Reading

Reading texts taught as part of English lessons change according to children’s interests and are updated half termly. An updated list can be found with the English Lead.

English – EYFS and KS1 Writing Overview

	AUT1	AUT2	SPR1	SPR2	SUM1	SUM2
N	See YN long term plans
R	See YR long term plans – Talk for writing used and RWI handwriting (text type vary depending on interests of children). Subject leader works with EYFS lead to ensure children are receiving the skills needed for Y1.
Y1	Sentence demarcation Character Description Letter	Setting Description Letter	Description Narrative Poem	Instructions Letter Description	Narrative Diary entry	Letter Non-chronological report Postcard Narrative*
Text	The Gruffalo The Barnabus Project	The Jolly Postman	We’re Going On A Lion Hunt Lost and Found	Poetry Week – Acrostics, Calligrams or Riddles Jack and the Beanstalk	Katie Morag	Dear Teacher
Y2 T4W	Sentence demarcation Character Description Letter	Setting description Diary entry Fact file	Description Narrative Poetry	Instructions (how to joust) Letter (about the fire) Poetry Non-fiction T4W	Description Narrative *Personal recounts weekly	Letter Narrative Instructions *Personal recounts weekly
Text	The Bear and The Piano	The Papaya That Spoke The Magic Porridge Pot	When the Dragon Came	Poetry Week – Diamantes or Haikus Castles	The Day the Crayons Quit	True Story of the 3 Pigs

English –KS2 Writing Overview

AUT1

AUT2

SPR1

SPR2

SUM1

SUM2

Sentence demarcation

Character Description

Persuasive Letter

Description

Diary entry

Poetry (clerihew)

Narrative

Setting Description

Non-chronological Report

Persuasion

Diary

Non-chronological report

Description

Letter

Narrative

Instructions

Explanation

Text

Spider and the Fly

Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

Heracles: Greek Myths

Broken: Rock Paper Scissors

Poetry Week – Clerihews or Limericks

Ancient Egypt

The Promise

The Truth about Trolls

Narrative

Persuasion

Non-Chronological report

Description

Letter

Letter (informal)

Narrative

Haiku

Poetry

Narrative

Persuasion (advert or speech)

Balanced argument

Description

Recount

Explanation

Narrative

Text

Varjak Paw

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Firework Maker’s Daughter

Poetry Week – Kennings or Tetractys

Charlotte’s Web

A World of Bees

Quest

Persuasion

Narrative

Diary

Character Description

Poetry (narrative)

Newspaper report

Formal/informal letter

Poetry

Persuasion (advert or speech)

Description

Balanced argument

Non Chron

Narrative

Biography

Explanation

Text

Kensuke’s Kingdom

A Christmas Carol

Romeo and Juliet

Highway Man

Poetry Week – Senryus or Renga

Graveyard Book

Francis

Titanic

The Eye of the Storm

Space

Titanium

Narrative

Persuasive Letter

Letter

Narrative

Diary

Newspaper report

Narrative Poem

Narrative

Poetry

Non-Chronological

Balanced Argument

Narrative

Persuasion (advert or speech)

Narrative

Explanation

Narrative

Recount

Text

Clockwork

War Horse

Macbeth

Poetry Week - Ottama Riva or Iambic Pentameter

The Nowhere Emporium

Geri’s Game

Little Red Riding Hood

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Skellig

Reading Spine texts are all wrapped up at the start of the year with an extract attached to the front. Children then explore these, discuss and vote for the book they would like to read first. Texts cover a range of authors, publication dates, genres and topics. Classes may also decide to read a text taught for writing outcomes as their Reading Spine.

English – EYFS and KS1 Reading Spine

Reading Spine

Text: Brown Bear Brown Bear

Author: Bill Martin Jr - male

Purpose/Link: rhythm / pattern

Published: 1967

Text: Where’s Spot

Author: Eric Hill - male

Purpose/Link: hide and seek / interactive / predictions

Published: 1980

Text: Dear Zoo

Author: Rod Campbell - male

Purpose/Link: interactive/ fine motor skills

Published: 1982

Text: Jasper’s Beanstalk

Author: Nick Butterworth - male

Purpose/Link: quest / Jack and the Beanstalk

Published:1992

Text: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

Author: Michael Rosen - male

Purpose/Link: family-loved / classic / repetition

Published: 1989

Text: Hairy Maclary

Author: Lynley Dodd - female

Purpose/Link: humour / safety

Published: 1983

TBC From Children’s Interest

Reading Spine

Text: Each Peach Pear Plum (P)

Author: Allan Ahlberg – male

Purpose/Link: Fairy tales/classic poetry

Published: 1999

Text: After the Fall (F)

Author: Dan Santat – male

Purpose/Link: resilience / epilogue to classic story

Published: 2018

Text: Shark in the Park (F)

Author: Nick Sharrat - male

Purpose/Link:

Published:2000

Text: Handa’s Surprise (F)

Author: Eileen Brown - female

Purpose/Link: cross-cultural

Published: 1994

Text: The Wonky Donkey (F)

Author: Craig Smith - male

Purpose/Link: rhyming picture book.

Published: 2009

Text: The Runaway Wok (F)

Author: Ying Chang Compestine

Purpose/Link: Chinese New Year / cross-culture

Published: 2011

TBC From Children’s Interest

Reading Spine

Text: Beegu (F)

Author: Alexis Deacon – female

Purpose/Link: Welcoming people from different backgrounds

Published: 2004

Text: Good Little Wolf (F)

Author: Nadia Shireen – female

Purpose/Link: Right choices/fairy tale twist

Published: 2011

Text: That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown(F)

Author: Cressida Cowell and Neal Layton

Purpose/Link: classic/right or wrong.

Published: 2006

Text: Mr Magnolia (P)

Author: Quentin Blake - male

Purpose/Link: rhyming picture book.

Published: 1980

Text: Dogger (F)

Author: Shirley Hughes - female

Purpose/Link: Realistic fiction/ losing a favourite toy

Published: 1977

Text: I Want My Hat Back (F)

Author: Jon Klassen - male

Purpose/Link: Humour

Published: 2011

Text: Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs (NF).

Author: Katie Daynes - female

Purpose/Link: Flip book. Engaging for boys as well as girls.

Published: 2020

Reading Spine

Text: Flat Stanley (F)

Author: Jeff Brown

Purpose/Link: Classic text/adventure

Published:1964

Text: The Sheep Pig (F)

Author: Dick King Smith - male

Purpose/Link:

Published: 1983

Text: The Faraway Tree (F)

Author: Enid Blyton - female

Purpose/Link: Classic

Published:1943

Text: Mr Majeika (F)

Author: Humphry Carpenter - male

Purpose/Link: magic.

Published: 1984

Text: Puffin Book of Utterly Good Poems (P)

Author: Brian Platten - male

Purpose/Link: poetry

Published:1999

Text: The Dot (F)

Author: Peter Reynolds - male

Purpose/Link: art. Picture book.

Published: 2003

Text: Looking after our Ocean (NF)

Author: Rosa Hall - female

Purpose/Link: PSHE. Geography. Flip book. Hardback.

Published: 2022

English –KS2 Reading Overview

Reading Spine

Text: Bill’s New Frock (F)

Author: Anne Fine – female

Purpose/Link: Belonging/classic text

Published:1989

Text: The Abominables (F)

Author: Eva Ibbotson - female

Purpose/Link: adventure/ cliff hangers and twists

Published: 2012

Text: The Borrowers (F)

Author: Mary Norton - female

Purpose/Link: classic / family/ adventure

Published: 1952

Text: The Invisible Boy (Picture)

Author: Trudy Ludwig - female

Purpose/Link: loneliness/ bullying

Published: 2013

Text: An Imaginary Menagerie (P)

Author: Roger McGough - male

Purpose/Link: humour/poetry

Published:2011

Text: My Dad’s A Birdman (F)

Author: David Almond – male

Purpose/Link: grief / loss

Published: 2007

Text: Questions and Answers about Racism (NF)

Author: Jordan Akpojaro - male

Purpose/Link: racism. PSHE.

Published: 2021

Reading Spine

Text: The Girl who stole an Elephant (F)

Author: Nizrana Farook – female

Purpose/Link: Female heroine/modern fiction/diversity

Published: 2020

Text: The Boy Who Grew Dragons (F)

Author: Andy Shepherd - male

Purpose/Link: humour/perseverance/ friendships

Published: 2018

Text: Railway Children (F)

Author: E. Nesbit - female

Purpose/Link: dealing with change/ classic

Published: 1993

Text: Heard it in the Playground (P)

Author: Allan Ahlberg - male

Purpose/Link: poetry/ humour/ relating to the text

Published:1991

Text: Classroom 13 (F)

Author: Honest Lee - male

Purpose/Link: humour. Short stories. Relatable.

Published: 2020

Text: Dial-A-Ghost (F)

Author: Eva Ibbotson - female

Purpose/Link: spooky / blitz / ww2

Published:1996

Text: Mythology Around the World – Romans (NF)

Author: Eric Braun - male

Purpose/Link: History- Romans. Engaging text for boys.

Published: 2019

Reading Spine

Text: Boy at the Back of the Class (F)

Author: Pippa Curnick – female

Purpose/Link: Refugee/inclusion

Published: 2018

Text: The Lost Magician (F)

Author: Piers Torday - male

Purpose/Link: magic/survival

Published: 2018

Text: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (F)

Author: Kate DiCamillo - female

Purpose/Link: loss / character development

Published:2006

Text: Cogheart (F)

Author: Peter Bunzl - male

Purpose/Link: adventure/mystery link to clockwork text

Published: 2016

Text: Bright Bursts of Colour (P)

Author: Matt Goodfellow - male

Purpose/Link: poetry / humour

Published: 2020

Text: Who Let the Gods Out (F)

Author: Maz Evans - female

Purpose/Link: Greek mythology

Published: 2017

Text: We Have a Dream (NF)

Author: Dr Mya-Rose Craig - female

Purpose/Link: Black History.

Published: 2021

Reading Spine

Text: Wonder (F)

Author: R J Palacio – male

Purpose/Link: Inclusion

Published: 2012

Text: The Arrival (Picture)

Author: Shaun Tan - male

Purpose/Link: journeys/ separation

Published: 2006

Text: I Don’t Like Poetry (P)

Author: Joshua Seigal - male

Purpose/Link: poetry

Published: 2016

Text: Welcome to Nowhere (F)

Author: Elizabeth Laird - female

Purpose/Link: Refugees / loss

Published: 2017

Text: Fireweed

Author: Jill Paton Walsh - female

Purpose/Link: WW2

Published: 1969

Text: Holes (F)

Author: Louis Sachar - male

Purpose/Link: classic. Link to reading.

Published: 1998

Text: Generation Hope: You(th) Can Make a Difference! (NF)

Author: Kimberlie Hamilton - female

Purpose/Link: PSHE

Published: 2020

Early Reading

This year, we launched our brand new and exciting reading reward scheme. Children across the school have the opportunity to build up and personalise their own avatar by reading either their banded book or a reading for pleasure book. Throughout the year, limited editions are launched that are available for short periods of time. In this time, children can earn items or skins based on certain themes such as Halloween, Anti Bullying Week, Roald Dahl Week etc.

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