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Key stage 1 overview


QCA units of work where the suggested writing tasks have strong links with NLS, non-fiction, text level objectives.

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3

Year 1

Captions/ Labels / Iinstructions

Captions/ Labels /Reports

Captions/ Labels /Recounts

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Year 2

Instructions

Explanations

Reports

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Year 3

Reports

Instructions Recounts Letters

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Year 4

A ‘range of text types' including

Explanations Persuasion
Reports Recounts Instructions

Geography 10,19
History 8
Science 4B
RE 4D

Geography 21
History 6C, 18
Science 4B
RE 4B

History 18
DT 4A, 4B

Geography 8, 9
History 6A, 7
Science 4A, 4D
RE 4C
DT 4A

Geography 8
History 6A
Science 4B

Year 5

Recounts

Instructions

Reports

Explanations

Persuasion

Science 5B
RE 5A
History 11, 14

DT 5A
5B
5C
5D

Science 5C, 5A
DT 5B
History 16, 12
Geography 13

Science 5D
RE 5B,5D
DT 5A
History 15, 13
Geography 23

RE 5C
History 12, 14
Geography 20, 12

Year 6

Recounts

Reports

Persuasion/Discussion

Knowledge of a range of different non-fiction text types

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT

Geography
History
Science
RE
DT



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