Cinderella retold by Stan Cullimore

Jack and the Beanstalk by

Elizabeth Laird

Traditional Tales with a twist

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Book by Lauren Child

The True story of the three little pigs by Jon Scieszka

The Flower by John Light

Fiction Recounts

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers

Snail and The Whale by Julia Donaldson

Non- Fiction Instructions

How to wash a wooly mammoth by Michelle Robinson

Charlie and the chocolate factory by Roald Dahl

Description and poetry

The Tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr

Esio Trot by Roald Dahl

Letters

Vlad and the Florence Nightingale Adventure by Kate Cunningham

The Day the Crayons quit by Oliver Jeffers

Year 2

YEAR B

Traditional Tales

The Princess and the Pea by Rachel Isadora

Hansel and Gretel by Andrea Petrilik

The Gingerbread Man by Gail Yerril

Recounts / Description

Elmer by David McKee

The Crow’s Tale by Naomi Howarth

The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson

Narrative / Poetry

The Enormous Crocodile by Roald Dahl

Commotion in the ocean by Giles Andreae

Fiction Recounts

Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl

Gorilla by Anthony Browne

Poetry / Rhyme

Tom and Lucy at the seaside by Shirley Hughes

Tiddler by Julia Donaldson

Commotion in the ocean by Giles Andreae

Non-fiction / Non-chronological reports

Vlad and the Great Fire of London by Kate Cunningham

The Owl who was afraid of the dark by Jill Tomlinson

Year 3

Stone Age Boy

(Satoshi Kitamura)

Hansel and Gretel

(Anthony Brown)

Non-fiction: Recounts  

Non-fiction: Biography 

Poetry: Alliteration 

Cat Tales

(Linda Newbery)

Fiction: Stories from Other cultures 

Non-fiction: Information texts/ Non-chronological reports 

The Iron Man

(Ted Hughes)

Non-fiction: Formal Letters 

Fiction: Playscripts. 

Performance poetry. 

The Puffin Keeper

(Michael Morpurgo)

Fiction: Stories by same author 

Non-fiction: Instructions 

Aesop’s Fables

Greek Mythology

(Michael Morpurgo)

Fiction: Fables, Myths, Legends 

Poetry: Classic poetry. 

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

(CS Lewis)

Fiction: Fantasy 

Non-fiction: Persuasive texts. 

Year 4

Journey to Jo’burg

(Beverley Naidoo)

Fiction: Stories from other cultures. 

Non-fiction: Biographies (Nelson Mandela) 

Voices in the Park (picture book)

(Anthony Brown)

Bill’s New Frock

(Anne Fine)

Non-fiction: Autobiographies 

Poetry: Tanka poems (linked to emotions 

Performance poetry. 

Charlotte’s Web

(E.B. White)

Non-fiction: Discussion/ debate. 

Poetry: Free Verse 

Why the Whales Came

 (Michael Morpurgo)

Non-fiction: Diary writing. 

Fiction: Perspective writing.  

The Firework Maker’s Daughter

(Catherine Fisher)

Fiction: Quest narrative 

Non-fiction: Persuasive letters 

The Secrets of a Sun King

(Emma Caroll)

Fiction: Adventure  

Non-fiction: Explanation texts

Year 5

YEAR A

Skellig

Narrative: Suspense and Atmosphere

Discursive Writing

Poetry: Poems that convey images

A Christmas Carol

Recounts

Non-Chronological Reports

Narrative: use imaginative description- Interweave descriptions of characters, settings and atmosphere with dialogue.

The Girl of Ink and Stars

Narrative: Issues/ dilemma.

Non -fiction: newspaper article.

Poetry: Create vivid images by using alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification.

Wolf Brother

Narrative: Adventure story.

Narrative: Stories from other cultures.

Narrative: Legends

Oranges in no Man’s Land

Poetry: Refugee Poems

Non-Fiction: Explanation Text

Non-Fiction: Newspaper Reports on Civil War Outbreak in Lebanon

Journey to The River Sea

Formal letters (from characters’ perspective)

Narrative: Descriptive Writing

Year 6

YEAR B

Street Child

Poetry: Poems that convey images

Narrative: Stories with a historical setting

Varjak Paw

Persuasive Writing

Non-chronological reports

Descriptive language / suspense

The Lion and the Unicorn

Informal Letters

Non-Fiction: Persuasive Writing

Non-Fiction: Biographies (War Heroes / Historical Figures)

Harry Potter & The Philosopher’s Stone

Formal Letters

Narrative: Issues / Dilemma

Non-Fiction: Newspaper Articles

The Arrival

Narrative: Inferential and atmospheric writing

Narrative: Stories from other cultures

The Nowhere Emporium

Poetry: Create vivid images by using Text, alliteration, similes, metaphors and personification.

Narrative: Legends

Non-Fiction: Explanation