Creative Curriculum Topic Overview Wainscott Primary: Year3
River Transport
Pre-History- Needs
Egyptians
Rise of Robots
TREMORSVolcanoes &
Earthquakes
ScrumdiddlyumptiousFood
2 part topic.
What was everyday life like in
Ancient Egypt?
What do artefacts from the
period tell us about the past?
Expand project to include all
programmable devices.
Describe the events associated
with volcanoes and
earthquakes.
Where does the food we eat come
from?
Create an Ancient Egyptian
timeline
Make a list of all the
devices/toys in the home that
can be programmed to perform
a task.
looking at/amending
Develop history and geography
opportunities.
Chatham Dockyards and The
River Medway
How has river transport
changed through the Ages?
Create a river transport timeline
for the Medway depicting early
rowing boats, fishing vessels,
sail ships, barges, Prison ships,
Paddles Steamers and Pleasure
Craft
Exploring change through Art
How has the River Medway
changed?
Search on the Internet
“Paintings of the River
Medway.” View paintings in the
BBC Your Paintings Collection
and the works of Joseph
Mallard William Turner.
Examining Art.
What evidence of these vessels
exists today?
Search on the Internet
“Paintings of the River
Medway.” View paintings in the
BBC Your paintings Collection
and the works of Joseph
Mallard William Turner.
Focus on the Neolithic (New
Stone Age) period from 4000 to
2500 BC to allow for a
comparison in Term 4 with life
in Ancient Egypt.
What evidence of pre-historic
settlement can be found on and
near the Medway?
What are the Medway
Megaliths?
Who built them?
Transport - How were the
stones moved?
Why were they built?
Death and burial in pre-historic
Britain.
Examine artefacts dating from
the period on display in the
Guildhall Museum.
What do these finds tell us
about who lived here during the
period?
Use the information gathered
to develop a typical farming
settlement that might have
existed in the area in the Stone
Age.
Consider:
What homes would these
people have lived in?
What did they eat and grow?
What did they wear?
What transport did they use?
What did they believe (religion
and death?)
Background – Key questions
Where is Ancient Egyptians?
Why was the River Nile
important to the Ancient
Egyptians?
What farming practices took
place along the Nile?
What did workers do in Ancient
Egypt?
What did Egyptian homes look
like?
Were the Egyptians great
builders and inventors?
What did the Ancient Egyptians
believe? (Death and Religion)
What do artefacts tell us about
the past?
Case Study: Howard Carter and
The Tomb of Tutankhamun
Research the story.
What artefacts were found in
the tomb of the young king?
What do they tell us about
Royal life in Ancient Egypt?
Compare what homes looked
like in the 1950’s with the
present day.
What programmable devices do
we have in school (data loggers,
cameras, Beebots, Roamers
etc.)
Understand that to perform a
set of tasks any programmable
device must have a CPU.
Understand that to perform a
function any device must be
given a set of instructions.
Introduce pupils to basic
programming using scratch.
What is happening in the world
of Robotics today?
Robots and the work place.
Invite a member of staff from
the local NHS to talk/show
pupils how robotics to support
adults and children with
disabilities.
Computers in education
Volcanoes
Use atlases, maps and globes to
locate where in the world
volcanoes are located?
Describe what happens when a
volcano erupts.
What impact can and do
volcanoes have on the
landscape?
What threat are volcanoes to
human life?
Geography – Select one volcanic
area in the world.
Compare and contrast the
landscape, climate, vegetation
and wildlife with that in the UK.
History – The story of Pompeii
Sequence and re-tell the story.
What evidence exists today to
confirm the events associated
with the volcanic eruption?
Earthquakes
What is an earthquake?
Where in the world do they
take place?
Why do they occur?
What steps are we taking today
to minimise the impact of
earthquakes around the world?
How are homes built differently
in earthquake areas?
Links to food and festivals
PHSE – An opportunity to meet and
work with different ethnic groups in
the local community.
The Food of Brazil
What are the most popular foods we
eat in the UK?
Where around the world do these food
come from?
Where can we eat these foods? List
food outlets locally that sell and serve
these foods
Invite food staff/members of the local
community in to school to talk about,
make and share food with pupils (food
hygiene.)
Or alternatively visit food outlets.
Food in the news summer 2016
Brazil and the Olympics
Which foods sold in our supermarkets
come from Brazil?
What popular Brazilian foods do we
eat?
Prepare and cook popular dishes.
Brazil
What food is associated with the Rio
Carnival?
Prepare Brazilian food for performers
and visitors to eat at a Brazilian Street.
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/
collection/brazilian
Understand how transport
supported the establishment of
settlements, Key Places and
industry along the Medway?
Use maps, atlases and the web
to find and locate settlements
on the Medway between
Maidstone and river mouth.
Chatham Docks
(Navy/Shipbuilding), Upnor
Castle (Defence), Frindsbury
Boat Yards, Cuxton & Halling
Cement, Lime and Brickworks.
Consider – what type of vessels
would you expect in the past to
have seen at each location.
The Navy and Chatham
Dockyards
Plan an activity day at Chatham
Docks
The history of the Royal Navy in
Chatham from 1567 to the late
20th century.
The history of warships: sail,
Steam, Iron and Steel.
The River Medway today
What water craft use the
Medway today?
Links to Art
Design a River Medway logo
incorporating water transport
Ancient Egypt/ The Stone Age
Compare and contrast river
transport on The Medway and
The Nile between 4000 -2500
BC?
Key question: Were the
Ancient Egyptians good boat
builders?
To support the above plan a
visit to Kent Life Museum and
take part in the Stone Age Day.
Local links to Ancient Egypt Chiddingstone House
What artefacts from the period
can be viewed in the Ancient
Egyptian collection?
Class challenge - Create your
own Ancient Egyptian class
collection.
Create a display creating 30 plus
artefacts from the Ancient
Egyptian period. Which
artefacts would you choose and
why?
Visits: British Museum,
Maidstone Museum,
Chiddingstone Castle
Trace the history of computers
from the early 1980’s to the
present day.
Set up a project with pupils that
either uses a computer to
perform a task or collect data
over a period of time.
(Raspberry Pi, Lego Mindstorms
NXT Brick)
Do earthquakes occur in Kent?
Folkestone earthquake – 2015
What events might be
associated with an earthquake
in the UK?
How do earthquakes in the UK
compare to those in other parts
of the world?
Create River Nile Timeline:
Include rowing boats, sail ships,
slave ships, barges and funeral
boats.
Learning through Art
How do we know about the
existence of these vessels?
Examine pottery, models and
drawings from the period.
See British Museum online
resources
Plan a visit to The British
Museum
What materials were used to
construct these vessels?
How did these vessel compare
in size to those on the Medway
during this period?