Writing links between QCA schemes of work and NLS writing objectives
Year 1
Curriculum 2000: Geography
The QCA schemes of work for Geography at Y1 are units 1 and 2. Unit 5 can be used at either Y1 or Y2. Units 24 and 25 can be used in any year from Y1 - Y6.
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: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 2. How can we make our local area safer?
Children should learn:
about the character of a place
Writing activity identified in the unit:
With the children's help, label a wall display of photographs of the road outside the school to show aspects related to traffic, eg.road signs, road markings. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: signs, labels, captions and lists
T14 to write captions for their own work, eg for display, in class books
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: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 1. Around our school - the local area
Children should learn:
to describe a route.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to draw a map of their route from home to their classroom and describe their route to a partner.
and
Walk the children around the local area to identify the main features and changes that are occurring. …Divide the children into pairs and ask them to identify a route around the area that visitors could follow to give them a good idea of the character of the place. |
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: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 5. Where in the world is Barnaby Bear?
Children should learn:
to recognise features of places;
be aware of similarities and differences between other countries and their own.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to describe what the places Barnaby visits are like and what sort of weather he might have experienced, using the postcards and photographs received. |
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 |
