Last updated: 15 Nov 2007
Writing links between QCA schemes of work and NLS writing objectives
Year 1
The QCA schemes of work for Design and Technology at Y1 are 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D.
The mapping shown below is based on writing activities suggested in the units that directly relate to NLS non-fiction objectives. The units also offer other opportunities for purposeful writing.
Y1 TERM 1 |
QCA schemes of work: DT |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1A. Moving pictures
Children should:
design and make a moving picture for the teacher to use when telling a story.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Simple lists and captions could be introduced as a means of organising and labelling plans.
Discuss with the children the order in which things need to be done. How could you do this? What could you use? What do you need to do first? Ask the children to model their ideas first in paper or card (this mechanism could be used in the final picture or model). |
NLS non-fiction text focus: signs, labels, captions and lists
T14 to write captions for their own work, eg for display, in class books
T15 to make simple lists for planning, reminding
S7 to recognise that a line of writing is not necessarily the same as a sentence
S8 to begin to use full stops to demarcate sentences
S9 to use a capital letter…for the start of a sentence |
Y1 TERM 1 |
QCA schemes of work: DT |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1C. Eat more fruit and vegetables
Children should:
design and make a product for a particular occasion or group to encourage them to eat more fruit or vegetables.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Allow the children to decide, in pairs or small groups, what type of product they want to make. …Discuss how to plan the work. ...Encourage them to record what they have done through drawing and writing and to comment on their finished product. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: instructions
T16 to write and draw simple instructions…
S7 to recognise that a line of writing is not necessarily the same as a sentence
S8 to begin to use full stops to demarcate sentences
S9 to use a capital letter…for the start of a sentence |
Y1 TERM 2 |
QCA schemes of work: DT |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 2. Playgrounds
Children should learn:
to collect and sort information.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Visit a local playground to investigate the items of equipment found there. …Ask the children to draw the equipment at the playground. …Children could make a collection of pictures of different outdoor play equipment from magazines and catalogues |
NLS non-fiction text focus:
non-chronological reports
T25 to assemble information from own experience, eg food, pets; to use simple sentences to describe, based on examples from reading; to write simple non-chronological reports
S5 to continue demarcating sentences in writing, ending a sentence with a full stop
S7 to use a capital letter for the personal pronoun 'I', for names and for the start of a sentence |
