Writing links between QCA schemes of work and NLS writing objectives
Year 1
Curriculum 2000: Religious Education
The QCA schemes of work for Religious Education at Y1 are 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F.
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: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1C. Celebrations: why do Christians give gifts at Christmas?
Children should learn:
that the concepts of giving and receiving are important in Christianity.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Draw together this unit by making a class display, featuring a large gift box with children's statements and drawings about gifts and giving going into it. |
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 2 |
QCA schemes of work: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1F. What can we learn from visiting a church?
Children should learn:
to identify some of the features of a church that make it a special place for Christians;
to evaluate what they have learnt and present the information in a variety of forms.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Follow-up activities focusing on what the children have learnt may extend over several lessons. Tasks could include: making a class book. |
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 |
Y1 TERM 3 |
QCA schemes of work: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1D. Beliefs and practice
Children should learn:
the main stories concerning religious leaders in a particular religion
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Read or tell the story of the religious leader. Make a class frieze depicting the key characters and events in the story. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: recounts
T20 to write simple recounts linked to topics of interest/study or to personal experience, using the language of texts read as models for own writing. Make group/class books, eg Our day at school, Our trip to …
S5 other common uses of capitalisation, eg for personal titles, headings, book titles, emphasis
S6 through reading and writing, to reinforce knowledge of term sentence from previous terms |
