Y4 TERM 1

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 4B. Habitats

Explain the meaning of 'habitat'.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Go for a walk round the school and/or immediate locality to find and make a list of habitats… Ask children to record the habitats identified.

NLS non-fiction text focus: report

T27 to write a non-chronological report, including the use of organisational devices, eg numbered lists, headings for conciseness by:

• generalising some of the details
  
• deleting the least important details

S1 to re-read own writing to check for grammatical sense… and accuracy

Y4 TERM 2

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 4A. Moving and growing

Children should learn:
that the skeleton supports the body.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Use secondary sources, reference books to find out and then write and draw about how bodies of animals without bony skeletons are supported.

NLS non-fiction text focus: explanation

T21 to make short notes…

T22 to fill out brief notes into connected prose

T23 to collect information from a variety of sources and present it in one simple format, eg wall chart, labelled diagram

T24 to improve the cohesion of written explanations through paragraphing and the use of link phrases and organisational devices such as sub-headings and numbering

Unit 4D. Solids, liquids and how they can be separated

Children should learn:

• that different solids melt at different temperatures;
  
• that melting and solidifying or freezing are changes that can be reversed and are the reverse of each other

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask children to use secondary sources to find out more about melting metals and to record information about why this is important.

Y4 TERM 3

QCA schemes of work: science

NLS writing objectives

Unit 4B. Habitats

Children should learn:
to recognise ways in which living things and the environment need protection.

Writing activity identified in the unit:
Ask the children to prepare a presentation to an audience to explain why the organisms could no longer live in a changed habitat or write a letter opposing a change which would alter a habitat.

NLS non-fiction text focus: persuasion

T22 to use writing frames if necessary to back up points of view with illustrations and examples

T23 to present a point of view in writing, eg in the form of a letter, a report or a script, linking points persuasively and selecting style and vocabulary appropriate to the reader