--- title: "Pathways to Write" url: "https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/curricululm/english/pathways-to-write" school: "Brookside Primary School" --- # Pathways to Write ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/Admin/P2W_Logo.jpg) #### To support the National Curriculum for English from Year 2, we follow Pathways to Write, which is a text based approach. The programme focusses on mastering the English skills and allowing the teachers freedom to plan for quality cross curricular writing whilst embedding the skills needed to be not only confident, but creative writers. | | **AUTUMN 1** | **AUTUMN 2** | **SPRING 1** | **SPRING 2** | **SUMMER 1** | **SUMMER 2** | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | **YEAR** **2** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/e9dfe0a11891e578beab9801e8fefb1e.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/bb5330a20e13411a296c794c916d2cef.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/37c0d1b25597b6503fe1397d660c2f04.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/06b6910fa97723cbfc601dcc55e1a652.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/10ccf190d62e4cbd181e90a8ca82eab5.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/51cf80742f27d8dae53327e34acef8e1.jpg) | | **Story – Focus on characters** | **Non-Chronological Report** | **Adventure Story** | **Recount: Diary** | **Persuasive Letter in role** | **Fiction: Story with a moral focus** | | **YEAR** **3** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/bf05a3b68fcd3fc0e870419bd3362f62.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/3d288d7f9553856dbb15502e8c9d6bc1.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/195b4557e2728554a52dc611e8244999.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/0ebca3ec01994b98ac091df811fae77a.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/8d4bdcf05edd3f9eb767484af8823f11.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/782078ed63aa2bd2a345b81f734e7917.jpg) | | **Recount: Letter in role** | **Fantasy Story** | **Historical Story** | **Information Text** | **Adventure Story** | **Persuasion: Leaflet** | | **YEAR** **4** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/cb933dbecfa7ecf3ab9568d459861029.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/7db541ba120085883fa4a3bcd6f9171e.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/d0958bf482b31f8785d52bacd7f38abd.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/7d3d1c8245bba0d32d132baa3d02894e.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/03e80bc558138cf9fe150db5d0a0192d.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/b7b7b8125258c8e5e67b6d6bda27d8b4.jpg) | | **Fantasy Story** | **Recount: Diary** | **Historical Story** | **Adventure Story** | **Non-Chronological Report** | **Letters & Explanations** | | **YEAR** **5** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/c301d18a386416ccc6dad327958673e7.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/2b43eb0aba89e7e49244d69fe999dac0.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/03c0033c167f540d810bd0f0fc071f67.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/5565311d6f7fac22c4b7bc17e604d62d.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/daaf0d263d1ac10f7983d94833545bbd.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/526ec13ba376788cd03d334f834ab446.jpg) | | **Recount: Series of Diaries** | **Traditional Tale** | **Mythical Story** | **Recount: Biography** | **Persuasion/Information Hybrid leaflet** | **Adventure Journey Story** | | **YEAR** **6** | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/97ffa5215dfd5ce7592b4c0b169d4374.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/2823cfb21951ef27a7919e329875b79d.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/5245da9ad643ccc9d905ee24fc0bba88.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/18c1515ce2fc266f310d2d012e80a860.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/0491cac5a5c7b58ddeeafa7f0a8137df.jpg) | ![](https://brookside.cheshire.sch.uk/images/pages/b5b3fdc543b17b7810ee012cf286bc2d.jpg) | | **Flashback Story** **Information Text** | **Information & Explanation Text** | **Classic Fiction** **Explanation** | **Journalistic Writing** **Discussion** | **Narrative** **Biography** | **Narrative** | ### Pathways to Write Pathways to Write Overview of Objectives - 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