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Learning FocusHuman and physical geography of Hevingham, Marsham or Aylsham.

- Where we live (incorporate our homes, ourselves and our family)

Text Type Stories with familiar settings Owl Babies by Martin WaddelDogger by Shirley HughesWhere’s my Teddy by Jez AlboroughMy Friend Harry by Kim LewisNaughty Bus by Jan and Jerry OkeNight Noises by Mem Fox Poetry senses The Magic Box by Kit WrightThe Train Ride by June CrebbinThe Works KS1 By Pie CorbettWhat is the sea? By Reeve Lindbergh and Stephen Lambert

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrast local studied area (Hevingham, Marsham or Aylsham) with a small area in a contrasting non-European country (choose what best suits).

Text Type Stories Handa’s Surprise by Eileen BrowneGrandfather and I by Helen BuckleyKakadu Jack by Brenda ParkesOne Smiling Grandma by Anne Marie LindenMary, Juma and Simba the dog by Actionaid Persuasion and debate Let me Persuade You… by Stephen Hoare and Elizabeth Morcome

Autumn Term 1Ge

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1st Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrasting region of the UK (Norfolk) and a European country (Spain).

Text Type Explanations How it’s made:A Paper Bag by Sue BarracloughHow we Breathe by Richard WalkerHow Santa really works by Alan SnowWhat on Earth? Lightening by Brian WilliamsUntil I met Dudley- How Everyday Things Work by Roger McGough and Chris Riddell Discussions / arguments None

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrasting region of the UK (Derbyshire) and a European country.

Text Type Recounts Activities for writing news stories by Chris LutarioFirst News Information text Big Blue Whale by Nicola DaviesI is for India by Prodeepta Das

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1st Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Hevingham - FranceText Type

Stories from other cultures Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch Fiction genreOutsiders (Traditional Tales) by Kevin Crossley-HollandA Thief in the Village (stories from other culture/familiar settings) by James BerryJust so Stories (classic/myths) by Rudyard KiplingThe Fib and other Stories be George Layton

2nd Year of the Curriculum

Learning FocusNorwich – Russian village

Text Type Persuasion Animals and Us- Do animals have rights? By Jane BinghamModels for wiritng Yr6 by Ginn Pupil’s BookIssues in the news by Pelican Big BooksZoo by Anthony Browne Poetic style Cloud Busting by Malorie BlackmanAll anthologies:Plum by Tony MiltonMonster Raps by Tony MiltonCentrally Heated Knickers by Michael RosenMind your own business by Michael RosenMoon-Bells and other Poems by Ted HughesThe Iron Wolf by Ted Hughes The Mermaid’s Purse by Ted HughesEverybody got a Gift by Grace NicholsFunky Chicken by Benjamin Zephaniah Wicked World by Benjamin Zephaniah

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Learning Focus Text Type Information text None Instruction Let’s start Art-Sculpture by Sue NicholsonMapwork 1 by David FlinWhat Shall I cook? Usborne Activities by Ray GibsonThe Walker Book of Children’s Cookery by Roz Denny and Caroline Waldergrave

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Explanation How things Grow:From a Tadpole to a Frog by Sally MorganLife Cycle of a Frog by Angela RoystonWatch it Grow:Frog by Barrie WattsThe Life of a Frog by Clare Hibbert Patterns on the page Don’t forget the Bacon by Pat HuchinsSlinky Malinki by Lynley DoddTwinkle Twinkle Chocolate Bar compiled by John FosterWhat Shape’s an Ape? Picture Poem compiled by Paul CooksonWhat I Like by Gervaise Phinn

Autumn Term 2

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Learning Focus Text Type Persuasive leaflets None Play script None

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Fantasy stories Dragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeVarjak Paw by S F SaidThe Dream Master by Theresa BreslinAquila by Andrew Norriss Creating imagery poetryAll by Andrew Fuzek Peters:Poems about WaterPoems about FirePoems about EarthPoems about Air

Paint me a poem by Grace NicholsProwlpuss by Gina WilsonThe Works by Paul CooksonThe Works 3 by Paul CooksonThe poetry store by Paul Cookson

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Learning Focus Text Type Instructions Festival Food by Jenny Vaughan Penny BeauchampMonster things to make and do by Rebecca Gilpin Usborne activities. Coral and performance poetry Start Writing Poetry series by Pie Corbett:Stufff and NonsensePoem-maker, Work-shakerRaps, Riddles and ConcreteThe Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward LearI never saw a purple cow and other nonsense poems by Emma Chichester ClarkFootprints in the butter and other mysteries, riddle and puzzles by Pie Corbett

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Myths and legends Pegasus and the proud prince and the flying carpet by Margaret MayoPeseus and the Gorgon Medusa by Geraldine McCaughreanGreek Myths by Marcia WilliamsThe King of Birds by Helen WardThe Hare and the Tortoise by Helen WardThe Very Best of Aesop’s Fables by Margaret ClarkAesop’s Funky Fables by Vivian French and Korky PaulFeargal Fly Private Eye ‘The Riddle of the Koh-i-poor’ by Longmand Digitext interactive reading Power of imagery The Works KS2 chosen by Pie CorbettThe Sea by James Reeves

Spring Term 1

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Learning FocusChanges within living memory (within 70/80 years).

Technology and communication

Text Type Performance poetry The Works KS1 by Pie CorbettThe Magic Box by Kit WrightThe Train Ride by June Crebbin Recount Base this writing on the children’s shared real experiences.

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Changes beyond living memory. Flight (first plane to fly)

Text Type Information text None Traditional tales Red Riding Hood retold by Brenda ParkesCinderella retold by Brenda ParkesJack and the Bean stalk by Stan Cullimore

Spring Term 1

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Learning FocusStone Age to Iron Age

Text Type Adventure stories Tom’s Sausage Lion by Michael MorpurgoThe Haunting of Pip Parker by Anne FineTraction Man by Mini GreyGhosts on the Landing by Eleanor Allen (Tremors)Ice Palace by Robert SwindellsFeargal Fly Private Eye ‘The Riddle of the Koh-i-poor’ by Longman Digitext interactive readingScooby Doo Cartoons

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

TudorsText Type

Explanations How it’s made:A Paper Bag by Sue BarracloughHow we Breathe by Richard WalkerHow Santa really works by Alan SnowWhat on Earth? Lightening by Brian WilliamsUntil I met Dudley- How Everyday Things Work by Roger McGough and Chris Riddell Play scripts None

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1st Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Anglo Saxons and the ScotsText Type

Discussions / arguments None Play scripts None

2nd Year of the Curriculum

Learning FocusNelson

Text Type Dramatic conventions None Information texts Big Blue Whale by Nicola DaviesI is for India by Prodeepta DasP is for Pakistan by Shazia Razzad and Prodeepta Das

Spring Term 2

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Learning FocusHuman and physical geography of Hevingham or Marsham – Compare to Aylsham

Text Type Patterned language stories Handa’s Surprise by Eileen BrowneGrandfather and I by Helen BuckleyKakadu Jack by Brenda ParkesOne Smiling Grandma by Anne Marie LindenMary, Juma and Simba the dog by Actionaid Information text None

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrast local studied area (Hevingham, Marsham or Aylsham) with a small area in a contrasting non-European country (China)

Text Type Stories by the same author All by Jill Murphy:Mr Large in ChargeFive Minutes PeaceWhatever NextPeace at LastAll by Colin McNaughton:Oops!Suddenly!Goal! Letters/emails to link schools Use children’s experiences as a basis.The Jolly Postman by Alan AhlbergMeerkat Mail by Mini Grey

Spring Term 2Ge

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1st Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrasting region of the UK (Norfolk) and a European country – focus on European country (Spain – city or mountainous)

Text Type Stories from other cultures Gregory Cool by Caroline Binch Recount Activities for writing news stories by Chris Lutario

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Contrasting region of the UK (Derbyshire) and a European country – focus on European country (Spain – city or mountainous)

Text Type Fantasy stories Dragon Rider by Cornelia FunkeVarjak Paw by S F SaidThe Dream Master by Theresa BreslinAquila by Andrew Norriss

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Learning FocusLocal area compared with South American town.

Text Type Poems that create imagery All by Andrew Fuzek Peters:Poems about WaterPoems about FirePoems about EarthPoems about Air

Paint me a poem by Grace NicholsProwlpuss by Gina WilsonThe Works by Paul CooksonThe Works 3 by Paul CooksonThe poetry store by Paul Cookson Letters/emails The Jolly Postman by Alan AhlbergDear Max by DJ LucasLetters to Edward by Wendy BodyDear Greenpeace by Simon JamesThe Dragon Test by June Crebbin Meerkat Mail by Mini Grey

2nd Year of the Curriculum

Learning FocusLocal area compared with North American wilderness

Text Type Significant authors and texts Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael MorpurgoDear Olly by Michael MorpurgoHeartbeat by Sharon CreechGranny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon CreechLove that Dog by Sharon CreechAll by David Macaulay:Rome Antics ShortcutBlack and WhiteBuildingMosqueCastleThe Way thing WorkPyramid Fiction genre Outsiders (Traditional Story) by Kevin Crossley-HollandA Thief in the Village (Stories from ther culture/familiar settings) by James BerryJust so Stories (Classic/Myths) by Rudyard KiplingThe Fib and other stories by George Layton

Summer Term 1

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Learning FocusLives of the significant individual.

Columbus

Text Type Traditional tales The Truth about those Billy Goats by Karina Law and Graham PhilpotThe Truth about Hansel and Gretel by Karina Law and Graham PhilpotThe Three little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas and Helen OxenburyJim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs Recount Base this on children’s shared experiences.

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus

Significant local people/places. High Street

Text Type Recount Base this on children’s shared experiences. Extended stories None

Summer Term 1

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Learning FocusThe Romans

Text Type Myths and legends Pegasus and the proud prince and the flying carpet by Margaret MayoPeseus and the Gorgon Medusa by Geraldine McCaughreanGreek Myths by Marcia WilliamsThe King of Birds by Helen WardThe Hare and the Tortoise by Helen WardThe Very Best of Aesop’s Fables by Margaret ClarkAesop’s Funky Fables by Vivian French and Korky PaulFeargal Fly Private Eye ‘The Riddle of the Koh-i-poor’ by Longmand Digitext interactive reading Poetry Start Writing Poetry series by Pie Corbett:Stufff and NonsensePoem-maker, Work-shakerRaps, Riddles and ConcreteThe Quangle Wangle’s Hat by Edward LearI never saw a purple cow and other nonsense poems by Emma Chichester ClarkFootprints in the butter and other mysteries, riddle and puzzles by Pie Corbett

2nd Year of the Curriculum

Learning FocusThe Vikings

Text Type Historical stories Across the Roman Wall by Theresa BreslinEscape from Pompeii by Christina BalitCuda of the Celts by Susan AsheThe Scarab’s Secret by Nick WouldThe Time Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess by Julia JarmanI am the Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting and David ChristianaA Horse Called Deathblow (A tale of a Tudor Tearaway) by Karne WallaceThe Lion and the Unicorn by Shirley HughesStreet Child by Berlie Dhoerty Exploring form poetry Love that dog by Sharon CreechThe Works by Paul CooksonThe Works 3 by Paul CooksonThe Poetry Store by Paul CooksonThe Poetry Shed online

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The GreeksText Type

Biography / autobiography Ethel and Ernest by Raymond BriggsAn interview with Anne Fine by Peter HollindaleAll About Anne Fine by Vic ParkerAmazon Diary - The Jungle Adventures of Alex Winters by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg Extended narrative Black and White by David MacaulaySeal Skull from Angel Boy by Shoofly Publishing

2nd Year of the Curriculum

Learning Focus Shang dynasty Mayan civilisation

Text Type News reports Activities for writing news stories by Chris LutarioFirst News Finding a voice Season Songs by Ted HughesHalf Caste and other Poems by John AgardThe Way things are by Roger McGough

Summer Term 2

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1st Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Fantasy stories Doodling Daniel by Joyce DunbarBear Hunt by Anthony BrowneWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakMore! By Emma Chichester ClarkThe Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson Poetry theme The Works KS1The Magic Box by Kit WrightThe Train Ride by June Crebbin

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Stories by the same author All by Julia Donaldson:The GruffaloA Squash and a SqueezeThe Snail and the WhaleThe TrollAll by Oliver Jeffers:The Incredible Book Eating BoyLost and FoundHow to Catch a StarStuck Riddles None

Summer Term 2

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Learning Focus Text Type Poetr yWord Whirls and other shape poems compiled by John FosterWhat shape is a poem? Compiled by Paul CooksonWhat shapes an Ape? By Gina DouthwaiteA poke in the Eye selected by Paul Janeczko Stories with issues + dilemmas Secret Friends by Elizabeth LairdBill’s New Frock by Anne FineThe Angel of Nitshill Road by Anne FineHurricane Summer by Robert Swindells

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Traditional tales and fables None Letters/emails The Jolly Postman by Alan AhlbergDear Max by DJ LucasLetters to Edward by Wendy BodyDear Greenpeace by Simon JamesThe Dragon Test by June Crebbin Meerkat Mail by Mini Grey

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Learning Focus Text Type Mixed fiction Outsiders (Traditional Story) by Kevin Crossley-HollandA Thief in the Village (Stories from ther culture/familiar settings) by James BerryJust so Stories (Classic/Myths) by Rudyard KiplingThe Fib and other stories by George Layton Film narrative

The Piano from You Tube The Literacy Shed

2nd Year of the CurriculumLearning Focus Text Type

Explanation / autobiography + biography Ethel and Ernest by Raymond BriggsAn interview with Anne Fine by Peter HollindaleAll About Anne Fine by Vic ParkerAmazon Diary - The Jungle Adventures of Alex Winters by Hudson Talbott and Mark Greenberg

Non-chronological reports None