Year 3 Overview
Autumn 1
Religion
The Social
Teaching of
RE
Autumn 2
Spring 1
Spring 2
The Christian Family
Mary our Mother
Called to Change
Eucharist
This topic is designed to
develop the children’s
knowledge and
understanding of the
Sacrament of Baptism.
Through the topic
children explore what it
means to belong to a
family and the Christian
family.
This topic is designed to
help the children reflect
on the role of Mary. The
children will develop their
understanding of Advent
as a time of preparation
for the birth of Jesus and
are encouraged to reflect
on the true meaning of
Christmas.
This topic is designed to
develop the children’s
knowledge and
understanding of Jesus’
teaching on forgiveness
and how he helped
people change for the
better. The children will
reflect on the process of
reconciliation and know
that the Sacrament of
Reconciliation is a
celebration of God’s love
and forgiveness.
This topic is designed to
develop the children’s
knowledge and
understanding of the
Mass. The children will
reflect on the importance
of Sunday and why
Catholics go to Mass.
They will learn about
different parts of the
Mass like the Liturgy of
the Word, the offertory,
words of consecration
and sign of peace.
Dignity of the Human
Person
Family and Community
Solidarity and the
Common Good
Rights and
Responsibilities
We are all equal in God’s
eyes and loved.
What makes community?
I listen to you with my
ears, eyes, hearty and
mind.
Barriers to happiness.
Summer 1
Summer 2
Celebrating Easter and
Pentecost
This topic is designed to
develop the children’s
knowledge and
understanding of Easter
and Pentecost through
the Story of Emmaus. The
children will reflect on the
celebration of new life
and on the signs and
symbols of the Easter
season. They will reflect
on the importance of
belief through the story of
‘Doubting Thomas’. They
will learn about the
symbols and fruits of the
Holy Spirit and reflect on
how the Holy Spirit helps
them to live their lives.
Being a Christian
Options for the Poor and
Vulnerable
Why are some parts of
our area richer or poorer
than others?
This topic is designed to
develop the children’s
knowledge and
understanding of living as
a Christian. They will learn
about the how St. Peter
became a follower of
Jesus and how Paul
became a Christian. The
children will reflect on
how they can use their
gifts to live as a Christian.
The Dignity of Work
Exploring our
understanding of work.
How does work build us
up?
Stewardship
All things are connected.
Science
How can Usain Bolt move
so quickly?
Are you attractive
enough?
How far can you throw
your shadow?
How did that blossom
become an apple?
Identify that animals,
including humans, need
the right types and
Compare how things
move on different
surfaces
Recognise that they need
light in order to see things
and that dark is the
Identify and describe the
functions of different
parts of flowering plants:
What do rocks tell us
about the way the Earth
was formed?
Compare and group
together different kinds
of rocks on the basis of
amount of nutrition, and
that they cannot make
their own food; they get
nutrition from what they
eat
notice that some forces
need contact between
two objects, but magnetic
forces can act at a
distance
Identify that humans and
some other animals have
skeletons and muscles for
support, protection and
movement.
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
History/
Geography
Why do so many people
go to the Mediterranean
for their holidays?
Geography: 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
Describe magnets as
having two poles
predict whether two
magnets will attract or
repel each other,
depending on which poles
are facing.
What makes the Earth
angry?
Geography: pupils to be
taught physical
geography, including:
climate zones, biomes
and vegetation belts,
rivers, mountains,
volcanoes and
earthquakes, and the
water cycle
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 a solid object
find patterns in the way
that the size of shadows
change.
Who first lived in Britain?
History: Stone Age to the
Iron Age, including:
- Hunter gatherers; Early
farming; Bronze Age, and
Iron Age
roots, stem/trunk, leaves
and flowers
their appearance and
simple physical properties
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
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.
Explore the part that
flowers play in the life
cycle of flowering plants,
including pollination, seed
formation and seed
dispersal.
Has Greece always been
in the news?
Geography: understand
geographical similarities
and differences through
the study of human and
physical geography of a
region or area in a
European country;
KS2 History: A study of
Greek life and
achievements and their
influence on the western
world
How did the Victorian
period help to shape the
Bolton we know today?
History: Local History - A
study of Local History
taking account of a period
of history that shaped the
locality
Do you think that Sir
Titus Salt was a hero or a
villain?
Local History - A study of
Local History taking
account of a period of
history that shaped the
locality
Computing
SMSC /
British
Values
E-safety
Computing & Coding
Working with Data
Digital Creation
Networks
Communication &
Collaboration
Finding & Using
Information
Discuss keeping
passwords and personal
information private. Think
about online etiquette
and being respectful
online.
Ensure children
understand what to do if
they find something
online or something
happens that they feel
uncomfortable with and
who to talk to.
E-Safety will be reinforced
at any available
opportunity throughout
the year.
Develop computational
thinking using a range of
programmes such as
Defrag game, Beebot App
and also Move the turtle.
Introduce pupils to
Scratch software and how
to use it and the different
components within it.
Pupils design and create
characters that interact
with each other and the
background.
Working with surveys.
Children will understand
the benefits of using the
computer to collect data.
Look at prepared surveys.
Explore the key ideas of a
survey e.g. allowing
people to answer
anonymously and keeping
individual answers
confidential.
Model creating their
survey. Pupils will input
their questions together.
Collect data from their
class and other classes if
possible. Pupils access
their survey results and
produce graphs and
charts. present their
findings.
Use a range of online
photo editing sites to edit
pictures for a purpose.
This will be linked to a
presentation where the
images are to be used
such as Photostory or
PowerPoint. Use a range
of basic editing tools to
enhance and edit images
for a purpose. Use a
combination of pictures
from a camera and
downloaded from a legal
site.
Understand how
networks work.
Introduce email and
discuss its advantages and
disadvantages and how it
is used for
communication in both
personal and working
environments.
Explore searching
techniques and effective
ways of using the internet
i.e. using toolbar at top of
page such as images,
maps, news, shopping etc
Use these tools for a
particular purpose.
Provide questions linked
to curriculum content and
ask children to use the
correct tools to find the
answer.
Big Questions
Big Questions
Big Questions
Big Questions
Big Questions
Big Questions
What does it mean to be
part of a family?
Who am I and where do I
live?
(SLN link/community of
Bolton)
How can I take
responsibility for my
actions and behaviour?
How can I show my
respect for those of other
faiths and cultures?
How do we all live
together in one
community of Bolton?
Why did God give us
talents?
How can we vote fairly for
our school council?
How can I show I am a
missionary for God?