EYFS to KS2
Early readers and those not yet fluent follow the ReadWriteInc phonics programme. Once readers have achieved fluency in their decoding, they join the Literacy and Language programme.
Literacy and Language
The Paradigm Trust core reading and writing provision follows the Literacy and Language programme, which allocates four weeks per half term to fiction and two weeks to non-fiction. Following advice from English leads and subject coordinators, the non-fiction element of Literacy and Language was felt not to address the needs of disciplinary non-fiction – the vocabulary and text-types used within subject disciplines. Therefore subject groups have worked with the English leads to replace the Literacy and Language non-fiction texts with relevant and appropriate disciplinary texts for science, history, RE, geography, art/design/DT and PE.
Spelling
The Paradigm Trust spelling provision follows the RWI spelling program; consisting of intensive synthetic phonics until the end of year 1 before pupils move onto a dedicated spelling program from year 2. From year 2, pupils will learn spelling patterns appropriate to the end of key stage expectations, with year 6 being a revision/consolidation year. There are consolidation units within the program, so we are able to robustly fill any gaps that might be present, to ensure all pupils are working at the correct level. All pupils are given a baseline test before starting the program – to ensure they are entered at the correct level.
Shared Reading
| Year | Aut 1 | Aut 2 | Spr1 | Spr 2 | Sum 1 | Sum 2 |
| 1 | Peace at Last Can’t You Sleep, Little Bear? Six Dinner Sid Tidder The Rainbow Fish Handa’s Surprise | Room on the Broom On the Way Home Burglar BillI Love my Hair We’re All Wonders | Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter Fantastic Mr Fox – Roald Dahl | Usborne the nutcracker? here Usborne The princess and the pea? here Usborne Black beauty? here Usborne The Tinder Box? here Usborne The Wind in the Willows here | George and the dragon Where the wild things are Owl Babies Hugless Douglas Aliens Love Underpants Slow Samson Zog Five minutes peace Mog the forgetful cat I’m in charge Alice in Wonderland – Usborne The Lorax | Winnie the witch A little bit brave How to be a viking Hugless Douglas One snowy night The slightly annoying elephant Ruby’s worry Lost and found My monster and me James and the Giant Peach Horton hears a who |
| 2 | Hansel and Gretel Wizard of Oz The Highway Rat The Proudest Blue | The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark Sulwe – Lupita Nyong’o | Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine Esio Trot – Roald Dahl | Cliffhanger – Jaqueline Wilson hereUsborne Hercules here | Around the world in 80 days – Usborne Aesop’s Fables The Hare and the Tortoise | The Iron Man – Ted Hughes The Day the Crayons Quit – Drew Daywult |
| 3 | The Twits – Roald DahlFables | The fastest boy in the world | Gangsta Granny | Little Badman and the invasion of the Killer Aunties – Hamza Arshad and Henry Wright | Toro Toro – Michael Morpurgo | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl |
| 4 | George’s Marvellous Medicine The Tempest | The Boy in the Back of the Class | Matilda – Roald Dahl Theseus and the minotaur | Malamander -Thomas Taylor Romulus and Remus | Emil and the Detectives – Erich Kästner Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – JK Rowling | The boy in the Dress – David Walliams A Series of Unfortunate events – The Bad Beginning – Lemony Snicket |
| 5 | Cirque du Freak – Darren O’Shaughnessy Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey | Holes – Louis SacharWonder – R. J. Palacio | Artemis Fowl – Eion Colfer Macbeth – Tony Ross version | Silverfin – Charlie Higson Clockwork – Phillip Pullman | Prisoner of Azkaban – J.K Rowling Running Wild – Michael Morpurgo | Goodnight Mr Tom – Michelle Margorian |
| 6 | Kensuke’s Kingdom – Michael Morporgo Journey to Jo’burg – Beverley Naidoo | The Enemy – Charlie Higson | Romeo and Juliet Nevermoor – Edgar Allan Poe | Beowulf | The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe – C.S. Lewis | A Monster Calls – Patrick Ness |
KS3 Set Texts
| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| 7 | Private Peaceful | Cultural Poetry | The Tempest | Sci – Fi extracts | Non-Fiction Texts | Of Mice and Men |
| 8 | Animal Farm | A Christmas Carol | The Merchant of Venice | Cultural Identity – poems and speeches | Fantasy Extracts | Creative Writing |
| 9 | Dystopian Extracts | Blood Brothers | Romeo and Juliet | 19th Century Extracts | Words of Protest – Poems and Speeches | Pigeon English |