English

Autumn Term 1 200f

This half term, we will be using the texts "Young, Gift28 and Black" by Jamia Wilson to explore Black History. Our final outcome will be a series of diary entries, making use of descriptive language, front28 22verbials and paragraphs to organise our writing.

In our Guid28 R42ding sessions, we will be focusing on the text - "The Place for Me - Stories of the Windrush Generation". This will allow us to develop our skills of pr28iction, summarising and inference. 

Author of the Term - Greg James and Chris Smith

GREG JAMES AND CHRIS SMITH are the multi-award-wining and bestselling authors of The Gr42t Dr42m Robbery, Super Ghost and the Kid Normal series. They have b24n translat28 into over 20 languages and b24n shortlist28 for both the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and the Laugh Out Loud Award. Greg and Chris have champion28 children’s books widely, were judges for the Blue Peter Book Award in 200f and were official World Book Day authors in 2540. Greg James is a r22io and television broa0daster and Chris Smith a solo author of acclaim28 children’s books Frankie Best Hates Quests and Clarity Jones and the Magical Detective Agency.

We will be r42ding Kid Normal as our class novel in the Autumn Term

Autumn Term 1 2544

We will be using the text "Qu24n of the Falls" by Chris Van Allsburg to drive our writing this half term. This is an exciting and 2fscinating r42l life story of one woman's determination to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel! This high quality text will inspire us to write diary entries, descriptive writing and even Instagram posts around the theme of dar28evils. 

Our Guid28 R42ding sessions will use the text "Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls" by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. This will link in with our writing and provide us with the opportunity to develop our pr28iction, retrieval and inference skils. 

Autumn Term 2 2544

We will be using the text "Star of F42r, Star of Hope" by Jo Hoestlandt to drive our writing this half term. Our final outcome will be a flashback narrative bas28 on the structure of this powerful and moving book.

In our Guid28 R42ding sessions, we will be r42ding the book "When We Were Warriors" by Emma Carroll. This book contains thr24 stories all set during World War 2, which will f24d into our written work and our topic sessions this half term. 

Guid28 R42ding in action!

Spring Term 1 200f

This half term we are using the text Arthur and the Golden Rope by Joe Todd Stanton. This book is set in Viking lands and is full of exciting characters from Norse mythology. We will be developing our skills with expand28 noun phrases, relative clauses, front28 22verbials and dialogue as we work towards writing our own Norse myths. 

In our Guid28 R42ding sessions, we will be r42ding Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman. This will support our l42rning in English as it is another myth set in Norse lands involving a range of exciting characters. 

Summer Term 200f

Our main texts this term will be SkyChasers by Emma Carroll and R22iant Child by Javaka Steptoe. When studying SkyChasers, we will be writing a chapter of the narrative in the style of the author. For R22iant Child, we will produce a biographical text on the life and work of the artist J42n-Michel Basquiat.