English - Writing, Spelling and Grammar
English Statement of Intent
At Lowerhouse Junior School, English and the teaching of English is the foundation of our curriculum. Our main intent is to ensure that all children become primary literate and progress to the best of their ability in reading, writing and speaking and listening.
Lowerhouse Junior School English Curriculum
At Lowerhouse Junior School, we believe that English and communication are key life skills. Through the English curriculum, we help children develop the skills and knowledge that will enable them to communicate effectively and creatively through spoken and written language and equip them with the skills to develop a lifelong love of learning. We want children to enjoy and appreciate literature and its rich variety.
English is at the heart of all children’s learning. It enables children to communicate with others effectively for a variety of purposes and to examine their own and others’ experiences, feelings and ideas, giving these order and meaning. Because English is central to children’s intellectual, emotional and social development, it has an essential role across the curriculum and helps pupils’ learning to be coherent and progressive.
Overview of Teaching and Learning at Lowerhouse Junior School
(class novel and text choices subject to change)
Year Group | Autumn Term | Spring Term | Summer Term |
Year 3 | LPDS Year 2/3 Bridging Unit – A Bear Called Paddington
The Green Children/Greenling (Talk Unit) Folk Tales Instructions Persuasion: Letters | The Stone Age – Non-fiction Information texts; tri-fold leaflet
The Iron Man (Talk Unit) Novel as a theme Recount (Diaries) | Romans – Narrative Story as a theme
The Spider and the Fly (Talk Unit) Classic narrative poetry Reports Menus |
Class Novel Elm | A Bear Called Paddington George’s Marvellous Medicine | Stig of the Dump The Iron Man | Non-fiction focus Charlotte’s Web |
Class Novel Willow | A Bear Called Paddington George’s Marvellous Medicine | Dirk, Stone Age Boy The Iron Man | Non-fiction focus Charlotte’s Web |
Year 4 | LPDS Year 3/4 Bridging Unit – The Loch Ness Monster
Rumaysa (Talk Unit) Fairy tales with integrated poetry | Wallace and Gromit Issues and dilemmas Novel and film Persuasion – adverts
Information Texts Narrative story openings
| Classic Narrative Story as a theme Information texts
Classic narrative poetry and newspapers |
Class Novel Maple | Matilda The Firework Maker’s Daughter
| Wallace and Gromit
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Varjak Paw
Brer Rabbit’s Trickbag |
Class Novel Rowan | Matilda The Firework Maker’s Daughter
| Wallace and Gromit
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | Varjak Paw
Brer Rabbit’s Trickbag |
Year 5 | LPDS Year 4/5 Bridging Unit – Harry Potter
Legends
| Earthlings Science Fiction Stories Poems with a structure
Inventors and Inventions Novel as a theme | Stories from other cultures
Classic narrative poetry – Jabberwocky |
Class Novel Chestnut | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Who Let the Gods Out? | Aquila Hugo Cabaret | Journey to the River Sea Jabberwocky |
Class Novel Oak | Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone Who Let the Gods Out? | Aquila Hugo Cabaret | Journey to the River Sea Jabberwocky |
Year 6 | LPDS Year 5/6 Bridging Unit – The Nowhere Emporium Novel as a theme Biography (Talk Unit)
| Older literature (Talk Unit) Classic fiction | Wonder (Talk Unit) Narrative Biographies
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Class Novel Sycamore | The Nowhere Emporium The Infinite Lives of Maisy Day | Wizard of Oz Holes | Wonder 1000 Year Old Boy |
Class Novel Ash | The Nowhere Emporium The Infinite Lives of Maisy Day | Wizard of Oz Holes | Wonder 1000 Year Old Boy |