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Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 2 Curriculum Overview

 
Key Stage 2 Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Year 3

Writing Progression
Map


Reading Progression
Map

Ug; Boy Genius
and the Stone
Age
Raymond Briggs
Big Picture
Into The Forest
Anthony Brown
Big Picture
Oliver and The
Sea wigs
Philp Reeve and
Sarah McIntyre-
Big Picture
Charlotte’s Web
EB White
Big Picture

 
The Lion The Unicorn
and Other Hairy Tales
Big Picture
The Great Kapok Tree
Lynne Cherry
Big Picture
Pupils will be
writing their own set of instructions.
Pupils will be writing a recount of the story. Pupils will be writing their own mystery narrative. Pupils will be writing a descriptive paragraph about a character Pupils will be writing a persuasive letter. Pupils will be writing an explanation text on the rainforest.

Year 4

Writing Progression
Map


Reading Progression
Map

King of the Sky
Nicola Davies

Big Picture

Tales of Wisdom
and Wonder
Hugh Lupton
Big Picture
Iron Man
Ted Hughes
Big Picture
Krindlekrax
Philip Ridley
Big Picture
Gregory Cool
Caroline Binch
Big Picture
One Plastic Bag
Miranda Paul
Big Picture
Pupils will write an
explanation text
based on a topic in
the text.
Pupils will retell a tale
from the text,
changing an aspect of
the narrative.
Pupils will write a
newspaper article on
an event that
happens in the text.
Pupils will write a
non-chronological
report on a topic from
the text.
Pupils will write a diary entry
in the role of a character
from the text.
Pupils will write a persuasive
letter in the role of a
character from the text.

Year 5

Writing Progression
Map

Reading Progression
Map

The Last Wild
Piers Torday
Big Picture
Cosmic
Frank
Cottrell-Boyce
Big Picture
Journey to the
River Sea
Eva Ibbotson
Big Picture
Varmints Helen Ward

The Lady of Shallot
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Big Picture
Suffragette: The Battle
for Equality by David
Roberts (Two Hoots)
Big Picture
The Adventures of
Odysseus
Hugh Lupton
Big Picture
Pupils to write a
chapter in the style
of the author that
fits the style of the book
Pupils to write a
playscript based on a scene in the story.
Pupils to write a diary
entry from the
perspective of a
character in the story.
Pupils to write a
persuasive letter
Write their own ending to the poem
Pupils to write a biography Pupils to write a newspaper
report based on events in
the text.

Year 6

Writing Progression
Map


Reading Progression
Map

Wonder
RJ Palacio
Big Picture
The Highwayman
Alfred Noyes
Big Picture
Goodnight Mr
Tom
Michelle Magorian
Big Picture
Ice Trap
MP Robertson and
Meredith Hooper
Big Picture
There’s a Boy in the
Girl’s bathroom
Louis Sachar
Big Picture
Rooftoppers
Katherine Randall
Big Picture
Pupils to write a
continuation
chapter from the
Bleeding Scream
situation
Pupils to retell the
poem as a narrative
Pupils to write a letter home from William to Mum Pupils to write a
Journal as an explorer
Pupils to write a formal
report from the headteaher
to parent
Pupils to write a setting
description