Latymer All Saints CE Primary School

Latymer All Saints CE Primary School

Latymer All Saints - Literacy Overview
Year group / Term / Class Book (Please do not read these books with your child, we base our lessons on them and children may be asked to predict events in the story. They will be unable to use their imagination if they already know the story. / Activities based on class book
Year 1 / Autumn 1 / Monkey Puzzle
We’re going on a Bearhunt
The Leopards Drum
Poetry By Heart
Little Rabbit Foo Foo by Michael Rosen
What is Under? By Tony Mitton / Describing settings/characters
Autumn 2 / The owl who is afraid of the dark
Plop the owl
Peace at Last
Night Monkey, Day Monkey / Letter writing
Spring 1 / Meerkat Mail
The Meerkats of Summer Farm
Superworm
My Cat likes to hide in boxes
The Pig in the Pond
Igloos and Inuit life / Non-chronological report writing
Information text
Spring 2 / Lila and the secret of rain
Tortoises dreams
Billy Sunflower
The Tiny Seed
Poetry By Heart
Laughing Time by William Jay Smith / Poetry
Information text
Instructions
Summer 1 / Jack and the beanstalk
The Elves and the Shoemakers
Rapunzel / Traditional stories/Fairytales
Summer 2 / The Queens Knickers(Nickolas Allan)
Queen Munch and Queen Nibble (Carol Ann Duffy)
There are Monsters in my Attic (Diana Acheson) / Extending stories
Poetry
Year 2 / Autumn 1 / Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain
Jamila’s Dress
Poetry By Heart
Who’s In? By Elizabeth Flemming / Cultural stories
Autumn 2 / Three Little Pigs
The Frog Prince / Traditional Tales
Poetry
Spring 1 / Toby and the Great Fire of London
The Fire Children
The Twits
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Enormous Crocodile / Non-chronological reports
Story writing
Spring 2 / What the Ladybird heard
100 facts nocturnal animals
Hot Like Fire
Poetry By Heart
Space Man - By Charles Connell / Information texts
Poetry
Summer 1 / The hungry caterpillar
Room on a Broom
The Snail on a Whale
Charlie Cooks Favourite book
Stick Man
The Highway Rat
Princess and the Wizard / Explanation text
Poetry
Summer 2 / A necklace of Raindrops
The Jolly Postman
How Cats Really Work / Letter writing, instructions
Explanation texts
Year 3 / Autumn 1 / The Green Ship
Poetry By Heart
Waves – By Jack Kay / Adventure and Mystery stories
Autumn 2 / Pebble in my pocket / Letter Writing
Descriptions
Spring 1 / Roman Myths and Legends / Reports / Poetry
Spring 2 / Georges Marvellous Medicine
Poetry By Heart
Move it – By Linda Lee Welch / Instructions
Poetry
Summer 1 / Beowulf / Reports
Stories set in Imaginary Worlds
Summer 2 / The Sheep Pig
Information text / Poetry
Persuasive writing
Year 4 / Autumn 1 / The Great Kapok Tree Rainforest Rescue
Poetry By Heart
Walking with my Iguana- by Brian Moses / Persuasive text
Non-chronological reports
Poetry
Autumn 2 / The Butterfly Lion / Information text
Poetry
Spring 1 / There is a Viking in my bed
Poetry By Heart
The Tale of the Custard Dragon- by Ogden Nash / Adventure stories
Newspaper report
Letter writing
Spring 2 / Burglar Bill / Explanation text
Newspaper
Recounts
Summer 1 / Anatole
Children's Classic Poetry Collection: 60 Poems by the World's Greatest Writers / Stories / dilemmas /
Poetry
Summer 2 / Egyptian Myths
The time travelling cat / Newspaper / Recounts
Year 5 / Autumn 1 / The adventures of Odysseous / Classic narrative
Traditional stories, fables, myths and legends
Poetry
Autumn 2 / Comic disco
Space Race (Malorie Blackmam)
Poetry By Heart
The Star- by Jane Taylor / Poetry
Stories set in imaginary worlds
Spring 1 / Kensukes Kingdom / Recount
Letter writing
Persuasion
Spring 2 / Ice trap / Information text
Non-chronological report
Summer 1 / Ug
Poetry By Heart
Leisure Centre – by John Rice / Adventure stories
Poetry
Summer 2 / African Myths and Folk Tales / Myths and Legends
Year 6 / Autumn 1 / The London Eye Mystery
Poetry By Heart
The Sound Collector- by Roger Mc Gough / Persuasive writing
Explanation text
Newspaper articles
Autumn 2 / Zoo
Shakespeare Play
Stories with flashback
Biography (Evolution)
Poetry By Heart
Blind Men and the Elephant- by John Godfry / Argument and persuasive
Journalistic writing
Playscripts
Spring 1 / Street Child / Stories
Letter writing
Information text
Spring 2 / Krindle-krax / Formal writing- letter writing
Non- chronological report
Persuasive
Summer 1 / The Dairy of Anne Frank / Newspaper report
Biography
Autobiography
Poetry writing
Summer 2 / End of Year Production / Playscripts