Year 3 – Moorhill Miners 2017
Year 3 – Moorhill Miners
Week
Literacy
Maths
Topic
Angles and shape
 recognise angles as a property of
shape or a description of a turn
 identify right angles, recognise that
two right angles make a half-turn,
three make three quarters of a
turn and four a complete turn;
identify whether angles are greater
than or less than a right angle
 identify horizontal and vertical lines
and pairs of perpendicular and
parallel lines
 draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D
shapes using modelling materials
 recognise 3-D shapes in different
orientations and describe them
 measure the perimeter of simple 2D shapes
History - Lesson 1/2
Explore what changed in the Industrial
Revolution. Write a diary entry. Lesson
breakdown
Summer 1
1
2
3
The Perfect Pet- Book
Mon- Embedded Clause
Tues- Describe favourite pet
Wed- Speech
Thurs- Write questions
Fri- Write a set of instructions
The Perfect Pet- Book
Mon-Bank holiday
Tues- Use role play
Wed- Plan story
Thurs- Write story in sections
Fri- Write story in sections
Newspapers- mining disaster Huskar
Write a newspaper report.
Mon- Edit and up level
Tues- Features of a newspaper report
3- Coal mining and the industrial
revolution. Write a letter to the Queen
about the dangers of mining.
History- Children in the mines
Lesson 4What jobs did they do? Write a job
profile for one of the jobs.
Lesson 5- Examine health of children.
Create a bar chart using height and
ages. Explain data and why it was
collected.
Science – Rocks and minerals
Wed- Research disaster
Thurs- Plan report
Fri- Write report
4
The Black Dog- Book
Mon-Grammar
Tues-Describe a character
Wed- Describe a setting
Thurs- Plan an ending to a story
Fri- Write an ending to a story
5
Mon- Past tense verbs- using ed, ly, ing
Tues- Trip
Wed- Plan recount of Black Country
Museum
Thurs- Write recount
Fri- Edit and up level
6 & 8 times tables
 write and calculate mathematical
statements for multiplication and
division using the multiplication
tables that they know, including for
two-digit numbers times one-digit
numbers, using mental and
progressing to formal written
methods
Exploring calculation strategies
 consolidation and application
opportunities
- formal addition and subtraction
Art – Henry Moore
Sketching figures; using charcoal
Compare Moore with Lowry
A day in the life of a miner
Mining Home life- What life was like
for the miner’s wife and children?