Year 3 Summer 1 Curriculum Map

Why do so many people choose to go to the Mediterranean for their holidays?

This term the children will be looking at The climate, food, culture, traditions, sports and entertainment of the Mediterranean.

Functions of different parts of plants, what different plants need to flourish, the journey of water through a plant and the life cycle of a plant.

English Fairy tales.

Read and evaluate a wider range of simple persuasive texts, explaining and evaluating responses orally Begin to use words, pictures and other communication modes to persuade others when appropriate to particular writing purpose Through role play and drama explore particular scenario (e.g. a parent persuading a reluctant child to go to bed) and discuss the effectiveness of different strategies used. http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topic s/z6bbkqt/resources/1

Maths • Multiplication facts (statistics) • Addition and subtraction (measures) • Multiplication and division (measures) • 2D shape inc. sorting • Decimals, addition and subtraction (money) • 3D shape inc. sorting http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2 /maths/

Science How did that blossom become an apple?

Looking at the function of different parts of plants, what different plants need to flourish, the journey of water through a plant and the life cycle of a plant.

What is blossom and why is it important for the fruit we grow?

How can you make a presentation to show the life cycle of an apple?

Could we grow any fruit in this country? If not why not?

How can you capture the beauty of the blossom?

What happens to water we put into the soil to help a plant grow?

What do we mean by seed dispersal and why is it so important for our plants?

Why is it important for us to look after bees in our country?

Can you explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal? http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/living_ things/plants/read/1/

Geography Why do so many people choose to go to the Mediterranean for their holidays?

Holiday destination Famous cities Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region or area of the United Kingdom and a region or area in a European country. What are the advantages/ disadvantages of living in a Mediterranean country? http://www.bbc.co.uk/education /clips/zr7hyrd

Why do Mediterranean countries have a warmer climate than we do?

Which fruits/vegetables are produced in the Mediterranean?

How would we go about attracting someone to visit a Mediterranean country?

Why doesn’t everyone speak English and use the same money?

Who are the famous artists of the Mediterranean and what can we learn from them?

Which European cities can we associate with different types of music?

Computing E-safety

We are Opinion Pollsters – Collecting and analysing data English Links: Knowledge of sentence structure when creating unambiguous questions.

Maths: Interpreting and presenting data.

French We will learn I have/ have not (j’ai/ je n’ai pas) Alphabet Family I like/ I don’t like (j’aime/ je n’aime pas) Sports Food Because (Parce que) Weather Places Where do you live? http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoo ls/primarylanguages/french/

RE What is so special about places?

What places are special to us and why?

What is special about Mount Hira to Muslims and the Mount of Olives to Jews and Christians?

What are the main features of a mosque, a church, a mandir and a gurdwara?

What places are near our school that have religious significance?

What do places of worship have in common and what are the differences?

PE We will practise Striking/Fielding Invasion games

Music and the performing arts.

Children will: Food and Drink Performance/DT A feast of chants, songs and performances. Composing word rhythms, singing a round and creating musical recipies will develop the children’s skills from breakfast to dinner time!

Art Drawing (still life plants)

Health and well-being/PSHE In Year 3 the children will take part in PSHE lessons frequently throughout the week. We will discuss a range of topics throughout the year and we will discuss issues that may arise during the week. Some of these topics will include: Celebrate our differences.

Body space.

Healthy relationships.

Working as team.

Looking after special people Danger or risk How can we solve this problem?

Additional Information

Homework Homework will be given out every week on Friday and will be due in on Wednesday.

Children will contain individual homework books that they will need to compete their homework in unless instructed otherwise. These books need to be handed in each week so new homework can be given.

Children will be given individual spelling cards at the start of the year, these are to be learnt at home. When the children have been tested and got the spellings correct they will move on to the next spelling card.

Reading It is expected that children will read at least three times a week. If the children read three times a week they will receive a gold coin at the end of the week to put into their money boxes. If the children read five times a week they will get two coins.

Please sign the children's reading diaries when they have read so it can be changed regularly. It will be useful to discuss with the children the book, characters, what's happening, ask them different questions about what has happened in the book.

Reading regularly will help support your child's learning in school.