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English: Reading, writing & oracy year 6
Our English curriculum helps develop confident readers, writers and speakers – building accuracy, creativity and voice, creating strong foundations in language and literature.
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Grammar, spelling and handwriting
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Appreciation of poetry
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Year 6 units
Reading, writing & oracy
1
Developing reading preferences in Year 6
Reading, writing & oracy
4 lessons
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2
Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet': diary and narrative writing
Reading, writing & oracy
12 lessons
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3
'The Final Year': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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4
'Sherlock Holmes': descriptive and letter writing
Reading, writing & oracy
16 lessons
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5
'Coming To England': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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6
Debating important topics
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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7
Charles Darwin: biographical writing
Reading, writing & oracy
7 lessons
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8
Pandas or Antarctic animals: non-chronological report
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Reading, writing & oracy
Antarctic animals: non-chronological report
12 lessons
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Pandas: non-chronological report
12 lessons
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9
'Blackberry Blue': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
4 lessons
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10
'Girl of Ink and Stars': book club
Reading, writing & oracy
2 lessons
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11
'Shackleton's Journey': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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12
Climate emergency: journalistic report writing
Reading, writing & oracy
9 lessons
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13
Poetry about migration
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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14
The Empire Windrush: diary writing
Reading, writing & oracy
6 lessons
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15
The Empire Windrush: essay writing
Reading, writing & oracy
6 lessons
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16
'Beowulf': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
7 lessons
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17
'Beowulf': narrative writing
Reading, writing & oracy
10 lessons
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18
'When Stars are Scattered': book club
Reading, writing & oracy
2 lessons
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19
'A Kind of Spark': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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20
'A Kind of Spark': narrative writing
Reading, writing & oracy
15 lessons
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21
'When the Sky Falls': reading
Reading, writing & oracy
5 lessons
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22
'When the Sky Falls': narrative and journalistic report writing
Reading, writing & oracy
10 lessons
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23
Polar regions: essay writing
Reading, writing & oracy
7 lessons
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24
Poetry of place
Reading, writing & oracy
12 lessons
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25
Early Islamic civilisation: essay writing
Reading, writing & oracy
7 lessons
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26
'No Country' and 'Frizzy': graphic novels exploring identity and belonging
Reading, writing & oracy
11 lessons
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'Cloud Busting': book club
Reading, writing & oracy
2 lessons
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Talking transitions
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5 lessons
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