Year 3 Spring 1 Curriculum Map

Topic Plan

Year 3

Context – What do we Know? And pre-learning experience (Stone Age) What do we know? - Animals, wore fur clothes, hand paintings What do we want to know? – What kind of animals were there? What do they eat? How long ago was it? What’s their daily routine?

Maths • Place value, mental addition and subtraction • Fractions • Fractions, division • Volume, capacity and mass • Multiplication incl. 8x table • Multiplication (statistics, measures, money)

Writing Opportunities

Explanations (link to Science) Create diagrams, such as flow charts/cyclical diagrams, to summarise or make notes of stages in a process.

Explain processes orally, ensuring sequencing Non-Chronological Report Novel as a theme (link to History)

Explanation text Research – books and internet Non-chronological report about Stone Age homes, weapons and animals Narrative – A Stone Age story (linked to Art - Illustrations)

Music Glockenspiel Stage 2 Children will: Listen and Appraise Play musical games Play instrument Improvise Compose & Perform

Research using the internet.

Word processing skills.

Google earth.

Digital Camera

Explore faeces from the past – explore and discuss a caveman’s’ life and what they used to eat.

English

Design & Technology Mouldable materials (linked to History) How can we design and make a small jewellery container?  What jewellery boxes and containers are available to buy and what are their features?  What tools and techniques can we use when we are making a product out of modelling clay?  How will we incorporate a lid and compartments?  Can we draw our designs first and include measurements?  How will we make our container look great?

Computing We are Communicators – Communicating safely on the Internet

Starting point – Hook and Wow!

The Learning Challenge Question Who first lived in Britain?

History Stone Age to the Iron Age Who first lived in Britain?

A study on Hunter gatherers, early farming, Bronze Age and Iron Age.  What jobs do archaeologists do and why are they so valuable in helping us find out about history?  How did the Early Britons make shelters?  Would the Early Britons have visited a supermarket for their food?  What can you find out about Stone, Bronze and Iron ages?  What do we know about the life styles of the Early Britons through the art they produced?  What do we know about the way they moved heavy items around?  How do you think the Early Britons would have communicated?

Science Rocks What do rocks tell us about the way the Earth was formed?

Looking at comparing rocks on the basis of their appearance, fossils, and soils.  What are fossils and why are they so fascinating?  What can you find about sedimentary and igneous rocks?  Why is a diamond a ‘girl’s best friend’?  Can you collect some rocks to create a rock sculpture?

PE Gymnastics Football

RE Christianity/Islam What do people believe about God?  Why is God written with a capital G?  How is God, or are the gods, described in different religious books and texts?  How is God portrayed through religious books and texts?  How is God portrayed in Christian art?  What are the features of Islamic art and how do these reflect belief?  What is the Humanist view?  What do I believe about God?

Proposed unit outcomes Be able to understand, compare, discuss and create an explanation text on rocks.

Write a non-chronological report on The Stone Age. Show understanding of a class novel related to The Stone Age. Display Stone Age shelters made by the children PSHE

Theme Events

Beliefs, religious or otherwise, which inform their perspective on life and their interest and respect for different people’s feelings and values (R.E.) Use of imagination and creativity in their learning; and a willingness to reflect on their own experiences (making own caveman shelter) Sense of enjoyment and fascination in learning about themselves, others and the world around them, including the intangible (Rocks and soils) Willingness Businessto& participate Enterprise in a variety of social settings, cooperating well with others and being able to resolve conflicts effectively (group work, class discussions)

1st – 8th Feb - National Storytelling Week – link with parents National Number Day 5th Feb E-safety – Safer Internet Day 10th Feb

Raise money for our face painting business at school events.

Health & Wellbeing

Cleanliness linked to the Stone Age/Cavemen.

How can I support my child at home?

Support your child’s creation of a Stone Age shelter.

You could: - Take a picture of a cavemen den in your house or garden - Make a Stone Age model using materials - Draw a picture of your Stone Age shelter Encourage your child to learn times tables up to 8x.

Practice measuring through your daily routines with your child. (cooking) Support your child’s research about rocks.

Ask your child questions about their daily reading book.

Encourage online safety in the home.