By the end of Spring Term B, Year 3 children will be able to…..
Literacy
MFL (French)
Numeracy
…understand how to develop their writing
focusing on stories with familiar settings.
…following this the fictional unit of ‘Adventure
and Mystery Stories’ will be explored with a focus
on understanding the sequential nature of a story
and developing writing techniques which create
suspense.
…recognise the structure and language features of
adventure and mystery stories, developing writing
techniques that will create suspense.
…develop poetry skills using a stimulus of shape
and dinosaurs.
…develop fluency using
vocabulary related to
Pancake Day and Easter.
…know the relationships between kilometres
and metres, metres and centimetres,
kilograms and grams and litres and millilitres.
…read to the nearest division and half
division, scales that are numbered or partially
numbered.
…use of Venn diagrams or Carroll diagrams
to sort data and objects using more than one
criteria and answer a question by collection
and organising the data.
… develop their problem solving techniques
in order for them to be able to confidently
solve one and two-step problems
…multiply one-digit and two-digit numbers
by 10 or 100 and describe the effect.
…use practical and informal written methods
to support multiplication and division of twodigit numbers (e.g. 13 × 3, 30 ÷ 4); round
remainders.
up or down, depending on the context.
…Find unit fractions of numbers and
quantities,
Geography and History
…research when different Dinosaurs roamed the
earth and explore the features of these different
dinosaurs and where they live.
Science
…explore a variety of rocks and soils, their properties
and their many different uses.
…investigate the features of various rocks and soils,
testing for their properties including hardness, strength,
flexibility and permeability.
…relate the properties of the materials to their everyday
uses.
Topic:
Land of
the Giants
Year 3
2011-2012
e.g.
1
2
,
1
3
,
1
4
and
1
6
of 12 liters.
PSHCE
…explore individual feelings and the feelings
of others in order for them to develop their
self-awareness.
…learn how to manage their feelings and
empathise with others.
Music
…sing songs, in unison and two parts, with clear
diction, control of pitch, a sense of phrase and musical
expression.
…play tuned and untuned instruments with control and
rhythmic accuracy.
…practise, rehearse and present performances with an
awareness of the audience.
…improvise, developing rhythmic and melodic
material when performing.
…explore, choose, combine and organise musical ideas
within musical structures.
PE (Dance and Game)
...improve their control and fluency in response to
different music during Dance sessions this half term
children.
…build up their teamwork skills and develop
individual co-ordination further through Net and Wall
games in outdoor PE.
RE
…consider important journeys they have
made and will learn about and reflect upon
pilgrimages that people make in different
religions.
ICT
…create a Photo
story
presentation
using
information
collected
throughout the
topic.
…deliver a
presentation
effectively using
multi media.
Art
…design and create a miniature dinosaur out
of clay, using a variety of media and
techniques in order to develop their
experience of clay work.
Design and Technology
…design and create a ‘moving dinosaur’,
selecting appropriate tools, materials and
techniques.
…evaluate the final product, reflecting on
the progress of their work and identifying
ways that they could make improvements.
Inspiration Day: Children will take part in an archaeological dig, transforming into Palaeontologists on the discovery of
dinosaur remains.