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Sunflowers (Rec/Y1)

Please see Early Years and Foundation Stage curriculum with particular reference to Communication and Language and; Literacy areas of learning and development here

Y1

Phonics 

See Extend Letters and Sounds Programme Progression 

Reading 

Stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems are selected for reading to pupils which broaden and deepen their vocabulary and which have sufficient aesthetic form to encourage broader and deeper interpretations that demand greater imaginative effort. 

The aim is that all pupils listen to and have opportunity to talk about five stories, non-fiction, rhymes or poems daily in small groups or as a whole class 

Adults model reading focusing on: 

·                     fluency and prosody 

·                     high quality conversation about books 

Pupils are taught the skills and attributes required to be an independent reader resulting in all pupils sustaining 20 minutes of focused interaction with a book on a daily basis.  These interactions may include: 

·                     telling the story of the pictures of an unfamiliar picture book 

·                     retelling the story of a familiar picture book 

·                     reading a reading scheme book that is carefully matched to the pupil’s phonic attainment 

·                     rereading a reading scheme book that is carefully matched to the pupil’s phonics attainment 

In small group sessions, pupils are taught to independently decode reading scheme books closely matched to their phonic attainment (instructional level).  Children are encouraged to reread these books to parents and as a teacher directed task. 

Pupils read simple captions and sentences that are closely matched to their phonics attainment to support their learning and play.  

Writing 

Teacher models writing for real purposes and writing sentences that are carefully matched to pupils’ phonics attainment 

Pupils take part in communal oral re-tellings of traditional tales.  These communal re-tellings are supported with story-maps which are increasingly co-created with the children. 

Pupils tell their own stories which are scribed by an adult and they act them out.  Increasingly, they are encouraged to write the stories they tell for themselves. 

In small group sessions, children are taught to independently encode sentences that are closely matched to their phonics attainment.  In addition, children are encouraged to encode such sentences as part of their play and, increasingly, as a teacher directed task.

Y2

Text: Goldilocks and the Three Bears by Lauren Child 

Writing Outcome: a narrative, focusing on description 

Additional writing opportunities: letter, diary

Text: ‘The Paper Bag’ Zaro Weil 

Genre: poetry 

Written Outcome: poetry (written and performance) 

Text: ‘Iggy Peck Architect’ Andrea Beatty, illustrated by David Roberts 

Genre: narrative picture book

Written Outcome: Instructional writing and diary 

Text: “I don’t like snakes”

Nicola Davies

Genre: narrative non-fiction 

Written Outcome: non-chronological report  

Additional Writing Opportunities: diary, letter, collaborative non-chronological report on Snakes

Text: Dear Greenpeace

Genre:  picture books (environmental theme/ quest) 

Written Outcome: narrative 

Additional Writing Opportunities: letter writing  poetry diary entry 

Text: ‘How Māui Fished Up the North Island: Tales of Aotearoa’; Donovan Bixley

‘How Māui Slowed the Sun: Tales of Aotearoa’ Donovan Bixley

Genre: myths

Written Outcome: narrative (quest)

Additional Writing Opportunities: letter writing, description of setting

Text: ‘Taking Flight’ by Adam Hanchen

            ‘The Story of Flight’ by Jakob Whitfield

Genre: narrative biography/ non-fiction

Written Outcome: recount

Additional Writing Opportunities: : xxx

Bluebells

(Y3/Y4)

Text: ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ Joe Todd Stanton  

The Histronauts: An Egyptian Adventure – Frances Durkin, illustrated by Grace Cooke.  

Genre: graphic novel (voyage and return)  

Written Outcome: narrative (voyage and return)  

Additional Writing Opportunities: biography (recount); diary (recount); conversation  

Text: ‘Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle’ Susan Jeffers 

‘Saving Species’ Jess French, illustrated by James Gilleard 

Genre: poetry (speech) 

Written Outcome:  persuasion; performance poetry 

Additional Writing Opportunities: research  

Text: ‘The Mousehole Cat’ Antonia Barber, illustrated by Nicola Bailey 

‘The Merrymaid of Zennor’ Charles Causley, illustrated by Michael Foreman 

Genre: traditional Cornish legends 

Written Outcome:  narrative (overcoming the monster)  

Text: Ancient Egypt: The story of Tutankhamun by Patricia Cleveland- Peck

Genre: Historical fiction

Written Outcome: biography

Text: Matchbox Diary

Paul Fleischman

Written outcome: non-chronological report,

Additional writinginstructions, diary entry

Text: ‘Until I met Dudley’ Roger McGough, illustrated by Chris Riddell  

Genre: explanation (fantasy and reality) 

Written Outcome: explanation of a scientific process 

Additional Writing Opportunities: fantasy explanation 

Text: ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’ Elizabeth Laird  

Legends about selkies 

Genre: novel (rags to riches) 

Written Outcome:  narrative (overcoming the monster) 

Additional Writing Opportunities: diary, non-chronological report, additional scene  

Poetry Plus:  

‘Let No One Steal Your Dreams’ Paul Cookson 

‘Waterfall’ Cynthia Rider  

Poetry Plus:

‘Puzzle’ Matt Goodfellow  

‘The Poet Tree’ Shel Silverstein 

‘Jabberwocky’ Lewis Carroll   

Poetry Plus:

‘I am a Writer’ Joseph Coelho  

‘What am I Like?’ Joshua Seigal 

‘I am a Jigsaw’ Jill Townsend  

‘Rebus Poem’ Jane Clarke 

‘Can You Name the Flowers?’ J H Rice 

Poetry Plus:

‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ William Wordsworth 

‘‘The Surprising Number 37’ Anon 

‘The Boneyard Rap’ Wes Magee  

Poetry Plus:

‘The Selkie Child’ Sue Hardy-Dawson 

‘A Sloth’s Dairy’ Coral Rumble 

‘Thank You (It’s just what I always wanted)’ Andrew Fusek Peters 

Poetry Plus:

‘A Poem to be Spoken Silently’ Pie Corbett 

‘Brother Eagle, Sister Sky’ 

Round up of the year’s poems 

Tulips

(Y4/Y5)

Text: ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx’ Joe Todd Stanton  

The Histronauts: An Egyptian Adventure – Frances Durkin, illustrated by Grace Cooke.  

Genre: graphic novel (voyage and return)  

Written Outcome: narrative (voyage and return)  

Additional Writing Opportunities: biography (recount); diary (recount); conversation  

Text: ‘Brother Eagle, Sister Sky: A Message from Chief Seattle’ Susan Jeffers 

‘Saving Species’ Jess French, illustrated by James Gilleard 

Genre: poetry (speech) 

Written Outcome:  persuasion; performance poetry 

Additional Writing Opportunities: research  

Text: ‘Mark of the Cyclops’ Saviour Pirotta, illustrated by Freya Hartas 

‘The Odyssey’ David Walser, illustrated by Jan Pienkowski (includes the story of the Cyclops) 

Genre: historical mystery novel (quest)  

Written Outcome: narrative (quest) 

Additional Writing Opportunities: letter writing (recount), diary entry (recount), persuasion, play script scene 

Text: ‘Song of the Dolphin Boy’ Elizabeth Laird  

Legends about selkies 

Genre: novel (rags to riches) 

Written Outcome:  narrative (overcoming the monster) 

Additional Writing Opportunities: diary, non-chronological report, additional scene   

Text: ‘Ancient Egypt: Tales of Gods and Pharaohs’ Marcia Williams 

‘Egyptian Gods and Pharaohs’ Robert Swindells 

Genre: myths  

Written Outcome: non-chronological report  

Poetry Plus:  

‘Let No One Steal Your Dreams’ Paul Cookson 

‘Waterfall’ Cynthia Rider  

Poetry Plus:

‘Puzzle’ Matt Goodfellow  

‘The Poet Tree’ Shel Silverstein 

‘Jabberwocky’ Lewis Carroll  

Poetry Plus:

‘I am a Writer’ Joseph Coelho  

‘What am I Like?’ Joshua Seigal 

‘I am a Jigsaw’ Jill Townsend  

‘Rebus Poem’ Jane Clarke 

‘Can You Name the Flowers?’ J H Rice  

Poetry Plus:

‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ William Wordsworth 

‘‘The Surprising Number 37’ Anon 

‘The Boneyard Rap’ Wes Magee  

Poetry Plus:

‘The Selkie Child’ Sue Hardy-Dawson 

‘A Sloth’s Dairy’ Coral Rumble 

‘Thank You (It’s just what I always wanted)’ Andrew Fusek Peters 

Poetry Plus:

‘A Poem to be Spoken Silently’ Pie Corbett 

‘Brother Eagle, Sister Sky’ 

Round up of the year’s poems 

Foxgloves

(Y6)

Text: ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ William Grill 

‘Ice Trap!’ Meredith Hooper, illustrated by M.P. Robertson 

Genre: non-fiction picture book (recount) 

Written Outcome: Narrative

Additional Writing Opportunities: biography (recount), formal letter writing. Informal letter writing, dialogue, precis, haiku, diary (recount), letter 

Text: ‘Wolf Brother’ Michelle Paver 

Genre: historical novel (quest)  

Written Outcome: narrative (quest) 

Additional Writing Opportunities: description; non-chronological report; diary (recount); writing in role; writing in role; precis; poetry (free verse); oral debate 

Text: ‘The Highwayman’ Alfred Noyes and Charles Keeping 

Genre: narrative poetry (tragedy) 

Written Outcome:  narrative (tragedy)/ performance poetry 

Additional Writing Opportunities: description, character profile 

Short writes linked to various picture books selected from: 

‘The Last Wolf’ Mini Grey (persuasion) 

‘The New Neighbours’ Sarah McIntyre (narrative) 

‘Goat’s Coat’ Tom Percival, illustrated by Christine Pym (letter writing) 

‘Tell Me a Dragon’ Jackie Morris (instructions/ persuasion, discussion, letter writing, non-chronological report, explanation) 

‘Mrs Noah’s Pockets’ Jackie Morris, illustrated by James Mayhew (discussion) 

‘Izzy Gizmo’ by Pip Jones, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie (explanation) 

‘The Whisper’ Pamela Zagarenski (narrative)  

Poetry Plus:  

 ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (Y5) 

‘The Same Inside’ Liz Brownlee 

‘Travel by Book’ Laura Mucha 

Poetry Plus:  

Various haiku 

‘Rainbow’ Moira Andrew 

‘I hate poems’ Susan Hamlyn 

‘Talking Turkeys’ Benjamin Zephaniah 

Poetry Plus:  

 ‘Promise’ Jackie Kay 

‘Wordspinning’ John Foster 

‘Ozymandias’ Percy Bysshe Shelley  

Poetry Plus:  

 ‘The Lady of Shalott’ (Y5) 

‘The Same Inside’ Liz Brownlee 

‘Travel by Book’ Laura Mucha 

Poetry Plus:  

Various haiku 

‘Rainbow’ Moira Andrew 

‘I hate poems’ Susan Hamlyn 

‘Talking Turkeys’ Benjamin Zephaniah 

Poetry Plus:  

 ‘Promise’ Jackie Kay 

‘Wordspinning’ John Foster 

‘Ozymandias’ Percy Bysshe Shelley