Curriculum Map Giraffes 2019-2020

Curriculum Map Annual

2019 - 2020

Overview Class:

Theme

Subject

Y3 Giraffes

Autumn 1 (6 weeks 3 days)

Autumn 2 (8 weeks)

Spring 1 (6 weeks)

‘We’re Havin’ a

Spring 2 (6 weeks)

Summer 1 (5 weeks)

Summer 2 (7 weeks)

‘Incredible

‘STEMterpr

‘Awesome

ise’

Egyptians

Giraffe!’

‘Veni, Vidi, Vici!’

‘The Iron Man’

India!’

(English,

(History,

(English,

(History,

Geography,

Science & DT)

Geography,

(English,

(History,

English and

Science and

Science

Geograph

Art)

Art)

and DT)

y,

Science, Art and Geography)

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Mini Themes

English)

‘Outdoor Learning Week’ ‘Values Week’ Harvest

‘Science Week’ ‘Christmas is Coming…’

‘Going For Gold!’

Wow Event Key Dates

Liverpool Museum Trip – Ancient Egypt Workshop

Watch Film – ‘The Iron Giant’ Class Assembly – th Thursday 19 March

English Maths

Week 1 – 6 Weeks – Introduction/Advertis Escape to Pompeii ing Poster 2 weeks Non-Chronological Week 2 – Poems on a Reports – Volcanoes theme (P) (NF) 2 weeks – Weeks 3-6 Recounts- Diaries (NF) Novels on a theme: 2 weeks – Roman Myths –  Setting Romulus and Remus (F) descriptions  Diaries 2 Week- Short Topic  Newspapers Video Stimulus:  Letters Christmas –The Long Wait

Number and Place Value Calculations: Addition and Subtraction.

Calculations: Multiplication and Division Calculations: Further Multiplication and Division Measurement: Length

Mystery (F) Novel as a Theme: Develop a new story based on a familiar plot structure. Children will produce a story based on a plot structure from the focus text or re-written from a different viewpoint.

Recount: Diaries (NF): Children will produce a diary from their own point of view and/or in role as a character.

2 weeks - Poems on a Theme Hindu Gods

‘The Windmill Farmer’ – Video Stimulus

4 weeks - Persuasive Writing Incredible India

1 Week - Newspaper Report 1 Week - Formal Letter

Text- Egyptian Cinderella 2 weeks – Fairy Tales (N) 2 weeks – Instruction Writing (NF) 3 Weeks – Newspaper Reports

2 Weeks - Narrative – Short Story 1 week - Instructions

Geometry – Angles Measurement: Mass Measurement: Volume Measurement: Money

Measurement: Time Statistics : Picture and Bar Graphs

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Geometry – Lines and Shapes Measurement: Perimeter of Figures

Animals inc. Humans

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Science

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Identify that animals, including humans, need the right 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.

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Light Recognise that they need 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 their eyes.

Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object.

Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.

Forces and Magnets Animals inc humans.

Animals of India  Compare how things move on different surfaces.  Identifying and grouping animals with  Notice that some and without skeletons forces need contact and observing and between two comparing their objects, but movement. magnetic forces can act at a distance.  Compare and contrast  Observe how the diets of different magnets attract or animals (including their repel each other and pets) and decide ways attract some of grouping them materials and not according to what they others. Compare eat. 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.

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Plants 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.

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Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.

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Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.

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Rocks Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties.

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Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock.

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Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter.

Computing

Online Detectives

My Online Life

RE

3.1 Called By God 3.6 Harvest

3.2 Christmas – God With Us

PHSE

Being Me in My World

Celebrating Difference

Dreams and Goals

Healthy Me

Spanish

Donde vives?

En la Clase

A la izquierda o a la derecha?

Mi colegio

PE

Athletics

OAA

Gymnastics

Invasion/Target Games

Dancing Robot

Rainforest

3.3 Jesus – The 3.4 Exploring Man Who the Sadness and Changed Lives Joy of Easter

Keyboard Adventures

Tshirt Designer

3.5 Which rules should we follow?

Relationships

Enes un boli ?

Striking and Fielding

Changing Me

Mi ciudad

Dance

Use an increasing range of common words.

Place some historical periods in a framework.

History

Identify some of the different ways in which the past can be represented, and that different versions of the past may exist (artist's pictures, museum displays, written sources) Understand some of the methods of historical enquiry, and how evidence is used sources to make detailed observations, finding answers to questions about the past.

Use some sources to start devising historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference and significance.

The British Empire A study of an aspect or theme in British history that extends pupils’ chronological knowledge beyond 1066.

Understand some of the methods of historical enquiry, and how evidence is used sources to make detailed observations, finding answers to questions about the past.

Use some sources to start devising historically valid questions about change, cause, similarity and difference and significance.

Understanding Chronology Use an increasing range of common words.

Place some historical periods in a framework.

Identify some of the different ways in which the past can be represented, and that different versions of the past may exist (artist's pictures, museum displays, written sources)

Geography

Location and Place knowledge  Roald Dahls Location in comparison to the UK & Skelmersdale.  Recognise there are similarities and differences between places.  Name and locate counties and cities in the UK.  Develop an awareness of how places relate.

Human and Physical Geography  Identify physical and human features of the locality  Explain about weather conditions / patterns around the UK and parts of Europe

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Use globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.

Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle.

Understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

Understand geographical differences and similarities through the study of human and physical geography within a region of the UK, a European country, and a region within North or South America.

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Fieldwork: River Nile Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied.

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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.

Art and Design

Shade using a pencil.

Shade & blend using chalk.

Highlight & shadow.

Understand and identify key aspects

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

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

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

Improve mastery of art and design Compare and techniques including recreate form of drawing, painting and natural and sculpture with a manmade objects. range of materials: Create a collage.  Indian Paintings  Indian Elephants  Mehndi Patterns  Block Printing  Rangoli Patterns

Science Link Investigate the drawings of fossils made by palaeontologists such as Robert Hooke in the 1700s.

Use their methods of drawing to produce our own artwork.

Investigate and analyse a range of existing products, in the context of investigating existing lever and linkage mechanisms

Understand and apply the principles of a healthy and varied diet.

Prepare and cook a variety of predominantly savoury dishes using a range of cooking techniques.

Understand and use mechanical systems in their products (for example levers and linkages).

Understand seasonality, and know where and how a variety of ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed.

DT

Select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks accurately.

Generate, develop, model and communicate ideas through discussion, annotated sketches, and prototypes.

Music

Evaluate their ideas and products against their own design criteria and consider the views of others to improve their work.

Let Your Spirit Fly

Glockenspiel

Three Little Birds

The Dragon Song

Bringing Us together

Reflect, Rewing & Replay