Curriculum Map Giraffes 2020-2021

Curriculum Map Annual Overview Class: Year 3 Giraffes

2020-2021 Autumn 2

Autumn 1 3 Sept – 23rd Oct 7 weeks + 2 days

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Theme

“The Iron Man Is Coming!” 

English

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Science

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Design Technology

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T1: 2 Nov – 27 Nov TH th T2: 30 Nov – 18 Dec (8 weeks)

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Spring 1 4th Jan – 11th Feb 5 weeks + 4 days

Spring 2 22nd Feb – 26th March 5 weeks

Summer 1 12th April – 28th May 6 Weeks + 4 days

Summer 2 7th June-16th July 6 Weeks

Theme 1: “There’s No Place Like Home!” 

Geography

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Design Technology

Theme 2: “Christmas is

“From Stone to Steel!”

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History

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Science

Art and Design

~Romans On The Rampage!”   

History Geography

Art and Design

Wow Event

Watch Film – The Iron Giant

Key Dates

Coming!”

Harvest - Friday 2nd October

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English

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Art and Design

Local Area Walk & Questionnaires

Watch Film - ‘The Croods’

Chester – Romans Trip

English Target Tracker

4 Weeks – Theme Link The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

Week 1: Poems on a Theme Week 2: Diary Entry Week 3: Newspapers Week 4: Persuasive Letters 3 Weeks – Discrete Aesop’s Fables

Maths Target Tracker

Number and Place Value – Numbers to 1000  Counting in hundreds, tens and ones  Place value  Comparing and ordering numbers  Counting in 50s  Number patterns  Counting in 4s and 8s Calculations: Addition and Subtraction:  Simple adding  Adding with renaming  Simple subtraction  Subtracting with renaming  Using Models

5 Weeks - Discrete The Giraffe, The Pelly and Me

by Roald Dahl Week 1: Poems with a Structure Week 2: Setting Description Week 3: Persuasive Letter Week 4&5: Retell Story 2 Weeks- Theme 2 Link Christmas - Excitable Edgar Week 1: Character Description Week 2: Diary Entry Calculations: Multiplication and Division  Multiplying by 3  Multiplying by 4  Multiplying by 8  Dividing by 3  Dividing by 4  Dividing by 8  Solving Word Problems Calculations: Further Multiplication and Division  Multiplying 2-digit numbers  Multiplying with regrouping  Dividing 2-digit numbers  Dividing with regrouping  Solving World Problems Measurement: Length  Writing length in m and cm  Comparing length  Solving word problems

4 Weeks - Discrete Twisted Fairy Tales

2 Weeks – Theme Link Stone Age Boy Week 1: Class Discussion/Debate Week 2: Write own narrative

1 Week + 4 days- Discrete Classic Poems to Perform – Lewis Carroll Poems including: 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'A Strange Wild Song' and 'Jabberwocky'.

Measurement: Mass  Reading weighing scales with different increments  Solving word problems Measurement: Volume  Measuring volume in millilitres  Measuring capacity in millilitres  Measuring volume in millilitres and litres  Measuring capacity in millilitres and litres  Writing volume and capacity in litres and millilitres  Solving Word Problems Measurement: Money  Naming amounts of money  Showing amounts of money  Adding and subtracting money  Calculating change  Solving word problems

2 Weeks Theme Link Bronze Age – Non-Chron Report 1 Week – Theme Link Iron Age Food – Instructions

Measurement: Time  Telling the time  Measuring and comparing time in seconds.  Measuring time in seconds, hours and minutes  Changing minutes to seconds  Changing seconds to minutes  Finding number of days Statistics : Picture and Bar Graphs  Drawing picture graphs  Drawing bar graphs  Reading bar graphs

5 Weeks – Theme Link Escape From Pompeii

Week 1: Setting Description Week 2: Diary Week 3 & 4: Newspapers Week 5: Own narrative

4 Weeks – Theme Link 2 Weeks : Biography of Julius Caesar 2 Weeks : Roman Play scripts 2 Weeks DiscreteMystery Texts- Flotsam

3 1 Week + 4 days - Theme Link Balanced Argument Is it a good idea to join the Roman Army?

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages  Counting in tenths  Making number pairs  Adding fractions  Subtracting fractions  Finding equivalent fractions  Finding the simplest fraction  Comparing fractions  Finding part of a set  Finding a fraction of a number  Sharing 1  Sharing more than 1  Solving word problems

Geometry – Angles  Making angles  Finding angles in shapes  Finding right angles  Comparing angles  Making turns Geometry – Lines and Shapes  Identifying perpendicular lines  Identifying parallel lines  Finding vertical and horizontal lines  Describing twodimensional shapes  Drawing twodimensional shapes  Making threedimensional shapes  Describing threedimensional shapes Measurement: Perimeter of Figures  Measuring total length around a shape  Measuring perimeter  Calculating perimeter

Science Target Tracker

Aut1: Theme Link Forces and Magnets Subject Content:  Compare how things move on different surfaces  Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance  Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others  Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials  Describe magnets as having two poles  Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing.

TAPs Assessments:  Cars down ramps  Shoe grip  Testing strength of magnets  Balloon Rockets

Aut2: Discrete Y2/Y3 Animals Inc. Humans Subject Content:  Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat  Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.

TAPs Assessments:  Investigating the human skeleton

Spr1: Theme Link Rocks Subject Content:  Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties  Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock  Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter TAPs Assessments:  Rock Reports

Spr2: Discrete Y2/Y3 Plants Subject Content:  Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers  Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant  Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants  Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

TAPs Assessments:  How much water do plants need?  Function of a plant stem

Sum1: Discrete Light Subject Content:  Recognise that he/she needs light in order to see things and that dark is the absence of light  Notice that light is reflected from surfaces  Recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect eyes  Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by a solid object  Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change TAPs Assessments:  Shadow Investigation  Explaining Light

Computing PPA AMW

My Online Life

Rainforests

Dancing Robot

Online Detectives

Be Digitally Awesome

Turtle Logo and Scratch (Twinkl)

Music PPA AMW

Let Your Spirit Fly

Glockenspiel

Three Little Birds

The Dragon Song

Bringing Us together

Reflect, Rewing & Replay

3.2 Christmas – God With Us

3.3 Jesus – The Man Who Changed Lives

3.4 Exploring the Sadness and Joy of Easter

PHSE Target Tracker

Being Me in My World

Celebrating Difference

Dreams and Goals

Healthy Me

Relationships

Changing Me

Spanish

Donde vives?

En la Clase

A la izquierda o a la derecha?

Mi colegio

Enes un boli ?

Donde vives?

PE BM PE Milestones

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

TBC

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3.1 Called By God

History Target Tracker

3.6 Harvest

Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age Stone, Bronze & Iron Age (3 periods)

3.5 Which rules should we follow?

The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.

Geography Target Tracker

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AUTUMN 2: Geographical Skills and Fieldwork: -Ask and respond to geographical questions, e.g. Describe the landscape.

Why is it like this? How is it changing?

What do you think about that? What do you think it might be like if‌continues?

-Recognise that different people hold different views about an issue and begin to understand some of the reasons why – AIR POLLUTION -Communicate findings in ways appropriate to the task or for the audience -Use fieldwork instruments e.g. camera, rain gauge -Make more detailed fieldwork sketches/diagrams -Use and interpret maps, globes, atlases and digital / computer mapping to locate countries and key features -Make plans and maps using symbols and keys -Use the 8 points of a compass and four figure grid references Locational Knowledge: -Identify where counties are within the UK and the key topographical features -Name and locate the cities of the UK Human and Physical Geography: -Identify physical and human features of the locality Place Knowledge: -Recognise there are similarities and differences between places -Develop an awareness of how places relate to each other.

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SUMMER TERM: Geographical Skills and Fieldwork: -Analyse evidence and draw conclusions e.g. make comparisons between locations using aerial photos/pictures e.g. population, temperatures etc.

-Understand and use a widening range of geographical terms e.g. specific topic vocabulary - meander, floodplain, location, industry, transport, settlement, water cycle etc.

-Use and interpret maps, globes, atlases and digital / computer mapping to locate countries and key features Human and Physical Geography: -Explain about weather conditions / patterns around the UK and parts of Europe Place Knowledge: -Recognise there are similarities and differences between places -Develop an awareness of how places relate to each other.

Drawing Iron Man –

6 Weeks: Painting and Drawing

Using Pastels, Chalk and Charcoal.

Watercolour Giraffe Silhouettes I can talk about and identify complementary colours, colour as tone, warm and cold colours.

Art and Design

Lesson 1 Warm/Cool Colours Lesson 2 Experimenting with template shapes, giraffe, grass, trees Lesson 3 Creating African Sunset using warm colours.

Giraffe Sketches I can use shading, using different media.

Lesson 1 Shade using a pencil.

Lesson 2 Shade & blend using chalk and charcoal.

Lesson 3 - Shade and blend using pastels.

Cave Paintings - Painting

Printing & Collage

Stone Age Jewellery – 3D Clay/ Sculpture

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Looking at examples of Roman mosaics and reading and learning about who had these and what they indicated about the owners place in society.

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Thinking about printing techniques and practising these as well as investigating further the importance of Roman mosaics to historians.

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Studying the borders of mosaics, and starting to design a border for their own mosaic.

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Carrying out further research into the different types of Roman mosaic and what they depicted.

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Designing and printing a central motif & Designing a Roman-style mosaic and using printing techniques practised earlier to create their own mosaic.

Stone Age Dinosaurs – 3D Sculpture

AU1 DT Week:

AU2

Spr1 - DT Week:

SPR2

Sum1 - DT Week:

Mechanisms: Pneumatic Toys (Theme Link - Iron Man Toy)

Food: Eating Seasonally (Theme Link - Seasonality in the UK

Structures : Constructing A Castle (Theme Link - Beeston Castle- Bronze Age Roundhouse)

Electronics: Static Electricity – Game

Textiles: Roman Shield Cushion Art - Textiles (Theme Link – Romans)

DT Kapow Milestones

Design: Designing a toy which uses a pneumatic system.

Developing design criteria from a design brief.

Generating ideas using thumbnail sketches and exploded diagrams.

Learning that different types of drawings are used in design to explain ideas clearly.

Make: Creating a pneumatic system to create a desired motion.

Building secure housing for a pneumatic system.

Using syringes and balloons to create different types of pneumatic systems to make a functional and appealing pneumatic toy.

Selecting materials due to their functional and aesthetic characteristics.

Manipulating materials to create different effects by cutting, creasing, folding and weaving.

Evaluation: Using the views of others to improve designs.

Testing and modifying the outcome, suggesting improvements.

Technical Knowledge: Understanding how pneumatic systems work.

Learning that mechanisms are a system of parts that work together to create motion.

Understanding that pneumatic systems can be used as part of a mechanism.

Learning that pneumatic systems force air over a distance to create movement.

Design: Creating a healthy and nutritious recipe for a savoury tart using seasonal ingredients, considering the taste, texture, smell and appearance of the dish.

Make: Knowing how to prepare themselves and a work space to cook safely in, learning the basic rules to avoid food contamination.

Following the instructions within a recipe.

Evaluation: Establishing and using design criteria to help test and review dishes.

Describing the benefits of seasonal fruits and vegetables and the impact on the environment.

Suggesting points for improvement when making a seasonal tart.

Technical Knowledge: Learning that climate affects food growth.

Working with cooking equipment safely and hygienically.

Learning that imported foods travel from far away and this can negatively impact the environment.

Learning that vegetables and fruit grow in certain seasons.

Learning that each fruit and vegetable gives us nutritional benefits.

Learning to use, store and clean a knife safely.

Design: Designing a castle with key features to appeal to a specific person/purpose.

Drawing and labelling a castle design using 2D shapes, labelling the 3D shapes that will create the features , the materials needed and colours.

Make: Constructing a range of 3D geometric shapes using nets.

Creating special features for individual designs.

Making facades from a range of recycled materials.

Evaluation: Evaluating own work and the work of others based on the aesthetic of the finished product and in comparison to the original design.

Suggesting points for modification of the individual designs.

Technical Knowledge: Identifying features of a castle.

Identifying suitable materials to be selected and used for a castle, considering weight, compression, tension.

Extending the knowledge of wide and flat based objects as more stable.

Understanding the terminology of strut, tie, span, and beam.

Understanding the difference between frame and shell structure.

Design: Designing a game that works using static electricity, including the instructions for playing the game.

Identifying a design criteria and a target audience.

Make: Making an electrostatic game, referring to the design criteria.

Using a wider range of materials and equipment safely.

Using electrostatic energy to move objects in isolation as well as in part of a system.

Evaluation: Learning to give constructive criticism on own work and the work of others .

Testing the success of a product against the original design criteria and justifying opinions.

Technical Knowledge: Understanding what static electricity is and how it moves objects through attraction or repulsion.

Generating static electricity independently.

Using static electricity to make objects move in a desired way.

Design: Designing and making a template from an existing cushion and applying individual design criteria.

Make: Following design criteria to create a cushion.

Selecting and cutting fabrics with ease using fabric scissors.

Sewing cross stitch to join fabric Decorating fabric using appliqué.

Completing design ideas with stuffing and sewing the edges.

Evaluation: Evaluating an end product and thinking of other ways in which to create similar items.

Technical Knowledge:: Threading needles with greater independence.

Tying knots with greater independence.

Sewing cross stitch and appliqué.

Understanding the need to count the thread on a piece of even weave fabric in each direction to create uniform size and appearance.

Understanding that fabrics can be layered for affect