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Curriculum

Key Stage 1

Guru Nanak Sikh Academy
Key Stage 1 Curriculum Overview

At Guru Nanak Sikh Academy, our Phonics and Early Reading is the starting point to build competent and lifelong readers. We teach reading through Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised; which is a systematic and synthetic phonics programme.

Year 1

 

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Final Outcome

If all the world were

Joseph Coelho

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Halibut Jackson

David Lucas

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Beegu

Alexis Deacon

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Pattans Pumkin 

Chitra Soundar

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Moth

Isabel Thomas and Daniel Egneus 

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The Jolly Postman

Allan Ahlberg

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Pupils will write a dictated postcard

Pupils will write sentences using adjectives 


 

Pupils will write an information text. 

Pupils will retell the story using images.  

Pupils will write a non-chronological report. 

Pupils will write an additional paragraph in the style of the text. 

Poetry

Assortment of Winter poems 

The Puffin book of fantastic first poems.

‘Slurpy Spaghetti – Poems about Food’, illustrated by Tony Ross

Assortment of Animal poems 

Year 2

 

Writing Progression Map



 

Final Outcome

I Want my Hat Back

Jon Klassen

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Rapunzel 

Bethan Woollvin

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Augustus and his Smile

Catherine Rayner

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The Last Wolf

Mini Grey

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Ten Things I can do to Help my World

Melanie Walsh

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The Storm Whale

Benji Davies

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Lila and the Secret of Rain- David Conway and Jude Daly

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Pupils will write a dictated letter to the police

Pupils will  retell a story with key element changes.

Pupils will write a letter from the perspective of the main character.

Pupils to make a ‘top ten things to help the world’ information leaflet.

Pupils write a diary entry as the main character in the story.

Pupils will  write a non-fiction report about Kenya.

Poetry

Assortment of Christmas acrostic poems

The Puffin book of fantastic first poems. 

 

Poems with Seasonal Interest

The Puffin book of fantastic first poems.

 

‘The Train to Ricketywick –

Poems about Holidays and

Days Out’, illustrated by Ann

Kronheimer