referred to specifically in lessons and pupils will be

HORWOOD AND NEWTON TRACEY PRIMARY PROGRESSION OF SKILLS - ENGLISH

Positive Learning Behaviours based on animals are central to our school’sethos for learning and the school’s values for behaviour. These will be

referred to specifically in lessons and pupils will be rewarded fordemonstrating these positive behaviours. They are as follows:

good listening - a bat working as a team - a bee being resilient - an ant makinglinks - spider taking risks - a meerkat being curious - a catbeing independent - a tiger having empathy - a monkey being creative - a unicornbeing wise - an owl being ready to learn - an elephant


Subject: English - WritingIntent:Our english curriculum is designed to furnish children with essential writing knowledge, including vocabulary, spelling andgrammar expectations. Our intention is to encourage children to write accurately and creatively building on prior knowledgefrom previous years groups by making links (animal behaviour - spider). They should become familiar with a wide range of highquality texts which should be used to teach literacy knowledge and skills. Through our english teaching we aim to enable ourpupils to edit and improve their work through revisiting and revising.

Implementation:● English lessons will start with an elicitation task (on yellow paper) demonstrating what the children already know of the

genre they are learning.● Questioning will be developed throughout the teaching units with questions starters such as: if, when, will, should, could,

would, how, did, who, etc.● A knowledge organiser and pre-learning of vocabulary (to offer equality of learning for all) will start the english genre and

the topic knowledge organiser will be referred to an over-arching topic (eg Vikings).● English skills and knowledge will be taught through a variety of teaching and learning styles.● A scaffolded piece of writing (on green paper) will demonstrate teacher-supported writing mid topic.● Finally, a final write will be completed (on purple paper) to show learning for knowledge and skills and the impact of the

teaching and learning will be recorded.● Children will refer back to prior learning before starting the next unit of work.● “Dressing up a sentence” will be taught as a SPAG discreet tool to enable progression of punctuation, spelling and

grammar knowledge.● Children will be taught using a two-year rolling programme as there are mixed year group classes.● A number of sources will be used to teach english: video clips, first hand narratives, stories, non fiction and poetry texts.

Impact:There is an expected progression of skills mapped for each year group to identify the learning which will take place in each stagethroughout the school by following the english programme of study against which the children and teachers will assess impactand attainment.


AutumnYear A

EYFS KEY STAGE 1 KEY STAGE 2

YR Y1 & Y2main class topic: down onthe farm/traditional tales

Y3 & Y4main class topic: Stone age/

iron age

Y5 & Y6main class topic: Victorians

KNOWLEDGEGenres

write letters tomatch

individualsounds heard

recognisepurpose of a

label or caption

narrative - traditional tales/fairytales Little Red Riding Hood, Story

Box, Mixed Up Fairy Talesnon fiction - instructions How to

dress up as a book characterpoetry - nursery rhymes Zim Zam

Zoom (Fairytale focus)

narrative - historical (plot andcharacter) Stone Age Boy, Ug

non fiction - explanation Stone Ageto Iron Age

poetry - structured Bones

narrative - historical fiction andmystery Broken Lives and the

Mystery of Jeremy Visicknon fiction - recount newspaperreport non chronological report

(history topic link) and persuasivewriting (history topic link) discussiontexts (geography topic link) Women

In Sciencepoetry - Kennings and Haikus Earth

VerseSKILLSBuilding up asentence(SPAG)

form individualletters correctly

capital letters, full stops, simple andcompound sentence joined with andadjectives and noun phrases simple

co-ordinating and subordinatingconjunctions (or, and, but),

adjectives

all of KS1 plus fronted adverbialsand pronouns, apostrophes forplural possession, determiners

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relatives clauses, antonyms

and synonyms

SpringYear A


YR Y1 & Y2main class topic: Help!

Y3 & Y4main class topic: Romans

Y5 & Y6main class topic: Explorers,

Finding the MayansKNOWLEDGEGenres

Writerecognisable

letters, most of

narrative - adventure TractionMan is Here!

non fiction - explanation textsHot and Cold

narrative - myths and fablesRoman myths, Myth Atlas, Arthur

and the Golden Rope

narrative - contemporaryfiction, dilemma stories

Kensuke’s Kingdom


which arecorrectlyformed.

Spell words byidentifyingsounds inthem and

representingthe sounds

witha letter or

letters.write label,

caption or list

poetry - rhyming couplets AFirst Poetry Book

non fiction- persuasive writingand recount Persuasive Letter,

Beatrice’s Dreampoetry - visual poems Paint Me

a Poem

non fiction - recount diarywriting The Lost Book of

Adventure, Shackleton’s Journey

non chronological report(history topic link)

poetry - visual poems Is this aPoem?

SKILLSBuilding up asentence(SPAG)

form letterscorrectly -

order letterscorrectly tospell simple

words


co-ordinating and subordinatingconjunctions (or, and, but)

adjectives, adverbs and nounphrases

all of KS1 plus fronted adverbialsand pronouns, apostrophes forplural possession, determiners,

conjunctions (when, before,after, while because),

prepositions

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relative clauses, antonymsand synonyms, punctuation for

parenthesis

SummerYear A


YR Y1 & Y2main class topic: Castles and

dragons

Y3 & Y4main class topic: rainforests

Y5 & Y6main class topic: Ancient

Greeks


KNOWLEDGEGenres

Write simplephrases andsentencesthat can be

read by others.

narrative - fantasy The DragonMachine

non fiction - non-chronologicalreport knights

poetry - free verse The Sea

narrative - dilemma Story PathLKS2

non fiction - discussion textsRainforest Rough Guide

poetry - free verse Carry MeAway

narrative - historicalfiction/myths Greek myths and

Story of Antigone science fictionnon fiction - instructions (topic

link DT) Jungle SurvivalHandbook, Everest Y5 and 6

poetry - limericks, question andanswer


Use capitalletters and fullstops in simple

sentence.

capital letters, full stops, simple andcompound sentence joined with andadjectives and noun phrases, simple


adjectives, adverbs and nounphrases, commas to separate lists,

apostrophes for possession


conjunctions (when, before,after, while because withcommas, prepositions and

speech punctuation

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relatives clauses, synonyms

and antonyms, punctuation forparenthesis, active and passive

voice, identifying subject and object

AutumnYear B


YR Y1 & Y2main class topic: Pirates

Y3 & Y4main class topic:

sustainability

Y5 & Y6main class topic: invaders

and settlersKNOWLEDGEGenres

Narrative - pirate adventureThe Night Pirates

Non fiction - instruction writing,how to be a pirate How to Wash

a Woolly Mammothpoetry - free verse The Sea

narrative - contemporary (settingand character) based on Paperbag

Princenon fiction - explanation 100 ways

to save the worldpoetry - structured poems

Beachcomber

narrative - historical andcontemporary fiction Riddle of

the Runes/Beowulfnon fiction writing - non

chronological report crime andpunishment (history topic

link)Dragonologypoetry - kennings, rhyming

couplets, visual poemsCloudbusting (Viking Animated

Saga


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpG68-WpDF8 )



co-ordinating and subordinatingconjunctions (or, and, but),

adjectives.

all of KS1 plus fronted adverbialsand pronouns, apostrophes forplural possession, determiners.

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relatives clauses, antonyms

and synonyms.

SpringYear B


YR Y1 & Y2main class topic: battles

Y3 & Y4main class topic: dragons

Y5 & Y6main class topic: English Civil

WarKNOWLEDGEGenres

narrative - Greek myths TheDay Louis Got Eaten

non fiction - recount of our tripto Torrington

poetry - calligrams and shapepoems

narrative - adventure (plot)Mimi and the mountain dragon,

Dragons: Truth, Myth andLegend

non fiction - instructions Dareto care, Pet dragon

recount - our trip to Torringtonpoetry - visual poems Tell Me aDragon (KS1 Unit)

narrative - science fiction andfantasy The Chronicles of Harris

Burdicknon fiction - persuasive writing(Roundhead or Cavalier? topic

writing) recount - Battle ofTorrington Where My Wellies

Take Me 1poetry - haiku/ballad




adjectives, adverbs, noun phrases,apostrophes for possession.


conjunctions (when, before,after, while because),

prepositions.

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relative clauses, antonymsand synonyms, punctuation for

parentheses.

SummerYear B


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpG68-WpDF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpG68-WpDF8


YR Y1 & Y2Main class topic: dinosaurs

and volcanoes

Y3 & Y4main class topic: Ancient

Egypt

Y5 & Y6main class topic: Romans

KNOWLEDGEGenres

narrative - fantasy DaisyDoodles

non fiction - non chronologicalreport Dino Dinners

poetry - question and answerThe Train Ride

narrative - fantasy Jack and theDream Sack, Oliver and the

Seawigsnon fiction - non chronologicalreport Everything You Need toKnow About Snakes and Other

Scaly Reptilespoetry - free verse Poetry Pie

narrative - dilemma andmystery stories Roman

mysteriesnon fiction - discussion - whatdid the Romans do for us? (topic

link) Diary Writing - The dayVesuvius erupted

poetry - free verse, visualpoems The Lost Words




adjectives, adverbs and nounphrases, commas to separate lists.


conjunctions (when, before,after, while because withcommas, prepositions and

speech punctuation.

all of KS1 and lower KS2 plus modalverbs, relatives clauses, synonyms

and antonyms, punctuation forparenthesis, active and passive

voice, identifying subject and object.

YR Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6IMPACT Children use

their phonicknowledge towrite words

Children in Year1 will be able touse their phase

3, 4 and 5sounds to write

Children in Year2 will be able touse their phonicknowledge to

spell polysyllabic

Children in Year3 will be able toplan, write andedit a range of

stories and

Children in Year4 will be

confident indiscussing andrecording their

A pupil in Year5 will be ableto write for a

range of

By the end ofYear 6, pupils’reading and

writing should


in ways whichmatch their

spoken sounds.They also

write someirregular

common words.They write

simple sentenceswhich canbe read by

themselves andothers. Some

words arespelt correctly

and othersare phonetically

plausible.

most words thatare spelt

correctly. Theywill write simpleand compoundsentences. Theywill be able tospell most Yr1

commonexception wordscorrectly. They

will regularly usecapital letters,full stops andfinger spaces

and sometimesuse exclamation

marks orquestion marks

whenappropriate. The

childrenhandwriting will

show correctformation

starting andendings in thecorrect places.

words correctly.They will spellmost of theCommon

Exception wordsfor year 2

correctly in theirwork. They will

know how to addthe suffix –edand – ing ontoverbs. They willuse commas, full

stops, capitalletters,

exclamationmarks, question

marks andapostrophes forpossession and

contraction.They will be able

to writecoherently in thepast tense. Theywill be able to

write sequencedpiece of

narrative writing.They will start to

extend theirsentences with:and, so, if, but,because and

when.

non-fiction texttypes using

:extending therange of

sentences withmore than oneclause by usinga wider range of

conjunctions,using the

present perfectform of verbs incontrast to the

past tensechoosing nouns

or pronounsappropriately for

clarity andcohesion and toavoid repetition

usingconjunctions,adverbs and

prepositions toexpress time and

cause usingfronted

adverbials usingcommas after

frontedadverbials,indicating

possession byusing thepossessive

apostrophe withplural nouns

ideas whenplanning.Increase

confidence seenin narrative andnon-narrative

writing throughcreating settings,characters andplot, organising

sections ofwriting withparagraphs,

variedvocabulary beingused for specific

purpose,dialogue

punctuatedcorrectly andusing specific

words to expresstime and cause.

Children willhave the skills tojoin more letters

correctly.Children will beable to use adictionary tohelp check

spellingmistakes.

audiences andpurposes,choosing

appropriatestyles,

language andeffects to suitthe purpose.They will beable to plan,produce and

edit their workindependently

to producework they areproud of. Theywill be aware

of the grammarand

punctuationterms

appropriate fortheir age andable to show

them in avariety of

contexts. Theywill be able to

use adictionary andthesaurus to

further improvetheir writing by

be sufficientlyfluent and

effortless forthem to

manage thegeneral

demands of thecurriculum inyear 7, across

all subjects andnot just in

English, butthere will

continue to bea need for

pupils to learnsubject specific

vocabulary.They should beable to reflect

theirunderstandingof the audience

for andpurpose of

their writing byselecting

appropriatevocabulary and

grammar.Teachers

should preparepupils for


using andpunctuating

direct speech.

makingappropriate

word choices.

secondaryeducation byensuring that

they canconsciously

controlsentence

structure intheir writing

and understandwhy sentencesare constructed

as they are.

Documents

referred to specifically in lessons and pupils will be