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Reading in Y2 to Y6

At All Saints’, we are passionate about nurturing a lifelong love of reading in every child. Our vision is for all children to become fluent, confident readers who read widely and unlock new worlds and opportunities in every area of the curriculum. Building on the foundation of our phonics programme, our Reading and Comprehension curriculum for Year 2 to Year 6 is designed to cultivate the skills, strategies, and enjoyment necessary for children to grow as capable, reflective and lifelong readers.

We believe that reading is the key to unlocking learning across all subjects, enriching children's imaginations, broadening their vocabulary, and fostering compassion and wisdom. Through a carefully structured programme of lessons, we help children develop the comprehension strategies they need to interpret and enjoy a diverse range of texts. Our approach ensures that every child, regardless of their starting point, feels confident when encountering new words and ideas in their reading.

Comprehension is simply the ability to understand what we read. By building a strong foundation in comprehension skills, we aim to empower our students to make sense of stories, facts, and ideas, both in and beyond the classroom.  By building these skills, we help our children express their own ideas more clearly. This is a priority we are fully committed to, so we invite you to explore the additional pages for what Reading and Comprehension looks like and its impact.

Year 2                                                                                                                     

Autumn

  • Poetry about animals linked to the English unit 'Repeating Patterns' and their current science unit 'Animals'
  • Ravi’s Roar & Ruby’s Worry by Tom Percival
  • Information texts about habitats and animals linked to the English unit 'Marvellous Minibeast report' and their current science unit 'Animals'
  • Instruction texts linked to the English unit 'How to make a healthy wrap' and their current DT unit on Food and Nutrition
  • Animal stories linked to the English unit 'Nutty Squirrel'.

 

Spring

  • Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggslinked to the English unit 'Jack and the Beanstalk'
  • Explanations texts linked to the English unit 'How do butterflies change?'
  • Poetry linked to the English unit 'Free Verse'.
  • The Great Explorer by Chris Judge linked the English unit where Year 2 write a setting description and a set of instructions based on the book, The Great Explorer and their history unit 'How have explorers changed the world?'. 
  • Report texts based on the English unit 'Explorers Report' and their history unit 'How have explorers changed the world?'. 

 

Summer

  • Town Mouse, Country Mouse by Libby Walden and Richard Jones linked to their English unit' Bear Gets lost in London' and their geography unit 'What makes a city?'.
  • Postcard and letter texts linked to their English unit 'Katie’s Adventures in London' and their geography unit 'what makes a city?''.
  • Toby and The Great Fire of London by Margaret Nash and Jane and diary texts linked to the English units describing a setting and diary entry during the Great Fire of London and their current history unit 'Why was the Fire of London 'Great'?.
  • Poetry texts linked to the English unit 'Shape & Diamante Poetry'.

Year 3                                                                                                           

Autumn

  • Poetry linked to the English unit 'Kennings and Quatrains'.
  • Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura linked to the English unit on the same book.
  • Variety of non-chronological report texts about the Iron age and Stone Age linked to the English unit 'Stone Age to Iron Age Report' and the current history unit 'Prehistoric World- Stone Age to Iron Age'
  • Young, Gifted & Black by Jamia Wilson Chapter 16-20 linked to 'Celebrating Our Community' fortnight whole school celebration. 
  • Explanation texts linked to the English unit 'Plant Explanation'.
  • Letter texts linked to the English unit 'Care Home Letter at Christmas'.

Spring

  • Variety of creation myths linked to the English unit 'Romulus and Remus myth'.
  • Variety of instruction texts linked to the English unit 'Roman set of instructions'. 
  • Non-chronological reports with geography theme linked to their English unit 'Rome Report' and their current geography unit 'Exploring Italy'. 

Summer

  • Variety of different stories and play scripts linked to the English unit 'Egyptian Cinderella'
  • The Fire-maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman linked to the English unit on the same book. 
  • Poetry texts linked the English unit on Free Verse poetry.

Year 4                                                                          

Autumn

  • Poetry linked to the English unit 'Simile & metaphors' and 'Haikus, Tankas & Cinquains'.
  • Detective stories linked to the English unit 'Mission Impossible'
  • Young, Gifted & Black by Jamia Wilson Chapter 11-15 linked to 'Celebrating Our Community' fortnight whole school celebration. 
  • It’s a No Money Day & My Name is Not Refugee by Kate Milner linked to the English unit based on these books.
  • Play scripts linked to the English unit 'Christmas Play Scripts'.

Spring

  • Letter texts linked to the English unit 'Letters to Australia'.
  • Instruction texts linked to the English unit 'How to raid an Anglo-Saxon Settlement'.
  • Explanations texts linked to the English unit 'How do teeth work?'
  • Various texts around the theme 'Rainforests' linked to the English unit 'Bolivian rainforest' and 'Deforestation'

Summer

  • Who let the God’s out? By Maz Evans linked the English unit on the same book.
  • The Iron Man By Ted Hughes linked the English unit on the same book.
  • Poetry texts linked the English unit on Free Verse poetry.

Year 5                                                                                

Autumn

  • Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo linked the English unit on the same book.
  • Young, Gifted & Black by Jamia Wilson Chapter 6-10 linked to 'Celebrating Our Community' fortnight whole school celebration. 
  • Non-chronological texts about different rivers linked to the English unit journey of a river and the geography unit 'Invetsiagting Rivers'. 
  • Romeo and Juliet play script linked to the English unit 'Romeo & Juliet vs Gnomeo & Juliet'.

Spring

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by L K Rowling linked the English unit on the same book.
  • Explanation texts linked to the English unit 'How are volcanoes formed?'
  • Biography texts linked to the English unit 'Mae Jamison'.
  • Sci-fi stories linked to the English unit 'Futuristic Fairy tales' and the science unit 'Space'. 

Summer

  • The Lion, The Witch and the wardrobe by C.S. Lewis linked the English unit on the same book.
  • Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo linked the English unit on the same book.
  • Narrative Poetry texts linked to the English unit based on the same genre. 

Year 6                                                                                                                                                   

Autumn

  • Young, Gifted & Black by Jamia Wilson Chapter 1-5 linked to 'Celebrating Our Community' fortnight whole school celebration. 
  • Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson linked the English unit on the same book.
  • SATs practice questions

Spring

  • SATs practice questions

Summer

  • Non-chronological report texts linked to the English unit 'Renewable Energy report'.
  • Autobiography texts linked to the English unit where Year 6 write their own autobiography. 

 

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