Year 3 curriculum
As your child enters the Juniors, they will learn through our creative curriculum, where each half term a new topic is launched. The pupils enjoy using the Junior school’s Phiz Lab for the first time for all their science lessons.
Autumn term 2020
World Explorer – How does life compare throughout Europe and the Americas?
Transport – How has transport developed over time?
Literacy
- After the Fall (Dan Santat)
- Around the World in 80 Days (retold by Antonis Papatheodoulou)
- Journey (Aaron Becker)
- The Hodge-Heg (Dick King-Smith)
- Throughout the half term, children will write for a range of purposes – including fiction and non-fiction and sometimes poetry
- Writing is linked to other subjects such as Science, Humanities and RE where applicable
- Grammar is taught in context, with children learning to extend their vocabulary, improve their understanding of sentence structure and explore a range of punctuation
- Spelling is taught and tested weekly
Mathematics
- The children will be given opportunities to develop their mathematical fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills through the mathematical themes and cross curriculum activities:
- Number and place value
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Properties of shape
- Statistics
Science
- Forces
- Contact & non-contact forces
- Movement & surface friction and magnetism
- Light
- Seeing, UV and shadows
Religious Education
- Religion around the world
- Christianity
- What do Christians learn from the creation story?
- Christmas
Geography
- Map skills – locating European countries & capital cities, identify the Equator, the Nothern & Southern Hemispheres and the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn
- Physical & human features of locations
- identifying desserts, mountains and climate and cultural study
- Use ICT to support geographical investigation
- Use fieldwork to observe, record and present information about transport use in the local area
History
- Chronologically order events using dates and historical vocabulary
- Study significant figures, including James Starley, the Wright Brothers, Amy Johnson and Amelia Earhart
Computing
- Typing
- Computer Science- Coding
- Online Safety (privacy & security, online reputation, online bullying and online relationships)
- Digital mapping using Google Earth
- Create a travel brochure
- Create a digital graph to present data findings of a local transport study
- Create a digital leaflet about how transport impacts the environment
- Create a digital design for a moving vehicle
Physical Education
- Gymnastic routines with partners & large apparatus
- Dance routines with a partner to music
- Haka; Line; Bollywood
- Invasion ball and team games
- Real PE (footwork coordination, static & dynamic balancing, jumping & landing)
Art, Design & Technology
- Artwork – collage in the style of Henry Matisse
- Impressionist painting in the style of Claude Monet
- Design, make and evaluate a moving vehicle using recycled materials
- Make an origami boat and a paper aeroplane
- Study sketches of plans for aeroplanes by Leonardo da Vinci
- Make printing blocks of transport related images using different materials
Personal, Social and Health Education
- Being me in my world (Jigsaw)
- Taking care
French (Language Angels)
- Core vocabulary & phonetics (including basic greetings, colours and numbers)
Music
- Charanga music
- Singing coaching from a music specialist
- Drums around the world
Spring term 2021
Stone Age to Iron Age Topic- What were the significant changes during prehistoric Britain?
Modern and Historical China – How does life in China today compare to life in Ancient China?
Literacy
- Stone Age Boy (Satoshi Kitamura)
- Stig of the Dump (Clive King)
- The Firework Maker’s Daughter (Philip Pullman)
- Throughout the half term, children will write for a range of purposes – including fiction and non-fiction and sometimes poetry
- Writing is linked to other subjects such as Science, Humanities and RE where applicable
- Grammar is taught in context, with children learning to extend their vocabulary, improve their understanding of sentence structure and explore a range of punctuation
- Spelling is taught and tested weekly
Mathematics
- The children will be given opportunities to develop their mathematical fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills through the mathematical themes:
- Number and place value
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Properties of shape
- Statistics
Science
- Rocks
- Observing and classifying
- Rock, fossil and soil formation
- Working Scientifically- Key Stage Skills Booster
Religious Education
- People of God: what is it like to follow God?
- Sikh Teachers
Geography
- Stonehenge in Wiltshire
- Discuss localities of settlements
- Study the geographical features of China
History
- Sequence events on a timeline- develop a chronologically secure knowledge of early people and how they lived (Stone Age to Iron Age & the Shang dynasty)
- Recognise change over time and develop appropriate use of historical terms
- Understand the importance of Stone Age inventions
- Understand cause and effect of main events in history (where did people come from? Why did they settle?)
- Generate questions, conduct research and draw conclusions about the past
Computing
- Microsoft Office skills: Word processing
- Email (using Microsoft Office 365)
- Online Safety (managing online information, Safer Internet Day- according to the yearly theme, self-image and identity)
- Use Google Earth to locate China
- Use the internet to research life in modern day China (key statistics, landmarks)
- Reasearch and present information about life in Ancient China and during the Stone Age
Physical Education
- Striking & Fielding Games
- Real PE (dynamic balancing on a line, coordination including balls skills, counter balancing with a partner)
Art, Design & Technology
- Cave paintings using different mediums
- Drawing artefacts from the Stone Age
- Design and make a decorated pot
- Study a Chinese artist
- Create a picture of a Chinese dragon using montage
- Make a Chinese lantern
- Prepare and cook Chinese food
Personal, Social and Health Education
- Celebrating difference (Jigsaw)
- Dreams & goals (Jigsaw)
French (Language Angels)
- Animals
- Musical instruments
Music
- Charanga music
- Singing coaching from a music specialist
- Listen to and appraise traditional Chinese music
Summer term 2021
Extreme Survival- How can life survive in extreme conditions?
Literacy
- The Rainbow Bear (Michael Morpurgo)
- The Great Kapok Tree (Lynn Cherry)
- Throughout the half term, children will write for a range of purposes – including fiction and non-fiction and sometimes poetry
- Writing is linked to other subjects such as Science, Humanities and RE where applicable
- Grammar is taught in context, with children learning to extend their vocabulary, improve their understanding of sentence structure and explore a range of punctuation
- Spelling is taught and tested weekly
Mathematics
The children will be given opportunities to develop their mathematical fluency, reasoning and problem solving skills through the mathematical themes:
- Number and place value
- Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
- Fractions
- Measurement
- Properties of shape
- Statistics
Science
- Plants
- Structure, growth & reproduction
- Animals including humans
- Skeletons & movement
- Explain how animals adapt and survive to an environment of extreme temperatures
- Understand the climate of the rainforest and how the different layers provide habitats for the animals
Religous Education
- Trinity: incarnation/God
- Islam: 5 pillars of Islam
Geography
- Study the work of Ann Daniels
- Locate the equator and the North & South Poles on a globe
- Identify the hottest and coldest places on Earth
- Locate the hottest and largest deserts in the world
- Compare the Arctic and Antarctic polar deserts
- Understand how people survive in extremely hot and cold conditions
History
- Study the expeditions of Ernest Shackleton
Computing
- Simulations
- Branching databases
- Online Safety (copyright & ownership and health, wellbeing & lifestyle)
- Collect, record and organise data to enable comparison of temperatures from different parts of the world
Physical Education
- Swimming
- Athletics
- Real PE (agility: reaction & response, static balance: floor work, agility: ball chasing)
Art, Design & Technology
- Mix colours to convey the mood and atmosphere of different places when painting or creating collages
- Silhouette paintings- deserts and animals
- Design and make a shelter
Personal, Social and Health Education
- Healthy me (Jigsaw)
- Relationships (Jigsaw)
- Changing me (Jigsaw)
French (Language Angels)
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Ancient Britain
Music
- Charanga music