Year 3
The Stone Age
English
Maths
Skills to be covered:
Children in Year 3 will be:
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Analysing a range of fiction and
non-fiction texts.
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Highlighting the themes in
adventure stories.
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Looking at how language can
depict meaning.
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Planning a cave man
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adventure.
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Using a range of pre-historic
vocabulary in their writing.
Skills to be covered:
Children Year 3 will:
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Identify, represent and
estimate numbers using
R
representations,
including number lines.
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Add and subtract numbers
mentally.
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Recognise angles and
understand perimeters of
different shapes.
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Interpret and present data
using bar charts and tables.
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Add and subtract 3 digit
numbers using written
methods.
Outcomes:
By the end of this term children will
be able to:
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Solve number problems using
partitioning, mental
calculation and written
methods.
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Recognise various properties of
2D/3D shapes.
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Create bar charts and tables.
Outcomes:
By the end of this term, children will
be able to:
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Create exciting cave man adventure stories.
Create information texts about
how stone age people lived.
Use a range of descriptive language in their writing to add
detail.
Science
In Science Year 3 will be learning
about Rocks.
Skills to be covered:
Children will be:

Investigating how rocks can be
used for different purposes.
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Observing and comparing
different types of rocks.
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Creating an investigation to
discover the differences
between rocks.
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Carrying out investigations to
find out the properties of rocks.
Outcomes:
By the end of this term, children will
be able to:

Discuss the differences and
similarities between
different rocks.
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Create fact files about the
properties of different rocks.
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Plan fair tests.
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Use equipment safely.
Opportunities for SMSC
In year 3 the children will:

Learn about the responsibilities
of voting and class representation
through the Pupil Leadership
elections.
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In English children will compare
the quality of life during Stone
Age to present day.
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In RE children will be learning
about Diwali and its values, whilst
understanding the morals .
Value of the Term
INTEGRITY
History/Geography
In History, Year 3 will be exploring
the Stone Age period. This period
will be studied chronologically,
where we will examine the three
sections; Paleolithic, Mesolithic and
Neolithic individually.
We will also look at how people
lived in this period. We will be using
sources to examine the changes
that happened over this period of
time and using this to understand
how people’s lives may have
changed as a result of the changes
in technology.
Children
will
also
highlight
significant events during the Stone
Age and use their reasoning skills to
explain why it is important to us in
the present time. Children will use
their knowledge on time to place
events in chronological order.
In Geography Year 3 will be
researching where the Stone Age
settlements were in the United
Kingdom using a range of sources.
Children will also use a atlas to
locate these settlements and record
their findings.
We will also be using the internet to
find
out
information
about
Stonehenge and use this to create a
informative fact file.
Art/DT
In art the children will be finding out
the different ways in which the
stone age people created paints and
colours. They will also experiment
with a variety of techniques
including drawing and painting
using pencil, charcoal and paint.
Using these techniques the children
will create an informative and
interesting Stone Age exhibition
which will include cave paintings.
Children will also observe and
analyse a range of Stone Age
paintings and interpret what they
think the paintings represent.
In Design technology the children
will learn about stone age
monuments by designing and
evaluating a model of either Star
Carr or Skara Brae. Children will use
a range of materials and techniques
to create their models. In the
course of the above design we will
use role play to learn about the
course of events that might have
led to hunter gatherers taking up
farming.
Computing
In ICT, children will be using
coding to make things happen in a
sequence, creating simple
animations and simulations.
Children will also develop their
knowledge on how 'time' can be
used in programming to control
physical systems in real life
situations such as traffic lights. They
will also create their very own
‘Stone Age’ themed app, where
they will use logical reasoning to
explain how algorithms work.
PSHCE
Our topic this term is about ‘New
Beginnings’. During this topic
children will be looking at the
importance of rules and
responsibilities. They will
understand why we need to have
rules. Children will also be looking
at the importance of feeling special
and making others feel special.
Children will explore a range of
feelings and emotions in different
situations and discuss how they can
manage these feelings.
P.E.
In Dance children will explore,
improvise and combine movement
ideas related to the three eras of
the Stone age. Children will
compose creative and imaginative
dance sequences in a group. They
will also develop their performance
skills and learn to observe and
evaluate their own work and each
other's work. Children will also
recognise the link between music
and movement and appreciate
different music genres.
R.E.
Children will be learning about
creation stories from different
religions. They will be focusing on
the Christian and Hindu creation
stories and comparing how they
differ. Children will also learn about
different aid agencies and how they
help to promote well being and
peace around the world. Finally
they will talk about how the beliefs
about the natural world affect
actions in the life of the religious
believer e.g. Ahimsa