Oak Cottage Texts Progression

linked to writing in English lessons

From Nursery to Year 6, children will be exposed to a range of text types. Below is a list of all the texts the children will be engaging in.

Children will be engaging in:

• A classic
• Acclaimed contemporary work
• Reflect children’s varied identities, lived experiences, and interests
• Contain reliable knowledge about the world in which children live, providing insight into the lives of others
• They are varied in content supporting breadth of knowledge, themes and concepts
• They are language rich
• They are well crafted allowing children to consider and understand more than is obvious when first reading

Nursery

• Where’s Spot by Eric Hill
• Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
• You Choose by Pippa Goodhart and Nick Sharratt
• Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin J and Eric Carle
• Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Diary by Lynley Dodd
• Each Peach Pear Plum by Allan and Janet Ahlberg
• Hug by Jez Alborough
• The Train Ride by June Crebbin
• Come on, Daisy by Jane Simmons
• Shh! by Chris Haughton
• Ravi’s Roar by Tom Percival

Reception

• Owl Babies by Martin Waddell
• The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
• Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne
• Mr Gumpy’s Outing by John Burningham
• Rosie’s Walk by Pat Hutchins
• Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
• Mrs Armitage on Wheels by Quentin Blake
• Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
• On the Way Home by Jill Murphy
• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
• Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Browne
• Shhh! By Sally Grindley
• The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
• A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton
• Look Up! by Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola
• The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
• Traditional Tales – Jack and the Beanstalk

Year 1

• Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaur’s -  Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
• Harry and the Dinosaurs say Raahh! -  Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
• Harry and the Robots - Ian Whybrow and Adrian Reynolds
• Handa’s Surprise - Eileen Browne 
• The Enormous Turnip -  Irene Yates
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Eric Carle
• The Gingerbread Boy - Birchall Publishing 
• Cats – John Kitching (Poem)
• The Squirrel – Anonymous (Poem)
• New Shoes – John Agard (Poem)
• I Planted Some Seeds – Colin McNaughton (Poem)
• Swimming – Valerie Bloom (Poem)
• When I Get Up In The Morning – Clive Webster (Poem)
• Busy Day – Michael Rosen (Poem)
• Dinner Time Rhyme – June Crebbin (Poem)
• The Shop – Jean Kenwood (Poem)
• Holiday Memories – June Crebbin (Poem)
• Guess What Happened At School To-Day – Jes Alborough (Poem)
• Going Through Old Photos – Michael Rosen (Poem)
• Summer Days – Anne English (Poem)
• Holidays – Prayer For The First Day Of The School Holidays – Paul Cookson (Poem)
• I Went To The Farm – John Foster (Poem)
• Walking Round The Zoo – John Foster (Poem)
• Feeding Ducks With Grandad – Coral Rimble (Poem)
• Summer – A M Linden (Poem)
• Holiday Memories – June Crebbin (Poem)
• At The Park – Ian Souter (Poem)
• The Train Ride – June Crebbin (Poem)
• When We Go Over To Grandad’s – Michael Rosen (Poem)
• ‘What is the Weather like today?’ - Oxford Owl
• ‘Wild Weather’ - Oxford Owl 
• Thunder Cake - Patricia Polacco
• ‘Come on, rain!’  - Karen Hesse
• One Snowy Night - Nick Butterworth
• After the Storm - Nick Butterworth
• Paddington Bear
• Traditional Tales - Three Little Pigs/Goldilocks/Jack and the Beanstalk/Rapunzel

Year 2

• ‘Journey’ – Aaron Becker
• Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson
• Jack and the Beanstalk – Traditional Tales
• The Tunnel – Anthony Browne
• A Midsummers Night’s Dream by Shakespeare
• Light House Keeper’s Lunch by Rhonda Armitage

Year 3

• The Journey by Neil Griffiths and Scott Mann
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Stig of the Dump by Clive King
• The River – Valerie Bloom (Poem)
• Atticus the Storyteller’s 100 Greek Myths’
• ‘Zoo’ by Anthony Browne

Year 4

• Demon Dentist by David Walliams
• Firework Maker’s Daughter by Phillip Pullman
• Beowolf by Micheal Morpurgo
• Aesop’s Fables
• Roman Myths including The Romans: Gods, Emperors & Dormice by Marcia Williams

Year 5

• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
• The Purple Lady  from Blackberry Blue and Other Fairy Tales by Jamila Gavin
• Night Sky Dragons by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham
• Emeka The Pathfinder from the book Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin
• Cloud Tea Monkeys by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham from Painting Out The Stars
• Oddboy from Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin
• Street Child by Berlie Doherty
• White Dolphin by Gill Lewis

_{Year 6}

• Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson
• Goodnight Mr.Tom by Michelle Magorian
• Macbeth by Shakespeare
• The Lady of Shalott by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (poem)
• The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes (poem)
• The Listeners by Walter de la Mare (poem)
• The Slave’s Dream by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (poem)
• Milions by Frank Cottrell Boyce