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Autumn : Biographies & Autobiographies, Newsapaper reports, Letters, Diaries, Recounts, Settings and Characters.
Texts: Viking Boy - Tony Bradman, Skellig - David Almond, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis.
Spring: Imagery, emotions, books with no words, atmosphere, descriptions.
Texts:The Arrival - Shaun Tan, Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick.
Summer: Global awareness, characters, extending stories, historical fiction, non-fiction.
Texts: This morning I met a whale - Michael Morpurgo, Robin Hood - David Calcutt.
Throughout the year our text choices reflect our links to other curriculum areas. For example, as part of our Autumn term learning we must delve into our Viking history! Did you know that Eccleston got its name from Anglo Saxon words? Eccles meaning church and Ton meaning settlement or farm!