Writing links between QCA schemes of work and NLS writing objectives
Year 3
Curriculum 2000: Religious Education
The QCA schemes of work for Religious Education at Y3 are 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D.
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.
Y3 TERM 1 |
QCA schemes of work: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 3B. How and why do Hindus celebrate Divali?
Introduce the characters in the story, describing their personalities.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to write a character analysis, highlighting the themes of good and evil. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: report
T21 to make a simple record of information from texts read
T22 to write simple non-chronological reports from known information, eg from texts read, using notes to organise and present ideas. Write for a known audience, eg other pupils in class, teacher, parent
S11 to write in complete sentences
S12 to demarcate the end of a sentence with a full-stop and the start of a new one with a capital letter
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Unit 3C. What do we know about Jesus?
What was Jesus like?
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask children to describe a class friend in words and pictures, referring to personal qualities as well as appearance. |
Y3 TERM 3 |
QCA schemes of work: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 3A. Signs and symbols
How do symbols help us remember the past?
Children should learn about how symbolic food can be used to remember important events.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask children to imagine that they are living away from home and are preparing a meal which would bring back memories.
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NLS non-fiction text focus: recount
T22 experiment with recounting the same event in a variety of ways, eg in the form of a story, a letter, a news report
T25 to revise and extend work on
note-making from the previous term
S6 to investigate through reading and writing how words and phrases can signal time sequences
S5 how sentences can be joined in more complex ways through using a widening range of conjunctions
S7 to become aware of the use of commas in marking grammatical boundaries
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Y3 TERM 3 |
QCA schemes of work: RE |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 3C. What do we know about Jesus?
Look at some familiar images of Jesus, perhaps illustrations from children's story books, and discuss the characters portrayed.
Writing activities identified in the unit:
Imagine that they (the children) were in the first century and ask them to write a postcard to their parents/friend about this man Jesus they have met, explaining what they believe him to be like and why.
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NLS non-fiction focus: letters
T20 to write letters, notes and messages linked to work in other subjects
T23 to organise letters into simple paragraphs
S6 to investigate through reading and writing how words and phrases can signal time sequences
S5 how sentences can be joined in more complex ways through using a widening range of conjunctions
S7 to become aware of the use of commas in marking grammatical boundaries |
