Year 3
Year 3 | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
English | Whole School Unit - The Fate of Fausto
The Bear and the Piano
Paper Bag Princess
Poet Study – AA Milne
Walk with a Wolf
Mini Rabbit Not Lost
Christmas Classic – Polar Express | Recount – The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Poetry genre – Tanka and Haiku Walk with a Wolf Whole School writing unit Poet Study – AA Milne Stella and the Seagull - persuasion – HfL | Finger Eater - Narrative Poetry genre focus – Performance – The Magic Box Literacy Shed film stimulus unit – suggestions - The Little Shoemaker Traction Man Where the Wild things are Love that Book - Narrative modern classic– Roald Dahl Poetry theme - Rhymed Verse | |||
Guided Reading | The Smartest Giant in Town Meerkat Mail Poetry 1 week Complete comprehension | Diary of a killer cat Poetry Complete comprehension | The worst witch Poetry 1 week Complete comprehension | Roman Tales the Goose Guards Poetry 1 week Complete comprehension | ||
Phonics | Autumn 1 - Small group intervention Autumn 2 - Small group intervention | Spring 1 and 2 - Small group intervention | Summer 1 and 2 - Small group intervention | |||
Maths | Power Maths Textbook 3A Unit 1 - Place Value within 1,000 Unit 2 - Addition and Subtraction 1 Unit 3 - Addition and Subtraction 2 Unit 4 - Multiplication and Division 1 Unit 5 - Multiplication and Division 2 | Power Maths Textbook 3B Unit 6 - Multiplication and Division 3 Unit 7 - Length and Perimeter Unit 8 - Fractions 1 Unit 9 - Mass Unit 10 - Capacity | Power Maths Textbook 3C Unit 11 - Fractions 2 Unit 12 - Money Unit 13 - Time Unit 14 - Angles and properties of shapes Unit 15 - Statistics | |||
Science | Animal nutrition and skeletal system. This project teaches children about the importance of nutrition for humans and other animals. They learn about the role of a skeleton and muscles and identify animals with different types of skeleton. | Rocks Part of the Geography topic of Rocks, relics and rumbles This project teaches children how to compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties. How to describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock and recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.
| Forces and Magnets This project teaches children about contact and non-contact forces, including friction and magnetism. They investigate frictional and magnetic forces, and identify parts of a magnet and magnetic materials. | Light and shadows This project teaches children about light and dark. They investigate the phenomena of reflections and shadows, looking for patterns in collected data. The risks associated with the Sun are also explored.
| Plant Nutrition and Reproduction This project teaches children about the requirements of plants for growth and survival. They describe the parts of flowering plants and relate structure to function, including the roots and stem for transporting water, leaves for making food and the flower for reproduction. | |
RE:Islam & Christianity | Hinduism- Ganesh Chaturhi and Guru Nanak Gurpurab Hindus celebrate the birthday of Lord Ganesh during Ganesh Chaturthi. They pray to Ganesh to remove obstacles when starting something new and mention his name first when they perform puja to make sure nothing will get in the way of their worship and prayer. | Christianity - Lent Lent is a time for Christians to fast, think about God, say sorry for the things they have done that they regret, pray and learn more about the life of Jesus. | Buddhism - Vesak Vesak is an important Buddhist festival, which commemorates the birth, enlightenment and sometimes death of Prince Siddhartha, who became known as Buddha. | Judaism - Shavuot | Hajj | |
PSHE | Being me in my world | Celebrating differences (including anti-bullying) | Dreams and Goals | Healthy Me | Relationships | Changing Me (including sex education) |
History | Through the Ages - Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about British prehistory from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, including changes to people and lifestyle caused by ingenuity, invention and technological advancement. | Emperors and Empires - Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about the history and structure of ancient Rome and the Roman Empire, including a detailed exploration of the Romanisation of Britain. | ||||
Geography | One Planet, our world - Curriculum Maestro - Geography week This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children to locate countries and cities, and use grid references, compass points and latitude and longitude. They learn about the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics and discover the five major climate zones. They learn about significant places in the United Kingdom and carry out fieldwork to discover how land is used in the locality. | Rocks Relics and Rumbles - Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about the features and characteristics of Earth's layers, including a detailed exploration of volcanic, tectonic and seismic activity. | ||||
Art | Contrast and Complement (Art Week) Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about colour theory by studying the colour wheel and colour mixing. It includes an exploration of tertiary colours, warm and cool colours, complementary colours and analogous colours, and how artists use colour in their artwork. Prehistoric pots 3D Art This project teaches children about Bell Beaker pottery. It allows the children to explore different clay techniques, which they use to make and decorate a Bell Beaker-style pot. | Ammonite Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about artistic techniques used in sketching, printmaking and sculpture. | Beautiful botanicals Curriculum This project teaches children about the genre of botanical art. They create natural weavings, two-colour prints and beautiful and detailed botanical paintings of fruit. | |||
DT | Cook Well, Eat Well Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about food groups and the Eatwell guide. They learn about methods of cooking and explore these by cooking potatoes and ratatouille. The children choose and make a taco filling according to specific design criteria. | Making it Move Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about cam mechanisms. They experiment with different shaped cams before designing, making and evaluating a child's automaton toy. | Greenhouse Curriculum Maestro This project teaches children about the purpose, structure and design features of greenhouses, and compares the work of two significant greenhouse designers. They learn techniques to strengthen structures and use tools safely. They use their learning to design and construct a mini greenhouse. | |||
Music Charanga | Djembe drumming: Untuned percussion Developing an understanding of accuracy, fluency, control and expression | Let Your Spirit Fly: Rhythm and Blues, multi-vocal lines, Djembe drum skills. Little Donkey Christmas song | Three Little Birds: Reggae performance, music appraisal, singing solo or as a group, Djembe drum skills. | The Dragon Song: Cross-curricular links to PSHE. Musical appraisal, singing skills, Djembe drum skills. | Bringing Us Together: Cross-curricular links to PSHE. Musical appraisal, singing, djembe drum skills and improvisation. | Reflect, Rewind and Replay: Music appraisal, improvisation using voices and instruments. |
PE | Fundamentals Ball skills | Dance Dodgeball | Gymnastics Handball | Outdoor adventurous activities Basketball | Athletics Swimming | Rounders Tennis |
Computing | First lessons: Logging onto chrome books, google drive and ttrs Unit 1 Connecting computers: To explain how digital devices function To identify input and output devices To recognise how digital devices can change the way that we work To explain how a computer network can be used to share information To explore how digital devices can be connected To recognise the physical components of a network | Unit 2 Stop frame animation To explain that animation is a sequence of drawings or photographs To relate animated movement with a sequence of images To plan an animation To identify the need to work consistently and carefully To review and improve an animation To evaluate the impact of adding other media to an animation | Unit 3 Sequencing sounds To explore a new programming environment To identify that commands have an outcome To explain that a program has a start To recognise that a sequence of commands can have an order To change the appearance of my project To create a project from a task description | Unit 4 Branching data bases To create questions with yes/no answers To identify the attributes needed to collect data about an object To create a branching database To explain why it is helpful for a database to be well structured To plan the structure of a branching database To independently create an identification tool | Unit 5 Desktop Publishing To recognise how text and images convey information To recognise that text and layout can be edited To choose appropriate page settings To recognise that text and layout can be edited To choose appropriate page settings To add content to a desktop publishing publication To consider the benefits of desktop publishing | Unit 6 Events and actions in programmes To explain how a sprite moves in an existing project To create a program to move a sprite in four directions To adapt a program to a new context To develop my program by adding features To identify and fix bugs in a program To design and create a maze-based challenge |
French (MFL) | I’m Learning French (E) - Days of the week (C) | Salutations (E) | Colours and Numbers (E) | Animals (E) | ||
Enhanced Curriculum - visits, extra curricula... | Church visit - Christingle - Christmas film/panto | Vicar Visit - Role of a vicar | Art gallery/library trip | Verulamium trip | ||