Year 3 Overview

Creative Writing

Year 3 Southfield

Journey

Charlotte’s Web

The Ice Palace

Stig of the Dump

Bi-Weekly Creative Writing

Half termly non-fiction writing (foundation topics)

Comprehension 4 weekly sessions

1:1 weekly reading sessions

Daily read aloud sessions

Library visit weekly

Reading partners weekly

Use knowledge to read ‘exception’ words

Read range of fiction and non-fiction

Use dictionaries to check meaning

Prepare poems and plays to perform

Check own understanding of reading

Draw inferences and make predictions

Retrieve and record information from non-fiction books

Discuss reading with others

Use prefixes and suffixes in spelling

Use dictionary to confirm spellings

Write simple dictated sentences

Use handwriting joins appropriately

Plan to write based on familiar forms

Rehearse sentences orally for writing

Use varied rich vocabulary

Create simple settings and plot

Assess effectiveness of own and others’ writing

Use range of conjunctions

Use perfect tense

Use range of nouns and pronouns

Use time connectives

Introduce speech punctuation

Know language of clauses

Give structured descriptions

Participate activity in conversation

Consider and evaluate different viewpoint

Arithmetic 4 weekly sessions

Bi-weekly Real Life Maths sessions

Booster 2 weekly sessions

Count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100

Find 10 or 100 more or less than a given number

Recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number Compare and order numbers up to 1000

Identify, represent and estimate numbers

Read and write numbers up to 1000 in numerals and in words

Solve number problems

Draw 2-D shapes

Recognise 3-D shapes and describe them Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn

Identify right angles

Identify angles which are greater than or less than a right angle

Identify horizontal and vertical lines

Identify pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines

Measure lengths (m/cm/mm) Measure mass (kg/g)

Measure capacity (l/ml)

Add amounts of money to give change

Subtract amounts of money to give change

Tell and write the time from an analogue clock

Use Roman numerals when telling the time

Estimate and read time to the nearest minute

Record and compare time using seconds, minutes and hours

Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year Compare durations of events

Solve problems using fractions

Use multiplication facts for the 3, 4 and 8

multiplication tables

Use division facts for the 3, 4 and 8

multiplication tables

Solve multiplication problems, including missing number problems Solve division problems, including missing number problems

Add and subtract numbers with up to three digits using written methods

Subtract numbers with up to three digits using written methods Estimate and use inverse operations

Solve missing number problems

Count up and down in tenths

Show equivalent fractions with small denominators

Add fractions with the same denominator

Subtract fractions with the same denominator

Compare and order fractions with the same denominators

Understand and present data using bar charts

Understand and present data using pictograms

Understand and present data using tables

Solve one-step and two-step questions using scaled bar charts

Solve one-step and two-step questions using pictograms

Solve one-step and two-step questions using tables

 Stone Age to Iron Age

 Ancient Egypt

 The Anglo Saxons and The Vikings

 Law and Power (1154-1272)

 War of The Roses

Stone Age Boy

Selection of Norse Myths

The Magna Carter Chronicle

The Princes in the Tower – Unsolved Mystery (big cat)

 Spatial Sense

 Settlements

 Rivers

 UK Geography: The South West

 Western Europe

 Asia: China and India

Trips – Buster Farm - The Anglo-Saxons

History Day – The Egyptians

The Egyptians History Exhibition

Here We Are The Colour of Home

The River: An Epic Journey to the Sea

Thomas and The Tinners

 The Human Body – Digestion

 Cycles in Nature

 Light

 Plants

 Rocks

 Forces and Magnets

When Darwin Sailed the Sea

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver

Human Body Detectives – the lucky escape

First female Doctors – Elizabeth Blackwell and Elizabeth Garret Anderson

 Line

 Still life and form

 Art of Ancient Egpyt

 Anglo Saxon Art

 Architecture

 Modern Architecture

All the above cover the aims set out in the Key Stage 2 Art curriculum.

Geography Week

Orienteering

Forest School

Wildlife Area

JASS Award

 What is the significance of Easter within Christianity?

 How do sacred scriptures inform religious beliefs?

 Why is pilgrimage important in some religious traditions?

 What does Sikhism teach us about selfless service?

 What can we learn from different symbols?

 Why are festivals, celebrations and High Holy Days so important within Judaism?

These three dimensions of religion – believing, behaving and belonging

Trips – Science Museum, Kew Gardens

Science Week

Forest School

Wildlife Area

JASS Award

 Being in my world – who I am and how do I fit in?

 Celebrating differences – respect for similarity or difference. Antibullying and being unique

 Dreams and goals – aspirations and how to achieve goal and understanding the emotions that go with this

 Healthy me – being and keeping safe and healthy

 Relationships – building positive, healthy relationships

 Changing me – coping positively with change

Pablo Picasso, The Eruption of Vesuvius, Andy Warhol, The Art of Ancient Egypt, Anglo Saxon art at Sutton Hoo, Greek Architecture

Gaudi, The Lady and the Unicorn Trip

– National Gallery/Portrait Gallery

Art Exhibition

The Easter Story

Scripture within Religion

Sikhism and Me Trip – visit a local place of worship

These areas encompass our Southfield TRUE values and British Values of democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs

 Invasion games

 Dance

 Gymnastics

 Net/Wall games

 Striking and Fielding

 Athletics

Children in Key Stage 2 will also complete their swimming requirement to swim 25 metres before they leave Year 6.

 Glockenspiel

 Music Around the World

 Making Music

 Music and Movement

 Playing Together

 Exploring Musical Theatre

Children will know:

Key term Diction

Singing in 2 or 3 part round

Using instruments on the pulse while singing

Improvising in a 6/8 song on a glockenspiel

Moving to music with syncopated rhythms

Creating a soundscape

Breaking down a song into its phrases

Recognising musical structures (verse, chorus)

World Music - Caribbean, Ireland, USA, Ghana, Listening to jazz and blues songs

Musical Theatre – Flash Bang Wallop - Half a Sixpence, Supercalifragilistic - Mary Poppins, Oom Pah Pah - Oliver, We’re All Made of StarsFinding Neverland

Children will learn about Latin through the life of Minimus the mouse. The curriculum and story is set in a real life Roman town of Vindolanda in Northern England.

There is a direct focus on grammar and etymology as well as the story-based aspect of the curriculum. They will learn how to greet each other, how nouns and adjectives form and how to recognise aspects of Latin in modern English.

Links are made to the children’s knowledge of Romans in History and the geography of the United Kingdom..

Online Safety:

We are Year 3 rule writers

We are digital friends

We are internet detectives

We are aware of our digital footprint

We are netiquette experts

We are avatar creators

Switched On

We are programmers

We are bug fixers

We are presenters

We are who we are

We are co-authors

We are opinion pollsters

Children will:

Have used a range of dramatic techniques to explore the history and culture of Ancient Egypt

Have experience of working in pairs and small groups

Have developed their speaking and listening skills through improvisation, devising and rehearsal processes Have imaginatively considered characters within a historical context

Have gained confidence through performing short scenes in front of their classmates

Have explored offering and receiving constructive criticism, in order to evaluate their own and others’ contributions

 Textiles - 2-D shape to 3-D product

 Food - Healthy and varied diet

 Mechanical Systems - Levers and linkages

 Structures - Shell structures

 Electrical Systems - Simple circuits and switches

These projects are taught in a two year cycle with Year 4 and based on the six essentials of good practice in D&T:

1. User

Children will:

Have used a range of dramatic techniques to explore the themes and characters within Charlotte’s Web

Have explored working physically to create tableaux, incorporating an exploration of body language and facial expression Have significant experience of speaking in front of each other, allowing practice in speaking audibly and fluently

Have worked together in small groups to devise scenes inspired by the book

Have been challenged to sustain characters through rehearsed performance, improvised work and role play, as well as through written work

Have experience of responding appropriately to others in role

Have participated in group discussions, both in small groups and as a whole class; initiating and responding to comments Have considered issues of similarity, difference, and the nature of friendship

Have increased confidence and enjoyment of exploring literature through performance.

2. Purpose

3. Functionality

4. Design decisions

5. Innovation

6. Authenticity

Links will be made to other topics studied in our curriculum where applicable