--- title: "Pathways to Read" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/english/pathways-to-read" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Pathways to Read | | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/17a5a888069b8a63efd4c1ee1a323a82.png) | | |---|---|---| | **Brookside Pathways to Read Overview** updated June 2024 | | | **AUTUMN 1** | **AUTUMN 2** | **SPRING 1** | **SPRING 2** | **SUMMER 1** | **SUMMER 2** | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | **YEAR** **3** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/09f11994aa7dec7b74183ec8920dc538.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/c785c2ee02517bf6d795c52d2d070940.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/fce01eb6496c2f1341bbd353f0b2c7ea.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/b21a05fc458c087d4b6bccc4e4bee29c.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/3bba39481497ea449da009b63dafc70c.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/f5846da7ceccdcddaf7f5bbc3c9fbb9f.jpg) | | **Information** | **Fiction: Adventure** | **Fiction: Fantasy** | **Fiction: Adventure** **Information** | **Information** | **Recount** **Fiction: Historical** | | **YEAR** **4** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/41eda4fc76da716471499a98884a8d47.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/b5ba3a42e0286e75de65866b988e4e85.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/59b8c2715602fead9ca07e2bcd688518.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/d859a328e415ef554a75f02b9f8916b9.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/19dd7fcd47c9b006c8629802cb8e812e.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/ae33d172364e26bb7129800d2b661135.png) | | **Fiction: Traditional Tales** | **Fiction: Fantasy** | **Information** | **Fiction: Adventure** | **Recount: Biography** **Information** | **Information** | | **YEAR** **5** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/1efcf460ba8f75a969e166c0664ce338.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/43b32147045b2501e3826875196184e2.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/8edd9e02ef255dc9a9679153294a74fe.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/6782964d49269e5a8b34c211e833bbf4.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/cc587d919c05137f4ecfd67578b2485d.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/886b0ec975fc9606e1919f6afbc0576e.jpg) | | **Recount: Biography** | **Fiction: Traditional** | **Fiction: Myths & Legends** | **Information** | **Recount** **Fiction: Contemporary** | **Fiction: Books from other cultures and traditions** | | **YEAR** **6** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/2cba07b76c52ef8a4ddf552a56c53501.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/56b59251531512babd1b7334983b1c94.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/929b1d1c22b321b92e08406cfc5776e1.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/28b833b8ab99c3d1b23db02dfbe06b55.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/2c3b935393620254f64559c4acc93418.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/2832bca823fc9f08f1bc3699e6911ac1.jpg) | | **Poetry** **Fiction: Historical** | **Fiction: Classical** **Information** | **Fiction: Classical** | **Information** **Fiction: Contemporary** | **Information** | **Fiction: Adventure** | ### Related Blog Posts [![](https://files.schudio.com/brooksideps/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0713.jpeg)](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-05-15-37-save-the-tigers) 5 Nov #### [Save The Tigers](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/blog/2026-11-05-15-37-save-the-tigers) Today in Year 6 we were looking at tigers and how writers use words to describe them. 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