Unit 1:

Fiction: Stories with a familiar setting
Non-fiction: Explanations

This Unit uses a picture book, Cottonwool Colin by Jeanne Willis and Tony Ross, and a story with familiar setting, Sister for Sale by Adrian Bradbury, to explore the theme of family relationships and look at how a character's feelings can change throughout a story.

The Non-fiction week continues the link of family and relationships with a focus on explanatory texts that look at how animals care for their young. Where appropriate, the children will be encouraged to develop an awareness of audience and purpose in relation to the fiction and non-fiction texts they are reading and writing.