About the Read in to Writing Mary Poppins unit:

• Suggested year group: Year 3

• Length of unit: 6 weeks/30 sessions

• Themes and topics: Relationships and changes, family, dependence and independence, magic, book/film adaptations

• Writing outcomes: A series of diary entries, shape poems, an extended narrative and a persuasive letter

About Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers: 

When the East Wind blows Mary Poppins into the home of the Banks children, their lives go topsy-turvy and are changed forever. This original, classic story is still charming readers and transporting new fans into the mysterious world of everyone’s favourite magical nanny.