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    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

     

    Writing Progression Map



     

    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