St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School
Year 3 Long Term Curriculum Planner
Religious
Education
Come and See
EPR/PSED
Autumn Term
Homes
Promises
Visitors
(Judaism)
New beginnings
Say no to bullying
Getting on and Falling Out
‘Our Lives’ - Human Life cycles, marriage and family
relationships, church rituals
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
Ancient Ancestors &
‘Veni Vidi Vici’ The Romans
Stunning Start and
Fabulous Finish
(Trip, workshop,
visitor)
English Read
English Write
Genre and how it
will be linked
cross curricular
Trip – Fishbourne Roman Palace
Finish – Romans v Celts day
Escape from Pompeii
Samples of letters (recount letters)
‘Acta Diurna’(newspaper )
Roman information texts
Romulus & Remus (Legend)
Instructions
Playscript (F) – Pompeii?
Legends (F) – Romulus & Remus - Retell
Reports (NF) – Roman Army in Britain
Letters (F) – Pompeii or Letters home from a Roman
soldier in Britain
Poetry – Performance Poem – Roman Soldiers (Marching)
Spring Term
Journeys
Listening & Sharing
Giving all
Going for Goals – choices
Relationships – honesty & loss
‘Our Lives’ – Drugs
Affecting the Environment (Su)
Spring 1
Spring 2
Rainforest Explorers
Start – Map work
Trip – Wakehurst Place
Event – Children’s Parade
Finish – School sale – Raising money for charity
SOS Rainforests in Danger;
‘Rainforest Explorer’
‘The Great Kapok Tree’
‘The Vanishing Rainforest’
‘The Rainforest Grew all around’
(Journey to the River Sea –Eve Ibbotsen)
Reports (NF) – Features of the rainforest
Fairy Stories (F) – Rainforest setting
Poetry – Shape Poems & Calligrams
Persuasive Writing (NF) – Why should we save the
rainforest?
Letters (F) – Kapok Tree – Letters from characters
Forgiveness & Reconciliation
Difference and Diversity –
Community – Rules and laws (sp)
Summer 1
Summer 2
Mysterious Maya
Pirates, Smugglers and Wreckers
Start – Treasure Hunts
Children’s Parade
Trip – Portsmouth Harbour
‘The History Detective Investigates
Mayan Civilization’
‘Avoid being a Mayan Soothsayer!’
‘The Chocolate Tree’
Adventure Stories (F) –
Archeologists/Explorers
‘The Night Pirates’
‘Captain Jolly & Nasty Nick’s Dirty
Tricks’
‘Top 10 Worst Nasty Piratesyou wouldn’t want to meet!’
‘How to be a Pirate’;
‘The Black Spot Adventure’;
Pirate Diary – The Journal of Jake
Carpenter’
Adventure Stories (F) – Pirate
Adventure
Instructions (NF) – Mayan Coil Pots?
Chocolate? Smoothies?
Report (NF) -
Poetry – Performance Poems
‘Smuggler’s Song’ by Kipling
Traditional Poem
New genres based
on Sue Rogers
Summer Term
Energy
Choices
Special Places
(Hinduism)
Poem
Calligram
Shape poem
Letter
Report
Instructions
persuasive
Fairy story
Retell a legend
Adventure story
playscript
Maths
Cross curricular
maths
History
Geography
A1 Counting, partitioning and calculating.
B1 Securing number facts, understanding shape.
C1 Handling Data and Measures.
D1 Calculating, measuring and understanding shape.
E1 Securing number facts, relationships and
calculating.
Coordinates – Fishbourne Roman Palace.
Roman numerals
A2 Counting, partitioning and calculating.
B2 Securing number facts, understanding shape.
C2 Handling Data and Measures.
D2 Calculating, measuring and understanding shape.
E2 Securing number facts, relationships and
calculating.
A3 Counting, partitioning and calculating.
B3 Securing number facts, understanding shape.
C3 Handling Data and Measures.
D3 Calculating, measuring and understanding shape.
E3 Securing number facts, relationships and calculating.
Surveys for Rainforest Rescue Challenge – data handling
Mayan Counting
Grid References – Treasure Hunt Maps
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron
Age.
The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.

Pliny the Elder – Natralis Historia

Pompeii & Vesuvius

Life in Rome

Roman beliefs

Start of the Catholic church

Roman empire – conquerors

Roman Britain

Fishbourne Roman Palace
Enquiry and chronology– applying historical skills to find
out about the rainforest. How has the rainforest changed
over time and why has there been so much destruction over
the last twenty years?
a non-European society that
provides contrasts with British
history –

Mayan civilization c. AD
900
(Children could research what
was happening in Britain at
the time of the Maya as a
homework project.)
Europe & UK…
The World…South America
Locate the worlds countries, Europe

Countries

Major cities

Physical & human characteristics
Locate the worlds countries, South America

Countries - including Brazil

Major cities
Identify features of globes and world maps

identify the position and significance of Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere,
the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn,
understand geographical similarities and differences
through the study of human and physical geography of
a region within South America

Rainforests
describe and understand key aspects of: physical
geography, including:

climate zones,

biomes and vegetation belts

water cycle
Regional Comparisons
human geography, including:

types of settlement

land use,

economic activity including trade links, and the
distribution of natural resources including energy,
food, minerals and water
The World…North/Central
America
A local history study
 Sussex Smugglers – Brighton &
Rottingdean
A study of an aspect or theme in
British history that extends pupils’
chronological knowledge beyond
1066
 What are/were pirates?
 Golden age of Pirates
 Famous Pirates
Significant events and places in own
locality

Smuggling – South Coast
(Rottingdean/ Hastings)
The UK…
Name and locate counties and cities
of UK, geographical characteristics,
land use..

Counties

Cities
Name and locate counties and cities of UK,
geographical characteristics, land use..

Counties

Cities

Human characteristics

Physical characteristics (hills & rivers)
Describe and understand key aspects of: physical
geography.

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Mountain Regions
Locate the worlds countries,
North/Central America

Countries

Major cities
Regional Comparisons

Tourism – Central
America/UK
Identify features of globes and world
maps
use the eight points of a compass, four
and six-figure grid references, symbols
and key (including the use of Ordnance
Survey maps) to build their knowledge
of the United Kingdom and the wider
world
use fieldwork to observe, measure,
record and present the human and
physical features in the local area using a
range of methods, including sketch
maps, plans and graphs, and digital
technologies.
Question to be
investigated by
fieldwork
Why did the Romans choose certain routes and areas
to settle?
‘We are
Programmers’
Computing
Primary
Languages
Science
Design
Technology
Art
‘We are opinion
Pollsters’
‘We are Network
Engineers’
Finding and correcting
bugs in programs
(Scratch & Powerpoint)
Communicating Safely
on the Internet
Collecting and
Analysing Data
Computer Networks
(School Network)
International Week
In town
Directions
Objects in Class
Places in School
Rainforest – link to
topic
Time
Euro and Shopping
Food
Rocks
Light
Programming an
Animation
(Scratch &
Powerpoint)
Grouping rocks, fossils
and soils
Reflections and shadows
‘We are Presenters’
Videoing Performance
(Movie Maker)
Le bateau rouge – Link to Pirates
Bastille Day
Animals
Plants
Human and animal nutrition,
skeletons and muscles.
Flowering plants, requirements for plant growth, pollination, seed
dispersal
Forces & Magnets
Controlling devices:
Prepare and cook mostly healthy food:
Levers and linkages:
Lego Control
Caribbean Fruit Cocktails & Smoothies
Pop-up Books
Printing:
Mosaics & repeating patterns
Drawing and painting:
Frescos
Drawing and Painting:
Rainforest Watercolours
3d Sculpture and painting:
Children’s parade
Mayan Coil Pots
Ocarinas
Composing and singing:
Roman marching songs
Physical
Education
Geography study at Hastings/
Rottingdean – Why did smuggling
develop here?
‘We are
Communicators’
‘We are Bug Fixers’
‘Pulse and rhythm’ & Pitch:
Music
What products/ foods that we can buy in the
supermarket come from the rainforests?
From cocoa bean to chocolate.
Hockey
Tennis
‘Pulse and rhythm’ & Pitch:
Ocarinas
Gamelan
Swimming
‘Pulse and rhythm’ & Pitch:
Ocarinas
Tennis
Rounders
Composing and singing:
Sea Shanties
Cricket
Athletics