Writing Overview – 2022/23
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Year 1
Labels, lists & captions – Funny Bones, Discovery World, My Body Instructions – hedgehogs (videos, Twinkl)
Stories in Familiar Settings – Magic Key stories, This Is The Bear, Owl Babies, Where’s my bear?
Traditional Stories & Fairy Tales – Gingerbread Man, Billy Goats Gruff
Year 2
Stories in Familiar Settings – Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch (Seaside & Makes a Picnic) Instructions – A Cloudy Lesson (Literacy Shed)
Information Texts – Magic Grandad Book & Video Traditional Tales – A range (Literacy Shed)
Explanations – The Bridge (Literacy Shed)
Year 3
Information Texts – The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd Poetry – Treasure (Literacy Shed)
Adventure Stories – Journey by Aaron Becker Adventure Stories – Taking Flight (Literacy Shed)
Reports – Varjak Paw by S.F Said Reports – Tabula Rasa (Literacy Shed) Dialogue and Plays – Home Sweet Home (Literacy Shed)
Year 4
Instructions & Explanations – Complete Book of Art Ideas (Hamilton Trust) Imaginative Poetry –
Stories from other cultures – (Hamilton Trust) Information Texts Extracts
Stories set in imaginary worlds – Fantastic Mr Fox (Hamilton Trust) Letters & Authors -
Year 5
Recount - UFO Diary by Satoshi Kitamura, UFOs and Aliens, superimposed photos Poetry/Older Literature – This Is Me! (Young Writers) The Witches’ Spell from Macbeth
Persuasion – A Greener Tomorrow (Plazoom) Older Literature – A Christmas Carol (Plazoom, video extracts)
Myths & Legends – Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo (Plazoom, Literacy Shed, BBC teach) Instructions – Revolting Recipes by Roald Dahl
Spring 2
Summer 1
Summer 2
Recount - Experiences (videos) Information Texts – Whose Baby? Magic Grandad Houses & Homes
Stories from Other Cultures – Anansy Spider, Tinga Tales Poetry – Missing Daisy by James Carter
Stories from Fantasy Worlds – Once in A Lifetime (Literacy Shed)
Revision (story writing,
Different Stories by the Same Author – Katie Morag books/photos
Extended Stories by Significant Authors – ZAHRA (Literacy Shed)
Traditional Tales – The Black Hat (Literacy Shed) Authors and Letters – Horrid Henry Books
Stories with Familiar Settings – The Present (Literacy Shed)
Rhyming Poetry – selection of poetry books Instructions – Girl and Robot (Literacy Shed)
Playscripts – The Princess and the Pea, The Pea and the Princess (Hamilton Trust) Newspapers & Magazines – The Roman Record, Escape from Pompeii Stories from Other Cultures – The Willow Plate Story Poetry/Older Literature – Anglo -Saxon Chronicles
Stories in historical settings – Tadeo Jones (Literacy Shed) Persuasion – Zoo, Rainbow Bear, Ice Bear
Stories that raise issues – Mr Stink, Billionaire Boy (Hamilton Trust) Chronological Reports – Henry’s Freedom Box Poetry –
Film Narrative – The Piano (Literacy Shed) Persuasion – Is your child fit and healthy? (Plazoom)
Traditional Stories – The Tale of Three Brothers/ The Tales of Beedle the Bard (Literacy Shed) Fables – Aesop’s Fables
descriptions, reports about animals) – Giraffe’s Can’t
Dance, Monty the Elephant