Teaching of English at Chandlers Ford Infant School takes place across the curriculum and includes speaking and listening, reading, including phonics and writing including spelling, punctuation, grammar and handwriting. Some of these aspects of English including phonics and handwriting we teach discretely. However most of our English curriculum is taught through topics, some of which are history, geography or science based. At the heart of our topics are rich texts, both fiction and non-fiction which inspire the children and provide the children with models for their own writing. Writing always has a purpose and an audience and includes a variety of genres, e.g. information, narrative, poetry.
Below are some overviews for each year group with examples of texts used and purposes for writing.
Year R
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Autumn 1 Traditional Tales Including texts such as Little Red Hen and Gingerbread man. |
Spring 1 Our World Texts include Dear Zoo and Dogfish. |
Summer 1 Under the Sea Texts- The Snail and the Whale and Pirates love underpants. |
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Autumn 2 Let’s Celebrate Including texts such as Pumpkin Soup, Kipper’s Birthday and Nativity Stories |
Spring 2 Dinosaurs Texts include Harry’s bucketful of dinosaurs and non-fiction texts about dinosaurs. |
Summer 2 Come Outside Texts- Jaspar’s Beanstalk and Farm animal non-fiction texts. |
Year 1
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Autumn 1 Super-me Texts- Stickman, Super worm, Traction man Writing- Speech bubbles, poems and stories |
Spring 1 Fairy Tales Texts-Little Red riding Hood and alternative versions of LRRH Writing- Letters, character descriptions, stories. |
Summer 1 Island Life Texts- Katy Morag, Seaside poems. Writing- Postcards, poems, posters.
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Autumn 2 Space Texts- A day in the life of Bob, Here come the Aliens, non-fiction texts about space. Writing- Character descriptions, poems, diaries, fact-file. |
Spring 2 Fire! Fire! Texts- Toby and the Great Fire of London, non-fiction texts about the Great Fire of London. Writing- Diaries, non-fiction page. |
Summer 2 Secret Garden Texts- The Tiny seed, The night gardener, The secret garden. Writing- Instructions, scene descriptions, stories. |
Year 2
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Autumn 1 Dragons Texts- The Dragon machine, Dragon poems Writing- Instructions, poems, |
Spring 1 Winter Worlds Texts- Blue Whale, Dear Greenpeace, Blue planet Writing- letters, scene descriptions, non-fiction page |
Summer 1 Pirate adventure Texts- The pirates next door, pirate poems Writing- stories, letters, poems |
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Autumn 2 Heroes and Heroines Jack and the beanstalk, Jim and the baked bean, Fantastically great women that changed the world Writing- character descriptions, stories, biographies. |
Spring 2 Titanic Non-fiction texts about the Titanic, Samsons journey Writing- Leaflets, posters, postcards, diaries |
Summer 2 Town and Country Texts- A walk in London, Claude in the City Writing- Non-fiction page, stories, poems |