Curriculum Overview – Year 3
2016-17 Spring Term
English
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GENRES
NARRATIVE WRITING e.g. fairytalesChildren will learn how to create
characters, settings and plots.
POETRY, DIALOGUES- Children will
compose and rehearse sentences
orally.
NON-CHRONOLOGICAL REPORTS,
LETTER WRITING- Children will use
organisational devices to fit a purpose
such as headings and sub-headings.
VOCABULARY, GRAMMAR AND
PUNCTUATION
Use of conjunctions to express time;
extend sentences using: when, if,
because, although. Children to use
simple, compound and varied
sentences; also embedded clauses.
Children will include adverbs, adjectives
and synonyms for detail; Recognise
prepositions and determiners.
Children will use question marks and
apostrophes for both contraction and
possession.
Children will also review accurate use of
commas and final punctuation
Science, Computing,
SCIENCE
 THE POWER OF FORCES – how forces can
make objects move, speed up, slow down or
change direction, compare how things move on
different surfaces, how to identify magnetic
materials, how to carry out fair tests.
 ROCK DETECTIVES – establishing core
knowledge and understanding of rocks, their
relationship to soils and how fossils have formed
over time.
COMPUTING
 WE ARE OPINION POLLSTERS – Children will
use digital tools to create a survey online.
 WE ARE PRESENTERS – Children create
simple videos, gaining skills at shooting live
shots. They will also be editing and presenting.
HISTORY
 ANGLO- SAXONS- A study of the Anglo Saxon
way of life, Anglo-Saxon religious beliefs, food,
crime, punishment, villages and homes.
GEOGRAPHY
 SURREY AND THE UK – Understand our local
environment. Understand where people live.
Compare Surrey to other regions in the country.
How their town has changed over time.
Research the natural resources that are used in
Surrey.
Mathematics
 MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION- Recall and use
multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8
multiplication tables; Count from 0 in multiples of 4
and 8.
 NUMBER AND PLACE VALUE- Compare and order
numbers up to 1000; Read and write numbers up to
1000 in numerals and in words; Recognise the place
value of each digit in a 3-digit number (100s, 10s,
1s).
 ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION-Add and subtract
numbers mentally, including: a three-digit number
and 1s; a three-digit number and 10s; a three-digit
number and 100s; Add and subtract numbers with up
to 3 digits, using formal written methods of columnar
addition and subtraction.
 PROPERTIES OF SHAPE- Draw 2-D shapes and
describe them; Recognise angles as a property of
shape or a description of a turn.
 FRACTIONS- Compare and order unit fractions, and
fractions with the same denominators; Recognise
and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and
non-unit fractions with small denominators.
 MEASUREMENT (LENGTH AND PERIMETER)Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths
(m/cm/mm).
 STATISTICS- Interpret and present data using bar
charts, pictograms and tables; Solve one-step and
two-step questions using information presented in
scaled bar charts and pictograms and tables.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
 Practise timetables by singing, chanting etc.
 Find opportunities for your child to tell the
time using analogue and digital clocks, e.g. at
a station, in a shop, on a computer.
Art & DT
UNDER THE SEA - learn how to use a range of
painting techniques and wire sculpture to create
a final piece.
EGG COSIES- plan, design and create an egg
cosy; practice different stitching styles.
PE & GAMES
FRENCH
CELEBRATIONS – Children learn the
months of the year and how to celebrate
birthdays, parties and sporting
achievements in French.
PORTRAITS – Children learn about
parts of the body, colours and monsters
in French.
GYMNASTICS – travelling, further development of
rolls and creating varied paired sequences.
RE & PSHCE
LIVING TOGETHER IN ONE WORLD – learning about
being part of a community and about global issues.
EASTER – the Easter story, Good Friday, Christian
symbols related to Easter, pictorial representations of
Easter.
WHAT MAKES A GOOD FRIEND? – Children learn the
differences between themselves and others, what makes
a good friend and how to deal with issues that might
arise in friendships.
FOOD FUN AND FITNESS – Children learn about the
range of sources their food comes from, from where in
the world their food comes from and some of the
challenges that people might experience around keeping
physically active.
DANCE – Animal themed dances creating
movements to reflect the speed and mood of a
piece of music, travelling, elevation, gestures,
turning and stillness.
GAMES – Hockey and tag rugby. Improving skills
in these sports with control, defending and
attacking.
HELPING YOUR CHILD…..
MUSIC
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ANIMAL MAGIC - Recognising how sound can be
interpreted in movements and relating animals to
musical pieces.
RHYTHM AND PATTERNS – continuation of
using standard musical notation.
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Encourage independence (e.g. attempting homework on their own, learning to
tie their own shoe laces and tie etc.)
Listen to your child read every day and talk about the text with them. When they
struggle with words, encourage them to break down the word and look for
sounds that they know.
Practise spellings and times tables every night.
Encourage neat presentation of homework including joined up handwriting and
check work for small errors.
Use the home-school planner for reference.