English in the Autumn Term

During this term, we will be exploring the following texts:

'Peace at Last' by Jill Murphy 

Within this text, we will be exploring: character descriptions, setting descriptions.

'Here We Are' by Oliver Jeffers

Within this text, we will be exploring: descriptions of illustrations, creating a information booklet.

'Paddington' by Michael Bond

Within this text, we will be exploring: character descriptions, writing postcards, writing instructions.

'Hodgeheg' by Dick King Smith

Within this text, we will be exploring: writing a road safety poster, writing a factsheet about hedgehogs, prediction, retrieval and vocabulary.

Poetry:

Within the poetry portion of our English teaching in Autumn, we will be focusing on 'acrostic' poems using the word 'Autumn'.