Long-term plan
Curriculum at a glance
How the English curriculum is sequenced across Cosmos Primary — from Nursery through Grade 5. Units are grouped by stage and shown with their term placement and strand.
| Stage | Unit | Term | Strand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursery | Twinkl Level 1 · listening, rhythm, rhyme | — | Phonics |
| Story-time foundations · nursery rhymes & repeated stories | — | Reading | |
| LKG | Twinkl Level 2 · single grapheme–phoneme correspondences | — | Phonics |
| Heart Words · first 25 common exception words | — | Word recognition | |
| Mark-making to letter formation | — | Transcription | |
| UKG | Twinkl Level 3 · digraphs & trigraphs | — | Phonics |
| Heart Words L3 · next 25 tricky words | — | Word recognition | |
| R.E.A.D. fluency · decodable readers | — | Reading | |
| Grade 1 · Stage 1 | Twinkl Level 4 · alternative spellings | — | Phonics |
| Stories I know · narrative & character | T1 | Reading | |
| Let me tell you · recount writing | T2 | Composition | |
| Rhythms in language · poetry & rhyme | T3 | Oracy | |
| Grade 2 · Stage 2 | Twinkl Level 5 · alternative pronunciations | — | Phonics |
| Folk-tales · traditional stories | T1 | Reading | |
| Instructions & recipes · imperative writing | T2 | Composition | |
| Author study · Julia Donaldson | T3 | Reading | |
| Grade 3 · Stage 3 | Twinkl Level 6 · spelling patterns & morphology | — | Spelling |
| Myths & legends | T1 | Reading | |
| Newspaper reports | T2 | Composition | |
| Persuasive speech | T3 | Oracy | |
| Grade 4 · Stage 4 | Classic fiction · character & theme | T1 | Reading |
| Diary writing · first-person voice | T2 | Composition | |
| Information texts · explanations | T3 | Composition | |
| Grade 5 · Stage 5 | Adventure stories · structure & tension | T1 | Reading |
| Biographies · chronological writing | T2 | Composition | |
| Debate & opinion writing | T3 | Oracy |