W A T E R F O O T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Thornfield Avenue, Waterfoot, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 9AP.

Mr. S. W. Jones, Headteacher.

Telephone/Facsimile: 01706 215539/220454

Email: head@waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

Website: www.waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

At Waterfoot School,

We think for

ourselves,

But feel for others.

W A T E R F O O T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Thornfield Avenue, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 9AP.

Mr. S. W. Jones, Headteacher.

Telephone/Facsimile: 01706 215539

Email: head@waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

Website: www.waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

At Waterfoot School,

We think for

ourselves,

But feel for others.

Tuesday, 4th August 2009.

W A T E R F O O T P R I M A R Y S C H O O L

Thornfield Avenue, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 9AP.

Mr. S. W. Jones, Headteacher.

Telephone/Facsimile: 01706 215539

Email: head@waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

Website: www.waterfoot.lancs.sch.uk

At Waterfoot School,

We think for

ourselves,

But feel for others.

Tuesday, 4th August 2009.

English Yearly Overview: Waterfoot Primary School

At Waterfoot Primary we plan and differentiate our English to support all abilities and backgrounds in our school. We ensure that our lessons are informative and that children have gained the key knowledge, skills and concepts to be able to progress to the next steps of their learning. We also ensure that learning is enjoyable, exciting and links with our whole school ‘Connected Curriculum’ where possible. We plan carefully using the Lancashire documents Key learning in Reading and Writing. In addition we also follow the Supporting Spelling and Supporting Grammar documents.

In order to cater for our mixed age classes we work on a two yearly cycle:

Cycle 1 (2014-15)

Connected Curriculum

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term • Centenary of the First

World War • Christmas

• Time Traveller • Globe Trotters

Year Group Narrative Non-Fiction Poetry Selected Texts EYFS

(Follow the ELG and the ‘Unique Child Points from the Development Matters Banding’)

Autumn Term: Phonics. Winter Themed Stories. ‘Stick Man’ Julia Donaldson. ‘There’s a Hedgehog in the Grass’ ‘Presents’ Rod Campbell. Spring 1: ‘Handas Surprise’ ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ ‘The Gingerbread Man’ ‘Goldilocks’ Spring 2: ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

Spring 1: Information books on Kenya and China. Spring 2: ‘Diary of a Bean’ ‘From Caterpillar to Butterfly’ ‘A Day a Greenhill Farm’ Lists- Baby Books Summer 1: ‘Hot Air Balloon’ Space- ‘Stars and Planets’ Summer 2: Non-fiction books linked to Under the Sea.

Spring 1: Poetry with a Chinese theme. Summer 2: ‘Commotion in the Ocean’

Oxford Reading Tree Stories Jolly Phonics Espresso Benjie/ Bernie’s Diary

‘A World Full of Babies’ ‘Once there were Giants’ Summer 1: ‘The Train Ride’ ‘The Journey’ ‘Who Sank the Boat’ ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ ‘Jolly Postman Stories’ ‘Whatever Next?’ Summer 2: Under the Sea- ‘Rainbow Fish’ ‘The Little Mermaid’ (Disney) ‘Sharing a Shell’ ‘Noah’s Ark’

Year 1/2

Traditional Tales. Fantasy (Dinosaurs). Stories from other cultures. Animal Adventure Stories. Stories set in schools (or other familiar settings)

Instructions. Explanation Text. Recount of Familiar Events. Non-fiction texts- (Eg. Labels, Lists, Captions, menus, invitations, postcards, wanted poster, glossary). Non-Chronological Reports.

Poems on a theme. Poems for learning by heart (Explorers). Traditional Rhymes including innovation (Eg. This is the house that Jack built).

Autumn Term: Where the poppies now grow- H. Robinson Archie’s Scrapbook The Little Hen and the Great War Knock Knock- Anthony Browne Victorian Homes Granny’s Quilt From Me to You The Three Little Pigs The Three Billy Goats Gruff Sleeping Beauty Spring Term: Summer Term:

Year 3/4 Fairy Tales/ Folk Tales. Myths/ Fables. Playscripts. Novel as a theme.

Information booklets. Non-Chronological reports. Recount Biography. Recount diaries. Persuasion- Sales Pitch/ Article. Explanation Text. Discussion For and Against.

Classic Poetry. Poems with a structure (eg. shape, calligrams, rhyming couplets). Poems with a theme.

Autumn Term: Where the poppies now grow- H. Robinson Biography of Edith Cavell/ Walter Tull A Pennyworth of Peppermints- M. Millard One Boys War- L.H. Cooper The Snow Queen- H.C. Anderson Baboushka Baba Yaga Spring 1: Spring 2: Summer 1: Summer 2:

Year 5 (Cohort)

Novel as a theme. Legends. Stories from Other Cultures. Historical narrative. Older Literature (Eg. Shakespeare) Film and Playscript.

Magazine Articles. Information Booklet with range of text types. Reports including formal reports. Persuasion- Radio or TV Broadcasts. Discussion Formal Debate.

Poems with a structure e.g. haiku, Limericks. Poems with figurative language. Classic narrative poetry.

Autumn Term: War Horse- Michael Morpurgo A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens Spring Term: ‘Boy’- Roald Dahl ‘The Iron Man’ ‘The Highway Man’ Summer Term:

Year 6 (Cohort)

Detective/Crime Science. Fiction Classic Fiction. Flashbacks/Time Shift. Novel as a theme.

Persuasion. Explanation text. Discussion. Recount. Biography and Autobiography. Information text hybrid.

Poems. Free verse. Classic narrative poetry. Poems with imagery.

Autumn Term: War Horse- Michael Morpurgo A Christmas Carol- Charles Dickens Spring Term: Summer Term:

Cycle 2 (2015-16)

Connected Curriculum

Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term • Story time • Location, Location,

Location! • Our Blue Planet

Year Group Narrative Non-Fiction Poetry Selected Texts EYFS

Year 1/2 Stories by the same author (Julia Donaldson). Stories with repetitive pattern or structure. Traditional Tales with a twist. Story as a theme.

Recounts: Letters. Non- Chronological Reports. Persuasive Advert or poster. Instructions (eg. Recipe).

Poems with a structure (eg. riddles). Classic Poetry (eg. The Owl and the Pussycat)

Year 3/4 Fables. Mystery. Fairy Tales/ Folk Tales. Film and playscript.

Persuasive Letters. Explanation texts. Discussion- Debate/ Report.

Poems on a theme. Poems (eg. kennings, cinquain). Classic poetry for

Fantasy. Non-chronological report. Recounts Newspapers.

performance.

Year 5 (Cohort)

Novel as a theme. Legends. Stories from Other Cultures. Historical narrative. Older Literature (Eg. Shakespeare) Film and Playscript.

Magazine Articles. Information Booklet with range of text types. Reports including formal reports. Persuasion- Radio or TV Broadcasts. Discussion Formal Debate.

Poems with a structure e.g. haiku, Limericks. Poems with figurative language. Classic narrative poetry.

Year 6 (Cohort)

Detective/Crime Science. Fiction Classic Fiction. Flashbacks/Time Shift. Novel as a theme.

Persuasion. Explanation text. Discussion. Recount. Biography and Autobiography. Information text hybrid.

Poems. Free verse. Classic narrative poetry. Poems with imagery.