Writing links between QCA schemes of work and NLS writing objectives
Year 3
Curriculum 2000: Geography
The QCA Schemes of work for Geography at Y3 are 6, 7, 16, 18, 21, 24 and 25
NB Unit 21 is a Y3/4 unit.
Units 16, 18, 24 and 25 are continuous units, designed to be used at any point across the key stage.
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: Geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 16. What's in the news?
What is happening in our local area? What is in the local, national or international news today?
Writing activities identified in the unit:
Use images of geographical events, eg flooding, as a stimulus for report writing.
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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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Y3 TERM 2 |
QCA schemes of work: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 6. Investigating our local area
Where is our school?
Ask the children to find the school site on a map.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask them to give directions from the school to specific points in the village. |
NLS non-fiction text focus: instructions
T16 to write instructions… using a range of organisational devices… recognising the importance of correct sequence; use 'writing frames' as appropriate for support |
Y3 TERM 3 |
QCA schemes of work: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 21. How can we improve the area we see from our window?
Talk about the book (Window, by Jeannie Baker), preferably showing coloured OHTs of selected pages.
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to 'write the story' for their series of pictures.
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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 |
Y3 TERM 3 |
QCA schemes of work: geography |
NLS writing objectives |
Unit 7. Weather around the world
What will the weather be like? How will it affect what we do?
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to imagine they are in the chosen destination and to write a postcard describing the range of weather conditions and leisure activities that depend on the weather that they experienced.
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NLS non-fiction text 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
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Unit 18. Connecting ourselves to the world
Why do people use e-mail? What is our local area like?
Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to write a letter to be sent by e-mail and attach a guide of their locality, produced using ICT. |
