Thorpe Lea Primary School
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Autumn Term
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Autumn (1) |
Autumn (2) |
Autumn (3) |
Autumn (4) |
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The BFG By Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake
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Leon and the Place Between By Angela McAllister and Grahame Baker-Smith |
The First Drawing By Mordicai Gerstein
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The Heart and the Bottle By Oliver Jeffers
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Narrative - own version (fantasy), recount (diary entry), character descriptions, instructions (recipes) |
Narrative (Fantasy), Recount (Diary Entry) Setting Descriptions |
Character description, diary entry, recount, narrative |
Narrative (dilemma stories), character descriptions |
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The BFG By Roald Dahl
Our first book this term is The BFG by Roald Dahl. This is a book I remember reading about when I was younger and I am looking forward to reading it again with you. We will travel from London to a magical land of giants, dreams and Snozzcumbers. |
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Leon and the Place Between By Grahame Baker-Smith
Our second book this term will be Leon and the Place Between by Grahame Baker-Smith. Be prepared for some mystical goings on in this book, as we follow Leon through the story. |
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The First Drawing By Mordicai Gerstein
Our third book this term is The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein. This will link nicely into our Stone Age history lessons and into our Rock Detectives Science topic. I've read another book by Mordicai Gerstein with Year 5 and it was very good. |
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The Heart and the Bottle By Oliver Jeffers
Our last book this term is The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers. What would happen if you took your heart out and stored it in a bottle? In this book, we find out. |
Spring Term
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Spring (1) |
Spring (2) |
Spring (3) |
Spring (4) |
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The Tear Thief By Carol Ann Duffy and Nicoletta Ceccoli |
Cloud Tea Monkeys By Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham |
The Pied Piper By Brothers Grimm and Lisbeth Zwerger |
The Tin Forest By Helen Ward and Wayne Anderson |
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Letter in role, shared poem, information poster, discussion |
Descriptive passage, ‘how to’ guide, letter, discussion, nonchronological report |
Information reports, adverts, narrative and analysis of a piece of poetry |
Various non-fiction outcomes |
Summer Term
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Summer (1) |
Summer (2) |
Summer (3) |
Summer (4) |
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick By Chris Van Allsberg |
Flotsam By David Wienser |
The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish By Neil Gaiman |
Jim, A Cautionary Tale By Hilaire Belloc and Mini Grey |
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Mystery stories, diary entries, dialogue, setting description (atmospheric description), captions and titles |
Narrative (mystery stories), setting descriptions, narrative (retelling), non-Chronological reports, letters (informal) |
Script for a pilot TV show |
Narrative poetry (cautionary tales), performance poetry |