Writing
| Year 6 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Topic | South America Rainforest | Mayans | WW2 | Looking after our environment | Crime and Punishment / Holes | Transitions |
| Genre | Non Chron Report rainforest anima | Narrative adventure – time hop | Diary Blitz | Biography – post 1945 people who changed history | Letter home white lies / desert setting description | Short narrative |
| Setting writing / Character development | Explanation text - Tourist Guide leaflet | Performance / War Poetry | Persuasive argument | Short narrative | Diary writes | |
| Oracy presentation – Turning Points WW2 | Narrative – character description |
| Year 5 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Topic | Vikings | Mountains | Volcanoes & Earthquakes | Earth & Space | Europe | Ancient Greece |
| Genre | Kenning poems | Non Chron report - mountain information | Persuasive Advert Writing | Non chron report | Narrative - recount | Narrative - myths |
| Settings | Playscripts | Diary entry | Biography – space explorers | Information text/guide to Athens | Narrative – character description | |
| Persuasive – letter of complaint |
| Year 4 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic | Romans | Local enquiry – Reading street names | Rainforest | The Amazon | Anglo Saxons and Scots | |
| Genre |
Historical narrative | Explanation text | Narrative | Debate - effects of deforestation | Explanation text – layers of rainforest | Diary of Sutton Hoo |
| Diary writes | Non chron report comparing Amazon to Thames | Poetry | Character Study based on Zane and the Hurricane | Letter of persuasion about deforestation |
| Year 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Topic | Stones and Bones | Climate Zones | Huntley and Palmer Local area study. | North America | Sc An incl human | Egypt achievements of early civilizations |
| Genre | Historical time hop narrative - Rocks | Instructional – explanation | Narrative Dilemma | Letter/Diary | Moral Tale - narrative | Newspaper recount |
| Poetry | Write / present a weather forecast | To argue case | Poetry | Discovery of Tutankhamun Diary | ||
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Narrative - Character focus |
| Year 2 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Topic | Great Fire of London / Gun Powder Plot | Geog continents and Oceans | Hot and cold places |
Significant people: Nurses Florence N and Edith Cavell |
Our school and the RBH |
Mugumaremo Village, Zambia |
| Genre | Recount | Letter | Narrative | Biography / Fact fil | Adventure narratives | Non chron report |
| Diary | Performance Poetry | Short letters / postcards home | Setting/diary extract life in village |
| Year 1 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| Topic | Seasonal changes | Animals- all about the human body |
The Railways come to Reading Sc Materials |
United Kingdom | Transport past and present | SC - Plants |
| Genre | Narratives, descriptions | Character descriptions | Postcards/ Narrative | Letters / facts | Non chronological report. | Explanation text - instructions |
| Non-chronological reports |
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
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Summer 1 |
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Topic |
It’s good to be me |
Fabulous Festivals |
Brrr it’s cold outside |
Let’s go on safari |
Let’s Grow |
At the Seaside |
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Genre |
Repetition stories |
Label in words (CVC) |
Writing sentences |
Narrative
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Instructions to plant a seed/bean
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Letter writing |
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To narrate an adventure – meaningful marks recount |
Orally tell stories |
Non Fiction (book) |
Write for a purpose | Story writing – narrative | Create a story | |
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Story maps |
Caption | List writing | ||||
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Labels – initial sounds |
Descriptive writing | |||||
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Poetry |
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Non Fiction Facts about an animal. (Going on a lion hunt) |
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