English

Phonics and Reading Schemes

At Seaburn Dene Primary School we regard reading as a vital skill for success. With this in mind, we teach reading and writing skills daily from our very youngest children to Year 6. At Key Stage 1, we teach phonics through Read, Write Inc four days a week. Parents can support their children in learning through the Read, Write Inc parent pages. http://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/parents/

Alongside Read, Write Inc the school uses the Oxford Reading Tree as the core scheme for guided, 1:1 and home reading. Beginning at the youngest levels with the adventures of Biff, Chip and Kipper up to the highest with adaptations of classic stories such as "Treasure Island". The scheme incorporates non-fiction too. Why not take a look at the Oxford Owl, a site for parents to support their child enjoy reading activities at home. It has 250 ebooks freely available. For children, who are working at greater depth in our year groups, we have a range of challenging reads - hand picked by expert teachers from our extensive library.

Once the children in year 2 have a solid knowledge of phonics, they move onto our Mastery English curriculum. Our school has helped trial the Mastery English approach, as part of a national pilot - the only school in the North East to do so.

For each year group, the Mastery English curriculum is built around four high quality, whole class texts in which the class spend a whole term exploring and enjoying. The texts are carefully chosen and are typically a classic, a novel linked to their topic and a contemporary children's author. Every single pupil experiences reading and engaging with high quality literature by holding a copy of the book and sharing the teacher's passion for reading. The children read the whole text through individual and shared reading. In addition the children's reading, comprehension, grammar, punctuation and technical writing skills are completely embedded into the whole class teaching approach and taught in the context of the whole class text.

We expect all our children to read every evening and at weekends. Please ensure you sign the reading logs to confirm this reading is taking place.

Year 1

AUTUMN 1

AUTUMN 2

SPRING 1

SPRING 2

SUMMER 1

SUMMER 2

Reading, Comprehension, Writing

The school uses an intensive phonic scheme “Read, Write Inc”. It is a complete literacy programme taught for an hour a day in Year 1 and above. It is proven to develop:

fluent, enthusiastic readers
deep comprehension of texts
confident speakers
keen writers.

Listening to stories

The class will be introduced to a wide range of books which, as the children progress through the year, will become increasingly complex.

Year 2	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Narrative	To write a three part story with a key character	To innovate a tale, changing some aspects of the setting, characters and events	Plan and tell a story, based on your own experience using expanded noun phrases.	To plan and write a story based on a familiar character using the structure of opening, something happens, events to sort out and ending.	To plan and write a story and re-tell a known story using a range of sentence types.	To plan and write your own story with a logical sequence of events, with the introduction of some dialogue.
Non-Fiction	Postcards and letters	Explanations	Instructional Texts	Non-chronological reports	Recounts	Non-chronological reports
Poetry	Songs and repetitive poems	Calligrams	Traditional Poetry	Humorous Poetry	Poems about Senses	Performance Poetry
Mastery Text	The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - Jill Tomlinson	The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark - Jill Tomlinson	Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt	Flat Stanley - Jeff Brown On the Ning Nang Nong (poem)	The Stinky Cheeseman - Jon Scieszka	The Stinky Cheeseman - Jon Scieszka
Suggested reading for children: The Paper Bag Princess-Robert N Munsch, Sophie’s Snail- Dick King-Smith, Gorilla by Anthony Browne, Don't Look in this Book by Samuel Langley-Swain, The Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer, Mr Majeika by Humphrey Carpenter, Jinnie Ghost by Berlie Doherty, I Was a Rat by Philip Pullman, Beaver Towers by Nigel Hinton, Triangle by MAc Barnett, Fungus the Bogeyman by Raymond Briggs, Alfie and the Big Boys-Shirley Hughes, The Rainbow Fish-Marcus Pfister, Underwater Farmyard-Carol Ann Duffy and Joel Stewart, Mixed up Fairy Tales-Hilary Robinson and Nick Sharrett, Lola books by Lauren Child, Press Here by Herve Tullet, How To Live Forever by Colin Thompson and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory-Roald Dahl.

YEAR 3	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Narrative	Re-tell or write their own story, part of a story.	To write a story in four parts, with a definite ending and in the first person, to set the scene and present characters. .	To write a story in the third person, organised into paragraphs, ensuring that the sequence is clear, basic dialogue is included.	To write a story where dialogue moves the story on.	Write stories that have a problem with a cliffhanger ending and organise them into paragraphs that include adverbs of time.	To write a five part story with a strong dilemma and a resolution, using written dialogue to show the relationship between characters
Non-fiction	Non -Chronological Report	Discussion Texts	Recounts	Letters	Persuasion	Newspaper Reports
Poetry	Creating Images	Limericks	Nonsense Poetry	Performance Poety	Poems from around the world	Poems to express emotions
Mastery Text	Iron Man-Ted Hughes The Wild Geese (poem)	Iron Man-Ted Hughes The Wild Geese (poem)	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C .S Lewis	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C .S Lewis/ Toys Go Out - Emily Jenkins	Toys Go Out - Emily Jenkins How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell	Toys Go Out - Emily Jenkins How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
Suggested reading for children: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night by Janet Ahlberg, Angel of Nitshill Road-Anne Fine, Unusual Day by Sandi Toksvig, Katie Morag Books, Buried Alive-Jacqueline Wilson, The Marble Crusher-Michael Morpurgo, Pippi Longstocking-Astrid Lindgren, Space Race-Malorie Blackman, Letters from an Alien Schoolboy-Ros Asquith, Who Pushed Humpty Dumpty-David Leinthal and John Nickle and Dead Man’s Cove-Lauren St. John

Year 4	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Narrative	To plan and write their own version of a familiar story with a focus on varied and rich vocabulary and sentence structures.	To plan complete stories by identifying stages in the telling. Organise paragraphs around a theme, including a description of a setting.	Plan a complete story focusing on organisation devices eg time of day, repetition and adverbial phrases.	To plan and write a longer story including details of setting including language to evoke mood and atmosphere	Write in role as a character from a story, including character descriptions to provoke sympathy or dislike in the reader.	Plan and write a story where the main character faces a dilemma that needs to be resolved.
Non-fiction	Newspaper reports	Chronological reports	Recounts	Biography/ Non-chronological reports.	Persuasion
Poetry	Creating Images	Narrative Poetry	Nonsense Poetry	Performance Poetry	Kennings and List Poetry	Riddles
Mastery Text	Charlotte's Web - E B White Topsy Turvy World (poem)	Charlotte's Web - E B White Topsy Turvy World (poem)	The Firework Maker's Daughter - Philip Pullman The Tunnel - Anthony Browne	The Firework Maker's Daughter - Philip Pullman The Tunnel - Anthony Browne	Woof - Allan Ahlberg	Woof - Allan Ahlberg
Suggested reading in Y4: The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling, Stuart Little - E B White, Billionaire Boy by David Williams, War Game by Michael Foreman, There's a Werewolf in My Tent by Pamela Buthart, Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame, Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C S Lewis, Dragon Boy - Dick King Smith, Green Smoke - Rosemary Manning, Viking Tales - Terry Deary and The Saga of Erik the Viking - Terry Jones.

Year 5	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Narrative	To plan and write a five part story	To plan and write a story showing awareness of audience	To plan and tell story showing a narrative view point.	Write a chaptered story in the style of a particular author.	Plan and write a story in flashback.	Plan and write a story with a clear narrative voice.
Non-fiction	Newspaper Reports	Non Chronological reports	Persuasion	Explanation	Discussion	Recounts
Poetry	Classic Poetry	Cinquain	Power of Imagery	Debate Poetry	Rap	Poems with Different Structures
Mastery Text	The Spiderwick Chronicles - DiTerlizzi and Black The Higwayman (poem)	The Spiderwick Chronicles - DiTerlizzi and Black The Higwayman (poem)	Holes - Louis Sachar The Tyger (poem)	Holes - Louis Sachar The Tyger (poem)	Streetchild - Berlie Doherty	Streetchild - Berlie Doherty
Suggested reading for children: A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket, The Factory Made Boy by Christine Nostlinger, The Witches by Roald Dahl, Hacker by Malorie Blackman, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling, Krindlekrax-Philip Ridley, The Indian in the Cupboard-Lynne Reid Banks, Artemis Fowl-Eoin Colfer, Coraline-Neil Gaiman, New and Collected Poems for Children-Carol Ann Duffy, Classic Poems for Children-Nicola Baxter, Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief-Rick Riordan, Pandora’s Box-Rose Impey, The Worst Thing About My Sister-Jacqueline Wilson and Saffy’s Angel-Hilary McKay.

Year 6	AUTUMN 1	AUTUMN 2	SPRING 1	SPRING 2	SUMMER 1	SUMMER 2
Narrative	To plan and write a story where dialogue is developed.	Turn a play into a narrative.	Write a short story with atmosphere.	Write a chaptered, non-linear story.	Plan and write a parody.	Plan and write an extended short story.
Non-fiction	Letters	Non-chronological reports	Biography and autobiography	Explanations	Persuasive texts	Discussion
Poetry	Poems by significant authors	Narrative Poetry	Poetic Structure	Poetic Structure	Poetic Structure	Poems about memories
Mastery Text	A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens/ In Flanders Field - poem.	A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens/ In Flanders Field - poem.	Clockwork - Phillip Pullman Jabberwocky (poem)	Clockwork - Phillip Pullman Jabberwocky (poem)	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase-Joan Aitken	The Wolves of Willoughby Chase-Joan Aitken
l	Suggested reading for children: Goodnight Mr Tom by Michelle Magorian, The Borrowers by Mary Norton, Silverfin by Charlie Higson, My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick, The Machine Gunners by Robert Westall, The Hobbit by J RR Tolkien, The What on Earth Timeline books - Christopher Lloyd, Raspberries on the Yangtze by Karen Wallace, The Girl of Ink and Stars by Kiran Millwood Hargave, Time Travelling with a Hamster by ross Welford, Cogheart by Peter Bunzl, Beowulf-Michael Morpurgo, The King Arthur Trilogy-Rosemary Sutcliffe, Collected Poems-Ted Hughes, Coram Boy-Jamila Gavin, Ruby Redford Look Into my Eyes-Lauren Child, Ringmaster-Julia Golding, When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit-Judith Kerr, The Silver Sword-Ian Serraillier and The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie.

We will be holding our annual Seaburn Dene Primary Spelling Bee on Thursday, March 29 - throughout the day, with each class selecting two children each to compete for their school house.

Children have been given 40 words to practice from their class novels, 20 of which they will be tested on them for house points in the hall, in a celebration of spellings and amazing words. Please see above for your child's list.

Seaburn Dene Spelling Bee 2020