Spring Gardens Primary School Policy for Languages
Toner Avenue School – Literacy Units Year Group Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Autumn Term Stories in familiar settings Stories with repeating patterns Labels, lists and signs Information texts Songs and repetitive poems Poems with Pattern and Rhyme Stories in familiar settings Postcards & Letters Songs and repetitive poems Traditional Tales Information texts Traditional poems for young children Stories by the same author Instructions and explanations Creating images Stories from other cultures Information texts Letters Humorous poems Fables Instructions and explanations Creating images Stories in Familiar Settings Information texts Poetic form: Syllabic poems
Spring Term
Summer Term
Stories with repeating patterns Traditional Tales Instructions Information texts Poems about the senses Humorous Poems Traditional tales from a variety of cultures Instructions The Senses Stories involving fantasy Recounts Humorous poems Myths and legends Recounts Traditional poems Stories about imaginary worlds Non-chronological reports Performance poems
Fairy Stories and Traditional Tales Fantasy Letters Information Texts Poems about nature Traditional Poems Quest and Adventure stories Information texts Favourite poems Stories by the same author: Anthony Browne Recounts Really looking! Poems about birds Adventure Stories Persuasive writing Poems on a theme Plays and Dialogues Non-chronological reports Shape poems: Playing with form
Myths and Legends Recounts List Poems and Kennings Fairy Stories and Playscripts Non-chronological reports Poems to Perform
Traditional poems Explanation texts Discussion debate/report Novel as a theme Issues and dilemma stories
Toner Avenue School – Literacy Units Year 5
Classic fiction Recounts Slam Poetry Biographies and autobiographies Instructions and Explanations Classic poems
Genre fiction Argument and debate Classic narrative and oral poetry Drama (Shakespeare) Reports and Journalistic Writing Poetic Style
Year 6
Historical Stories Recounts Choral or performance poems Significant authors Instructions and Explanations Narrative poems
Stories with flashbacks Persuasive writing Free form poetry Tales from other cultures Report and Journalistic Writing Classic poems
Classic novels Persuasive writing Debate poetry and poetry that tells a story Genre fiction-science fiction Non-chronological Reports Power of Imagery Stories that raise issues and dilemmas Information Texts Newspaper Reports Poetry - Creating Images Stories set in imaginary worlds Historical Poems (World War)
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Autumn Term Stories in familiar settings Stories with repeating patterns Labels, lists and signs Information texts Songs and repetitive poems Poems with Pattern and Rhyme Stories in familiar settings Postcards & Letters Songs and repetitive poems Traditional Tales Information texts Traditional poems for young children Stories by the same author Instructions and explanations Creating images Stories from other cultures Information texts Letters Humorous poems Fables Instructions and explanations Creating images Stories in Familiar Settings Information texts Poetic form: Syllabic poems
Spring Term
Summer Term
Stories with repeating patterns Traditional Tales Instructions Information texts Poems about the senses Humorous Poems Traditional tales from a variety of cultures Instructions The Senses Stories involving fantasy Recounts Humorous poems Myths and legends Recounts Traditional poems Stories about imaginary worlds Non-chronological reports Performance poems
Fairy Stories and Traditional Tales Fantasy Letters Information Texts Poems about nature Traditional Poems Quest and Adventure stories Information texts Favourite poems Stories by the same author: Anthony Browne Recounts Really looking! Poems about birds Adventure Stories Persuasive writing Poems on a theme Plays and Dialogues Non-chronological reports Shape poems: Playing with form
Myths and Legends Recounts List Poems and Kennings Fairy Stories and Playscripts Non-chronological reports Poems to Perform
Traditional poems Explanation texts Discussion debate/report Novel as a theme Issues and dilemma stories
Toner Avenue School – Literacy Units Year 5
Classic fiction Recounts Slam Poetry Biographies and autobiographies Instructions and Explanations Classic poems
Genre fiction Argument and debate Classic narrative and oral poetry Drama (Shakespeare) Reports and Journalistic Writing Poetic Style
Year 6
Historical Stories Recounts Choral or performance poems Significant authors Instructions and Explanations Narrative poems
Stories with flashbacks Persuasive writing Free form poetry Tales from other cultures Report and Journalistic Writing Classic poems
Classic novels Persuasive writing Debate poetry and poetry that tells a story Genre fiction-science fiction Non-chronological Reports Power of Imagery Stories that raise issues and dilemmas Information Texts Newspaper Reports Poetry - Creating Images Stories set in imaginary worlds Historical Poems (World War)
