Y1 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 1A. Ourselves

Children should learn:
that human bodies have similar parts:

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Play 'Simon says' with an emphasis on naming parts and on identifying that humans all have the same parts. Ask children to name and locate parts of the body using drawings and labels.

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 using full stops to demarcate sentences

S9 to use a capital letter…for the start of a sentence

Y1 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit1B. Growing plants

Children should learn:
that plants grow.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Review work carried out in this unit by asking children to draw a picture of a green plant, to label its parts and to indicate, eg.by drawing, writing or saying what plants need in order to grow healthily, eg.water/rain, sunlight.

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 using full stops to demarcate sentences

S9 to use a capital letter…for the start of a sentence

Y1 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit1E. Pushes and pulls

Children should learn:
that pushing or pulling things can make objects start or stop moving.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Challenge children to find things in the classroom that need either a pull or a push to make them move... Ask children to stick labels of 'push', 'pull', 'push and pull' to objects.

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 using full stops to demarcate sentences

S9 to use a capital letter…for the start of a sentence

Y1 TERM 2

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 1C. Sorting and using materials

Children should learn:
that every material has many properties which can be recognised using our senses and described using appropriate vocabulary.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask children to handle a variety of objects and collections of objects, eg spoons, keys, wooden objects, papers, fabrics and ask them to describe them, eg.hard, soft, shiny, dull, bendy. Introduce words children are not familiar with. Record, eg.by writing descriptions round a picture of the object.

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 capital letters for the personal pronoun 'I', for names and for the start of a sentence

Y1 TERM 3

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 1F. Sound and hearing

Children should learn:
that we hear with our ears;
to turn ideas about hearing into questions that can be tested;
to make and record observations and present them in drawings and writing.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask children to draw a picture or describe how they think we hear. Carry out a number of short activities. …Discuss with children what they have found out and help them to record this using drawings and writing.

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