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    Key Stage 2

    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