English Curriculum Overview 2016-17
Year 3
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Climbing The Mountain
Home and Away
‘The Mousehole Cat’ by
Antonia Barber
A Step Back in Time
‘A Stone Age Boy’ by
Satoshi Kitamura
Invaders and Raiders
‘Romans on the
Rampage’ by Jeremy
Strong
A Peachy Adventure
‘James and the Giant
Peach’ by Roald Dahl
The Show Must Go On
‘Kindlekrax’ by Philip
Ridley
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Alternative parts
of a story
Purpose: Discuss
Form: Speech
Purpose: Describe
Form: Poem
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Character
investigations
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Story
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Play script
Purpose: Instruct
Form: Diary
Perfect Pets
‘The Invisible Dog’ by
Dick King-Smith
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Story
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Letter
Climbing The Mountain
Year 4
Purpose: To inform
Form: Diary
Paws For Thought
‘Vajak Paw’ by S F Said
Purpose: To describe
and create a sense of
fear.
Form: Story in the style
of Varjak Paw by SF
Said
Purpose: To instruct
Form: Instructions
Purpose: Persuade
Form: leaflet
Purpose: Inform
Form: Newspaper
report
Purpose: Inform
Form: Non
chronological report.
Titanic Tragedy
‘I Survived the Sinking
of the Titanic, 1912’ by
Lauren Tarshis
Purpose: To describe
and create empathy
Form: Poem describing
the sinking of The
Titanic
Purpose: To inform
Form: Newspaper
report detailing the
sinking of The Titanic.
Purpose: Advise
Form: Letter
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Song
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Historical story
The Nowhere
Emporium
‘The Nowhere
Emporium’ by Ross
Mackenzie
Purpose: To describe
Form: Chapter from
The Nowhere
Emporium
Purpose: To inform
Form: Nonchronological report on
The Nowhere
Emporium
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Advert
S.O.S
Save Our Species.
‘Sky Dancer’ by Martin
Bradley
‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ by
Roald Dahl
Villagers and Pillages
Beowulf’ by Michael
Morpurgo
Mission: Survival
‘Gold of the Gods’ by
Bear Grylls
Purpose:
Form:
Purpose: To inform
Form: Blog (Diary)
Purpose: To inform
Form: Poem giving a
conservation message.
Purpose:
Form:
Purpose:
Form:
TBC
TBC
Purpose: To entertain
Form: Narrative
Year 5
Climbing the Mountain
‘The Firework Maker’s
Daughter’ by Philip
Pullman
Purpose: Describe
Form: Diary
A Land Faraway
Into the Darkness
‘Cosmic’ by Frank
Cottrell Boyce
Purpose: Describe
Form: Newspaper
report
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Story
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Letter
Walk Like an Egyptian
‘The Princess Blankets’
by Carol Ann Duffy ‘The
Egyptian Cinderella’ by
Shirley Climo
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Traditional Tale:
Purpose: Inform
Form: Nonchronological report
Fun at the Fair
‘Fun Fear’ by Judy
Waite
Purpose:
Entertain/Describe
Form: Adventure Story
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Free verse poem
Mysterious Mayans
TBC
Purpose: TBC
Form: TBC
Purpose: Inform
Form: Nonchronological report in
the style of ‘Horrible
Histories’
A Twist in the Tail
‘The Butterfly Lion’ by
Michael Morpurgo
Purpose: Describe
Form: Story – first
person chapter
Purpose: Entertain
Form: War poetry
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Autobiographical
stories
Year 6
Climbing the Mountain
‘Wolf Brother’ by
Michelle Paver
Purpose: Describe
Form: Diary
Meet the Greeks
‘Percy Jackson’ by Rick
Riordan
‘Instructions’ by Neil
Gaimon
Born To Survive
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Myth
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Quest story
Purpose: Instruct
Form: Poem
Dragonology
‘Dragonology’ by
Dugald Steer
Film – ‘The Life Cycle of
the Plastic Bag’
Purpose: Inform
Form: Non-chron
report
Purpose: Explain
Form: Film script
Lest We Forget
‘Once’ by Morris
Gleitzman
Film – ‘The Piano’
Location, Location,
Location
‘Castles’ by Collin
Thompson
Purpose: Entertain emotive
Form: Flashback story
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Letter for
website
Purpose: Describe
Form: Poem
Purpose: Persuade
Form: Choral poem/rap
Enterprise Week
Tales of Terror
‘Macbeth’ by
Shakespeare
Purpose: Entertain
Form: Story
Design In Motion (1
week)
Purpose: Inform
Form: Newspaper
article