Writing
Writing at Bushmead Primary School
At Bushmead Primary School, we follow the DfE National Curriculum and then plan for the coverage of these objectives through a text-based, phased approach.
Intent Statement
We believe that English and communication are key life skills. Through the English curriculum, we will help children develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to communicate effectively and creatively through spoken and written language and equip them with the skills to become lifelong learners. We want children to enjoy and appreciate literature and its rich variety.
English is at the heart of all children’s learning. English enables children both to communicate with others effectively for a variety of purposes and to examine their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving these order and meaning. Because English is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development, it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive.
What Children Will be Taught
EYFS
Topic: Marvellous Me
Texts: Marvellous Me, Pete the Cat, Rosie’s Walk, Room on the Broom
Writing Focus: Mark Making, Name Writing, labelling pictures, writing simple captions, T4W
Topic: Sparkling Celebrations
Texts:
Leaf Man, The gunpowder Plot, Firework Poems, Kippers Birthday,
Rama and Sita, Christmas Stories,
Writing Focus: descriptive words, recounts, letters, lists, invitations, posters
Topic: Winter Adventure
Texts:
Chinese New Year, Lost and Found, One Snowy Night, Jack Frost
Writing Focus: Descriptive words, simple sentences, lists, story maps, T4W
Topic: People Who Help Us- Not all superheroes wear capes!
Texts: Stories about Superheroes, Non-fiction texts about people who help us
Writing Focus: Descriptive words, simple sentences, lists, story maps, letters, Character description
Topic: Spring
Texts: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Jasper’s Beanstalk, Jack and the Beanstalk, Oliver’s Vegetables/Fruit Salad
Writing Focus:
Lists, story maps, story retelling –using simple sentences which can be read by them and others
Topic: Journeys – Are We Nearly There Yet/ or Mini-beasts,
Non-fiction life-cycle texts
Text:
Writing Focus:
All About me – writing to my new teacher, labels, captions
Simple non-fiction books,
writing simple sentences which can be read by them and others.
Year 1
Topic: The Big Build
Text: The Three Little Pigs. (Fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Retelling the story.
Text: 365 Things to do with Lego Bricks. Simon Hugo (Non-fiction).
Extended writing outcome:
- Instruction writing
Topic: Festivals and Celebrations.
Text: Sparks in the Sky
3 weeks
Extended writing outcome:
Short story
Text: The Jolly Christmas Postman.(fiction)
- Letter writing
Text: Elf on the Shelf.
Extended writing outcome:
- Recount
Topic: London’s Burning (The Great Fire of London)
Text: The Queen’s Hat (fiction)
Texts: Cookery books (non-fiction)
Extended writing outcomes:
- Story
Extended writing outcome:
- Bread recipe
Topic: Paws, Claws and Jaws.
Text: Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. (fiction)
Little Kids First Big Book of Animals (National Geographic Kids)
Non-fiction.
Extended writing outcomes:
- Animal fact files
- Riddles
Recount of a visit to a wildlife park
Topic: Fit Kids
Texts: The Enormous Turnip (fiction)
Various cookery books (non-fiction).
Texts: The Lifecycle of a Bean by Linda Tagliaferro (non-fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Leaflet writing
- Instructions to make a healthy snack.
- Story writing
Topic: If you go down in the woods today. . .
Text: We’re going on a Bear Hunt (fiction) or
Gruffalo (fiction)
Extended writing outcomes:
- Character/setting descriptions
- Story writing.
Texts: The Lifecycle of a Bean by Linda Tagliaferro (non-fiction)
Or The Lifecycle of a Sunflower by Camilla de la Bedoyere (non-fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Lists
- Diary writing
Year 2
Topic: To Infinity and Beyond!
Text
Look Up- Nathan Bryon
Writing outcome- to re writing the ending of the story.
Text
Man on the Moon- Simon Bartram
Writing outcome: to write own version of the story.
Text
Recipes- Space treats.
Writing outcome:
To create own recipe about how to make alien biscuits.
Topic: Festivals and Celebrations
Text
E story of Rama and Sita
Writing outcome-
Retelling of the story.
Text
The Crayons Christmas – Drew Daywalt
Writing outcomes:
Letters
Postcards
Text- Snowman Poems
Writing Outcome: To create own rhyming poems
Topic: Stomp in the swamp!
Dinosaurs
Text
The Somethingosaur- Tony Mitton and Russsell Ayto
Writing outcomes:
Book reviews
Wanted posters
Character descriptions
Text
How to Grow A dinosaur- Caryl Hart and Ed Eaves
Writing outcomes:
Instructional writing
Text
Dinosaur school workshop
Writing outcome:
Recount
Text
Pre Historic Actual Size- Steve Jenkins
Writing outcomes
Fact files
Report writing
Topic: Growing Up!
Text:
Jack and the baked bean stalk- Colin Simpson
Writing outcomes: Fiction story writing, character descriptions
Text:
Various recipes & instructions.
Writing outcomes: Instructions for making owl wraps
Text:
Spring Poems
Writing outcomes: Poems – spring Riddles
Text
Think Big! Kes Gray and Nathan Reed
Writing outcomes:
Diary entry & information page.
Text:
When I grow up- Tim Michens
Writing Outcomes: Instructional writing
Year 3
Topic: Stone Age
Text – Stone Age Boy (3 weeks)
Fictional writing.
Non-fictional writing – leaflets – we looked at examples of leaflets and chn designed a leaflet for their own stone age theme park. (3 weeks)
Poetry – ‘In the Cave’ Children wrote their own descriptive list poem (1 week)
Text – Here We are (2 weeks) Various writing styles
Text – Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age (3 weeks) Fictional writing – comic strips.
Text – The Snowman (comparing authors work – Raymond Briggs) Newspaper report (1 week)
Letter to Santa (1 week)
Food Glorious Food
Text
Various recounts
Writing Outcome:
Christmas recount
Text
Last Tree in the City
Writing Outcome:
Fact file about trees/the environment
Text
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Writing Outcome:
Newspaper report
First person writing.
Text – Michael Rosen’s ‘Chocolate Cake’
Writing Outcome:
poetry
Food Glorious Food
Text
Explanation texts. varied texts. Create their own explanation text linked to our topic of ‘food and growing’
Text
The Secret Garden Writing Outcome:
Fictional writing - stories
World in 80 Days
First 3 weeks - Focus on Aboriginal Folk tales
Week 1 – How the Birds got Their Colours
Week 2 – Why the Koala has a Stumpy tail
Week 3 – Writing their own Aboriginal Folk tale
Week 4 – Biographies and Autobiographies – The features of.
Week 5 - Biographies and Autobiographies – The Boy who Touched the Stars.
Week 6 – Spag week – sentence types and ‘a’ or ‘an’
Around the World in 80 Days
First 3 weeks: Features of adverts, creating their own holiday advert
Last 3 weeks on Colour poetry – children creating their own colour poetry – expanded noun phrases, prepositions, similes.
Year 4
Topic: Boudicca
Text: Revolt Against the Romans (Fiction)
Extended writing outcome: ·
- Diary Entry
- Letter writing
- Formal letter of complaint
- Informal letter to a friend
Topic: Boudicca
Text: Revolt Against the Romans (Fiction)
Extended writing outcome: ·
- Continuation of narrative – next chapter
Text: Various poems
Extended writing outcome: ·
Kennings and list poems.
Topic: United We Stand
Text: Charlotte’s Web
Extended writing outcome:
- Persuasive Writing – letter
- Advertisement
Topic: United We Stand
Text: Charlotte’s Web
Extended writing outcome:
- Instruction writing
Text: Journey
Extended writing outcome:
Setting description
Topic: Walk Like An Egyptian
Text: The Story of Tutankhamun, Patricia Cleveland-Peck (Non-fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Non-chron rpt
- Letter writing
Various: Poems
Extended writing outcome:
- Haiku poetry
- Performance poetry
Topic: Walk Like An Egyptian
Text: Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx
Extended writing outcome
- Recount
- Inspired story
Year 5
Topic: We are the Kids from America
Text: Matchbox Diary – Paul Fleischman
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Setting Descriptions
- Diary Writing
- Informal letter
Topic: We are the Kids from America
Text: Survivors
David Long (Non-fiction short stories)
Various Biographies (Topic lessons)
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Newspapers Article
- Biography (American President)
Topic: The Lightbulb Moment
Text: The Nowhere Emporium
Ross Mackenzie (Fiction Story)
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Discussion text
*Discussion on – Should Daniel join Lucien Silver or not?
- Speech and Narratives
- *Added on speech focus
Text:
The Nowhere Emporium Ross Mackenzie
Various Instructions
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Narrative *Wrote the rest of a chapter following on from reading the start of it.
- Instructions (based on DT project)
*Instructions based on Protective Phone Covers
Topic: Under the Sea
Text:
Smart about Sharks Owen Davy
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Poetry examples (Haiku, List Poem)
- Non-chronological report
Persuasive Writing
Text:
Flotsam David Wiesner
Extended Writing Outcome:
- Recount
Character Descriptions
Year 6
Topic: We’ll Meet Again (WW2)
Text: Friend or Foe, Michael Morpurgo (Fiction - novel)
Extended writing outcome:
- Diary entry
- Informal letter
- Continuation of narrative
Text: Various biographies
(Non-fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Biography of Winston Churchill
Text: Rose Blanche
Extended writing outcome:
- Diary entry
- Informal letter
- Personal recount
Topic: Come Fly With Me
Text: Tales of the Caribbean
Extended writing outcome:
- Short story (Two Dinners)
- Non-Chronological report about a Caribbean island.
Topic: Come Fly With Me
Text: Shackleton’s Journey, William Grill
(Non-fiction)
Extended writing outcome:
- Formal letter of application
- Boat advertisement
- Informal letter
Text: Varmints. Helen Ward
Extended writing outcome:
- Character/setting descriptions
- Diary entry
Topic: Shakespeare
Text: Biographies and information from internet searches
Extended writing outcome:
- Biography
- Non-Chronological report
Topic: Anglo Saxons
Extended writing outcome:
- Book/film review
- Play scripts
- Poetry