Focus Narrative:

Adventure stories (comics)

Key Text/Stimulus:

The Last Kids on Earth

Writing Outcome:

Overview

The Midnight Monster Chase:A group of kids spot a strange creature sneaking through their neighbourhood at night. Armed with homemade gadgets and bravery, they set off on a daring mission to track it down. But things don’t go quite to plan when the creature turns out to be faster—and scarier—than they expected…

Writing Task

Write a short adventure narrative about the monster chase.Your story will later be turned into a comic, so make sure each part of the action is clear and exciting. Include:

• A clear opening (Who is there? Where are they? What’s happening?)
• A build-up (Preparing for the chase / spotting the monster)
• A problem (Something goes wrong during the chase)
• A resolution (How the characters escape or solve the problem)

Writing Focus

Use action verbs to show movement (e.g. sprinted, leapt, crashed) Include expanded noun phrases to describe characters or creatures (e.g. the slimy, glowing monster with razor-sharp teeth) Show thoughts and reactions to build tension (e.g. My heart pounded as…)Write in a way that can be easily broken into comic panels (clear, step-by-step action)

Focus Grammar

• Nouns - all types including abstract nouns.•    Paragraphs
• Introduction to paragraphs as a way to group related material
• Headings and sub-headings to aid presentation

Perform riddles to audienceActing Last Kids on Earth scenes

Focus Non-Narrative:
Riddles
Key Text/Stimulus:
Olive's New TownWriting Outcome:Overview

Olive is preparing a huge celebration to launch her brand-new town when it is built. As part of the festival, she wants visitors to explore everything the town has to offer. To do this, she needs a scavenger hunt made up of clever riddles that guide people from one place to another.

Writing Task

Write a series of riddles that lead visitors around the town.Each riddle should describe a location or building (e.g. library, park, school, café, playground) without naming it directly. Your riddles will:

• Give clues about what the place looks like or is used for
• Be solved to reveal the next location in the scavenger hunt
• End with a question such as “Where am I?”

Writing Focus

Use expanded noun phrases to add detail(e.g. a quiet, cosy building filled with towering shelves of books). Include purpose clues (what happens there)(e.g. people come here to borrow and read). Use present tense. Build from general clues → more specific clues. Use questions to engage the reader. Keep sentences clear and concise for easy understanding.

Cross-curriculum support genres:

Recounts

Explanation Texts

Pathway: Be An Architect 🔗

This pathway gives pupils the opportunity to explore architecture. We start with an exploration of architects and some of the ways they work, and pupils then go on to create their own architectural model.

Disciplines:

Architecture, Drawing, Sketchbooks, Collage, Making

Medium:

Construction Materials

Artists:

Hundertwasser, Zaha Hadid, Heatherwick Studios

Feedback, advice, sharing ideas

Context Link:

As Urban Planners for Portal City Planners, children will explore architecture to help shape their ideas for Olive’s new town. They will develop and model their own building designs, considering how structures look and function within a community. This work will act as a foundation for their Design and Technology project, where their ideas will be brought to life as constructed models for the final town plan.

How do architects use drawing and model-making to design buildings?

Architects use drawings to explore ideas and plan what a building might look like, then create models to test shapes, structures, and materials before building in real life.

Architect – A person who designs buildings and plans how they will be made.

Model – A smaller version of a building used to test and show ideas.

Structure – How something is built so that it stands up and stays strong.

Sport:

Tennis

Dance

Feedback, advice, sharing ideas

Pathway: Constructing a castle 🔗

Identifying the key features of castles, using this knowledge to design and make castle structures from recycled materials.

Core: Structures

Context Link

As Urban Planners for Portal City Planners, children will apply their previous learning about structures from castle construction to design and build a model town building for Olive’s new development, rather than castles. Using their understanding of stable bases and strong joins, they will create a building (e.g. school, library or shop) that meets the needs of the community. Their models will form part of a shared town plan, which they will present to Olive.

How can you make a structure like a castle strong and stable?

A structure can be made strong and stable by using a wide base, reinforcing walls, and joining materials securely so it can stand upright and support weight without collapsing.

Structure– Something that is built from parts and joined together (e.g. a castle).

Stable – When something is steady and does not wobble or fall over.

Reinforce – To strengthen a structure by adding extra support (e.g. adding more materials or supports).

Online Safety

Lesson 5: Rules of social media platforms🔗

Learning about privacy settings and discovering which devices share personal information.

Creating Media

Video trailers -Using iPads 🔗

Creating book trailers with iPads

Context Link

As Urban Planners for Portal City Planners, children will apply their computing skills to create a ‘New Town Trailer’ for Olive’s development, rather than a book trailer. Using iMovie, they will combine images, text, voiceover and music to showcase their ideas and explain the features of their new town. Their trailers will be presented to Olive to promote the town and demonstrate how it meets the needs of the community.

Oak Academy

Compose and Create: major pentatonic melodies 🔗

Language Angels Unit 🔗

• Sé… (I Know How...)