Year

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Year 3

The Hodgeheg  (Dick King-Smith

Journey narrative

Matilda (Roald Dahl)

Warning tale

Jack and the Beanstalk

 Traditional tales

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)

Portal

The Abominables

(Eva Ibbotson)

Rescue narrative

Beowulf (Michael Morpurgo)

Defeating the Monster

Year 4

Charlie and the Chocolate   Factory  (Roald Dahl) 

 Rags to riches

Charlotte’s Web (E B White)

  Myths

When the Whales Came (Michael Morpurgo)

 Warning tale

Iron Giant (Ted Hughes)

Beating the baddie

The Firework-Maker’s Daughter (Philip Pulman) 

Quest 

narrative

Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)

Portal

Year 5

The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)

Beating the baddie

Pinocchio

(Michael Morpurgo)

Wishing tale 

Pandora’s Box

Warning tale

There’s A Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (Louis Sachar)

Character transformation

Skellig (David Almond)

Rescue 

narrative

Kensuke’s Kingdom (Michael Morpurgo)

Keeping a secret 

Year 6

Touching the Void (Joe Simpson)

Rescue narrative

Private Peaceful (Michael Morpurgo)

Character transformation

 Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens)

Rags to riches 

The Autobiography of Mulan (Kate Morris)

Overcoming a threat

Stormbreaker (Alex Rider)

Quest narrative

Clockwork (Philip Pullman)

Character flaw