Writing
Deykin Avenue JI School English Curriculum: Class Texts
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Yr |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Reception |
Who’s in the Loo
Rhymes: Incy Wincy Spider |
Humpty Dumpty
Rhymes: Jack and Jill
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Pardon Said the Giraffe
Rhymes: Mary had a little Lamb |
Monstersaurus
Rhymes: Row, Row, Row your boat |
Supermarket Zoo
Rhymes: Old Macdonald |
The Bear and the Piano
Rhymes: Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star
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Year 1 |
Hibernation Hotel by John Kelly
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Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper
Poetry – Scarecrow Christmas by Pie Corbett |
Little Red by Bethan Woolvin
Poetry – Monday’s Child by Mother Goose |
Prince Cinders by Babette Cole
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Beegu by Alexis Deacon
Poetry – acrostic – The Crocodile by Lewis Carroll
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Dogs Don’t Do Ballet by Anna Kemp
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Year 2 |
A Squash and A Squeeze by Julia Donaldson & Alex Scheffler
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Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett
Poetry – Christmas Haiku Pie Corbett |
The Day The Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt |
Dread Cat by Michael Rosen
Poetry – The Owl and the Pussy Cat by Edward Lear |
The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas
Poetry – The Sound Collector by Roger McGough
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The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl |
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Year 3 |
Fantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
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The Worst Witch by Jill Murphy Poetry – The Twelve Days of Christmas |
Jim and The Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Poetry – Volcano by Joshua Seigal |
Flotsam by David Wiesner |
Spy Fox – Film Unit
Poetry – From A Railway Carriage by Robert Louis Stevenson |
The Night Bus Hero by Onjali Q. Rauf |
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Year 4 |
George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl
Poetry – Little Red Riding Hood and The Wolf by Roald Dahl |
The Lost Thing by Shaun Tan
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Arthur and The Golden Rope by Joe Todd-Stanton
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Poetry – The Pied Piper of Hamlin by Robert Browning
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My Name Is Not Refugee by Kate Milner |
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis
Poetry – Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll |
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Year 5 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J. K. Rowling
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Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
Poetry – In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti
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Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo |
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Poetry – Caged Bird by Maya Angelou
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare |
The Ways of the Wolf by Smriti Prasadam-Halls & Jonathan Woodward
Poetry – The Tyger by William Blake
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Year 6 |
The Island by Armin Greder
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The Boy In The Tower by Polly Ho-Yen
Poetry – ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore |
The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars
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The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Poetry – Life Doesn’t Frighten Me by Maya Angelou
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A range of writing based on the the concept of ‘anywhere island’. The children will create their own island and take part in a variety of writing tasks.
Poetry – My Generation by Jordan Nichols |
