Year 3

Year Group: 3 

Number of texts: x6 (1 per half term) 

Books: 

• The BFG 

• Where the Forest Meets the Sea 

• The Great Kapok Tree 

• The Vanishing Rainforest 

• The Iron Man 

• Peter Pan 

• Youth Quake 

• Children who changed the world 

• Journey 

• My name is not refugee. 

• Arthur and the Golden Rope 

Genres to cover: 

Possible theme weeks over the year: 

• Black History Week – October  

• Remembrance – November  

• Christmas – December 

• Holy Week – April  

• Narrative - E 

• Description - E 

• Poetry - E 

• Explanation – I 

• Recount  

• Biography - I 

• Newspaper - I 

• Advert - P 

• Letter – P 

• Poster - P 

Autumn 1 
8 weeks 

Autumn 2 
7 weeks 

Spring 1 
5 weeks 

The BFG by Roald Dahl 

-Narrative – E  

-Description – E 

- Recount - I 

Jelly Boots Smelly Boots 

• Poetry – E  

Where the forest meets the sea by Jennie Baker 

The Vanishing Rainforest by Richard Platt 

• Description – E 

• Poetry – E structured Q & A 

• Narrative – E 

The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry 

• Letter - P  

• debate -  P 

Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie retold by Carly Hart 

Recount - E 

Narrative - E 

Description - E 

Youth Quake: 50 Ch and YP who shook the world by Tom Adams 

Children who changed the world – incredible true stories about children’s rights by Marcia Williams 

Biography-I 

Spring 2 
5 weeks 

Summer 1 
6 weeks 

Summer 2 
7 weeks 

The Iron Man by Ted Hughes 

-Narrative – E  

 Diary entry - 

- Newspaper – I 

- Description – E 

- Menu  - I 

Journey – Aaron Becker 

Narrative - E 

Description - E  

My name is not refugee 

Poetry – E 

Factfile non chronological – I 

Diary - E 

Narrative - E 

Description - E 

Arthur and the Golden Rope 

Narrative –E 

Advert – P 

Poster – P 

Letter - P 

Light PKC 

• Explanation – I