Explore the primary reading spine guide to plan your long-term curriculum for students in years 1 to 3. Choose texts across various levels and genres to support literacy development effectively.
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How to use this primary reading spine: 1. Choose either years 1/2/3 or years 4/5/6 dependent on the chronological age of the children in your class. 2. Choose either cycle 1 or cycle 2 (dependent on what your class have done previously). 3. Choose either A or B (dependent on what your class have done previously). 4. Choose one text from each of the 6 columns in this row to create your long term plan. Within each row there should be a mixture of texts at different levels. Choose the best fit for your group. This should ensure that there are enough text options that no student repeats any texts, even if they stay in the same class for 4 years. Where possible, try not to switch between rows as this will make it more difficult to keep track of which texts the children in your class have covered. However, if you do need to choose a text from a different row, make a note of this for future planning. Texts marks with a * have either: BSL Signed Stories YouTube a BSL signed story on the RAD youtube channel A film or BBC adaptation available on Clickview or a video on BBC teach This plan is designed to support with text choices. These will provide the vehicle for teaching the skills/objectives that the individual students are working on. It may be that a student is chronologically in year 6 (therefore the texts chosen should be from the year 4/5/6 cycles) however they are working on the year 1 skills and objectives. The skills progression can be found on our English curriculum plan. On the last page of this plan, there is a list of genres which should be covered at each year group. Where a student is chronologically year 6 but working on year 1 objectives, they should focus predominantly on the year 1 genres however they may be exposed to higher level genres as appropriate.
Curriculum Intent Curriculum Intent (Highlighted sections show where this reading spine links to our curriculum intent) For learning to be cumulative and literacy skills to be built sequentially. To read fluently, regardless of preferred mode of communication. To write in English with accuracy, fluency and stamina. Inspire a love of learning English and a passion for reading - engage students using their own interests as a starting point. Give students skills for life and enable them to be independent through functional literacy (reading, writing, communicating). Give students skills for life through the functional skills speaking and listening components. To meet individual needs a flexible, adaptable curriculum with the students at its heart. Give students access to a wide range of diverse stories and voices, both from our literary heritage and beyond. Use these to build students cultural capital and develop the essential knowledge they need to be educated citizens. Increase students world knowledge and make links across the curriculum so that reading and writing is relevant and students can clearly see its purpose. Provide opportunities for creativity and expression as well as developing resilience, autonomy and a growth mindset For all students to achieve qualifications in English an aspirational curriculum for all.
Years 1/2/3 cycle 1 Adventure Extraordinary lives Stories from other cultures Heroes and villains Points of view Nature and the environment (Black History month) OR Poetry Christmas A Twist in the Tale Deaf awareness Week A Aaron Becker trilogy (Writing focus L 1/2/3) Counting on Katherine - How Katherine Johnson Put Astronauts on the Moon (Helaine Becker) - L2 Anansi the spider traditional folk tale Supertato (Sue Hendra) L1 The Day the Crayon s quit L2 There s a Rang Tan in my bedroom (L2) Traction Man (Mini Grey) L2 Anna Hibiscus - Carrie Kingsley L3 Meerkat Mail L2 What a Waste, Rubbish, Recycling and Protecting our planet (Jess French) L3 The Tunnel (Anthony Browne) -L2 How to be Extraordinary by Rashmi Sirdeshpande (L3) The true story of the three little pigs Jon Scieszka L3 compare to traditional tale *Dachy s Deaf (Jack Hughes) (Deaf Awareness) L1 Sulwe Lupita Nyong o L2 *Short Christmas Unit The Tree Fairy (BSL Zone) L2 Out and About, A First Book of Poems (Shirley Hughes) L1 (Supplement with shape poems, acrostic poems) After the Fall Dan Santat (L2) B The boy who grew dragons (Andy Shepherd) - L3 My Hair (Hannah Lee) L1 *Handa s surprise (Eileen Brown) -L1 (Linked non-fiction Africa) *The Highway Rat (Julia Donaldson) L2 Along came different - Tom McLaughlin L1 with The Smeds and the Smoos Julia Donaldson L2 Dear Greenpeace (Simon James) - L1 *Rosa Parks BBC Teach video (L2/3) (can be supplemented by Little People Big Dreams book) The Great Kapok Tree (Lynne Cherry) L2/3 The Proudest Blue (Ibtihaj Muhammad) -L2 Roald Dahl s Twisted Tales (Not Cinderella!) L3 What the Jackdaw Saw Julia Donaldson (Deaf Awareness) L1 Caterpillar Cake poetry Collection (Matt Goodfellow and Krina- Patel Sage) (Supplement with shape poems, acrostic poems) Short Christmas Unit The Jolly Christmas Postman (Janet and Allan Alberg) - L1 Greek Myths (Marcia Williams) L3 Listen How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion (Shannon Stocker) - L2/3 *Or Mog s Christmas Calamity (Sainsbury s advert) L1/2/3
Years 1/2/3 cycle 2 Classic author focus Black History Month Adventure and Discovery Extraordinary lives A changing world Family and relationships Christmas (LGBTQ+ week) Poetry Deaf awareness week A Dogger (Shirley Hughes) L1) Coming to England (Floella Benjamin) L2 *Amelia Earheart (BBC teach video) Little People Big Dreams Helen Keller (L2) Fantastically Great Women who changed the world L3 The Great Big Book of Families (Mary Hoffman) L1 The Rainbow Bear ( Michael Morpurgo) L2 Short Christmas Unit Aldi Christmas advert, Kevin the Carrot L2/3 Iron Man (Ted Hughes) L3 Me in the Middle (Annette Demetriou) L3 Perfectly Norman (Tom Percival) L1 *Can Bears Ski? (Raymond Antrobus) - Deaf Awareness L1 The lion and the unicorn (Shirley Hughes) L2 Uncle Bobby s Wedding (Sarah Brannan) L2 Smile Out Loud poetry collection (Joseph Coelho) L3 B The Twits (Roald Dahl) - L3 Hooray for Mary Seacole (Tish Cooke) L2 *Look up! (Nathan Bryon & Dapo Adeola) - L1 Little People Big Dreams Stephen Hawking (L2) Rosie Revere Engineer - L1 Grandad s island L1 Escape from Pompeii (Christina Balit) (video countdown to devastation) L3 When you joined our family (Harriet Evans) L1 Superheroes are everywhere (Kamala Harris) L2/3 Can I build another me? (Shinsuke Yoshitake) L2 Grandad s camper (Harry Woodgate) - L1 FArTHER L1/2 (higher for inference and writing prompts) Short Christmas Unit John Lewis Christmas adverts L1/2/3 The Green Ship (Quentin Blake) L2 And Tango Makes Three (Justin Richardson) L2 * Freddie and the Fairy (Julia Donaldson) Deaf awareness L1/2 Jelly Boots and Smelly Boots - Poetry collection (Michael Rosen) L1
Years 4/5/6 cycle 1 Fantasy/Mystery Real life heroes Stories from other cultures Modern Novel Literary heritage Poetry (For a short Christmas unit at the end of this term, use one of the Christmas adverts available on Literacy Shed) OR Non fiction Recipes (for those who may struggle to access a novel) Journey to Jo burg Beverly Naidoo L6 A Tuesday (David Weisner) L4 The Extraordinary Life of Malala Yousafzai (Extraordinary Lives, 1) (Hiba Noor Khan) L5 Operation Gadgetman (Malorie Blackman) -L4/5 *Oliver Twist- Charles Dickins (simplified) L5/6 Apes to Zebras: An A-Z of Shape Poems (Roger Stevens, Liz Brownlee, Sue Hardy-Dawson) L4 Flotsam (David Weisner) L4/5 Room 13 (Robert Swindells) L6 OR I am Malala (Malala Yousafszai) - L6 The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Chris Van Allsberg) L6 BSL Zone Punk Chef recipe writing L4 Under the Moon & Over the Sea: A Collection of Caribbean Poems by John Agard L5 The Extraordinary Life of Greta Thunberg - L5 (Little People Big Dreams book can be used to scaffold if these are too difficult) B Charlotte s Web (E. B. White) L4 Hidden Figures (Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman) L5 Christophe s Story (Nicki Cornwell) - L4 *Gangster Granny (David Walliams) L4 A Midsummer Night s Dream (William Shakespeare, simplified version by Andrew Mathews) - L5/6 Michael Rosen s A-Z of the best children s poetry - L4/5 OR Tom s Midnight Garden (Philippa Pearce) L5 (film clips and extracts from the original can be used to scaffold/stretch) Hugo (Brian Selznick) L5/6 Michael Rosen s Book of Very Silly Poems L4/5 Roald Dahl s Revolting Recipes L4 (Scaffold using the Marcia Williams graphic novel tales from Shakespeare) Benjamin Zephaniah Funky Chickens collection L6 The Boy in the Tower (Polly Ho Yen) L6
Years 4/5/6 cycle 2 Journeys Diversity and equality Magical worlds War Narrative poetry Preserving our natural world (For a short Christmas unit at the end of this term, use one of the Christmas adverts available on Literacy Shed) A Here I am picture book (Patti Kim) (This is more accessible for those working below KS2) Harriet vs the Galaxy (deaf character) (Samantha Baines) L4 Literacy Shed The Clocktower (for those who would struggle to access the novels) *Literacy Shed The Piano Jim: a Cautionary Tale L4 Window Picture Book (Jeannie Baker) - L4/5/6 *Sainsburys Advert - Christmas day truce Matilda who told lies and was burned to death L5 Flood Picture book (Alvaro F Villa) L4/5/6 *Mr Stink (David Walliams) - L5 The Arrival picture book (Shaun Tann) L6 *The Lion the witch and the wardrobe (C.S.Lewis) L4/5 The Spiderwick Chronicles, book 1 (Both of the above are excellent writing prompts) Anne Frank s diary (simplified version or graphic novel version) (Comparison to fables with morals, e.g. the boy who cried wolf) Carrie s War (Nina Bawdoon) L6 B The Boy at the Back of the class novel (Onjamli Rauf) L4/5 *Wonder (R.J.Palacio) L5 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher s Stone (J.K.Rowling) (Link to Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them non-fiction) *Poppies Remembrance Day rabbit cartoon. The Highway Man L6 Sir David Attenborough, A Life Story (Lizzie Huxley-Jones) L5/6 If All The World Were Paper (Joseph Coelho) L4 *War Horse (combo of illustrated version and extracts from the original) Michael Morpurgo Where stars are scattered graphic novel (Victoria Jamieson) L5/6 *Matilda (Roald Dahl) Leon and the Place Between Billy the kid Michael Morpurgo
Genres by year group: Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Sentences Narrative Story retell Recount Poetry Sentences Narrative Story retell Create own story Description Recount Poetry Instructions Fact sheet Sentences Narrative Story Description Recount Poetry Instructions Fact sheet Letter Postcard Sentences Narrative Story Description Diary Poetry Instructions Non-chronological report Leaflet Explanation Letter Postcard Recipe Sentences Narrative Story with different structure Description Diary Poetry Non-chronological report Leaflet Recipe Explanation Letter formal/informal Newspaper article Persuasion (e.g. advert, speech, letter) Play script Debate Autobiography Biography Sentences Narrative Story with different structures Recount Diary Poetry Non-chronological report Recipe Explanation Letter formal/informal for different purposes (e.g. complaint) Newspaper article Persuasion (e.g. advert, speech, letter) Play script Autobiography Biography Debate Opinion piece (e.g. article) Essay Analysis S&L opportunities: Reading out work to the class Roleplay S&L opportunities: Reading out work to the class Roleplay S&L opportunities: Reading out work to the class Roleplay Hotseating characters S&L opportunities: Reading out work to the class Roleplay Hotseating characters S&L opportunities: Presentation Discussion Debate S&L opportunities: Presentation Discussion Debate
