Curriculum Overview
Year 3 Curriculum Overview 2021-2022
| Autumn 1 (7 weeks) | Autumn 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (6 weeks) | Spring 2 (6 weeks) | Summer 1 (6 weeks) | Summer 2 (7 weeks) |
English: units | 1.Entertain:Narrative Contemporary Fiction
2.Describe Non-chronological Report | 1.Entertain:Narrative Historical Fiction
2Describe: Journalistic Writing (History link)
| 1.Entertain Poetry
2.Explain Scientific Report
| 1.Entertain:Narrative Dilemma
2.Persuade Persuasive Argument | 1 Entertain:Narrative Playscript Shakespeare
2.Recount: Indirect Biography (History link) | 1.Entertain:Narrative Visual Literacy
2.Socialise Letter Writing |
Key texts (English) | Stone Age Boy
| Escape from Pompeii | Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots
| The Tin Forest
| Romeo and Juliet | TBC |
Maths | Number: place value Number: addition and subtraction | Number: addition and subtraction Number: multiplication and division | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: money Statistics
| Measurement: length and perimeter Number: fractions | Number: fractions Measurement: time | Geometry: properties of shape Measurement: mass and capacity |
Science | Animals incl. humans | Rocks | Forces and Magnets | Climate Change and Sustainability (Geography/Inter-disciplinary links)
| Plants | Light and Shadows |
History | Overview and depth Stone Age to Iron Age
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| Overview Study- Achievements of early civilisations
Ancient Egypt
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| Monarchy – Queen Elizabeth II Cleopatra |
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Geography |
| Volcanoes and Earthquakes Hemispheres, latitude, longitude, tropics, physical geography |
| Eco Warriors
Climate Change and Sustainability (Science link) |
| How does food get to our plate? Mapping, Europe, North/South America, environmental regions. Human geography, economics
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Computing | Online Safety Computing and Networks | Programming Computing and Networks | Creating Media Animation | Data and Information Branching Databases | Creating Media Desktop Publishing | Programming B Events and Actions |
Design and Technology | Structures Shell Structures Project: desk tidy | Structures Shell structure-computer aided design Project: Gift Box | Textiles 2D shape to 3D product Project: Purse | Textiles 2D shape to 3D product Project: Pencil Case | Food Healthy and Varied Food Project: Wrap/pita product | Food Healthy and Varied Food Project: Snack Bar |
Music | How does music bring us closer together? Developing Notation Skills | What stories does music tell us about the past? Enjoying Improvisation | How Does Music Help to Make the World a Better Place? Composing using your imagination | How Does Music Help Us Get to Know our Community? | How does Music Make a Difference to Us Everyday? | How Does Music connect Us with Our Planet? |
Art | Drawing | Painting | Printmaking | Collage | Textiles | 3D Sculpture |
PSHE/ safeguarding
| Physical & Mental Health | Keeping Safe | Relationships: Friends & Family | Respectful & safe Relationships | Living in the Wider World: Financial Literacy | Health & Wellbeing: Ourselves- Growing & Changing |
RE | What do different people believe about God? Christian focus and either or both Hindus and Muslims | What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? (part 1) | What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? (part 1) | Why are festivals important to religious communities? Easter focus possibly an RE week | Why is the Bible so important for Christians today? | Why do people pray? |
PE | Invasion Games Football /Basketball | Invasion Games Tag Rugby / Hockey | Gymnastics /Dance | Athletics | Strike and Field Games Cricket/Rounders | Net and Wall Games Tennis |
French | Vocab/Grammar Introductions/ Greetings Numbers to 10 | Vocabulary Greetings Instructions Colour names Grammar Masculine/feminine Write a sentence Culture Christmas | Vocabulary Clothing Family Days/Months Grammar nouns Possessive adjectives Pronouns (il, elle)
| Vocabulary Body parts Colours Numbers to 20 Grammar Definite article Masculine, feminine adjectives Culture Easter | Vocabulary Farm animals Grammar Indefinite article (un/une) nouns Verbs Create sentences Masculine/feminine | Vocabulary Food Grammar I like/I do not like Culture Tour de France Bastille Day |
School Events | Class Charters Black History Month | Anti Bullying Week Children in Need Winter Festivals |
| Red Nose Day | QEII Platinum Jubilee |
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