Year 3 Curriculum Planning 2014
Please note that due to our desire to respond to the children’s needs and interests, this plan is flexible and liable to change
Subject
Term 1
‘Ancient Egypt’
Term 2
‘South America’
Term 3
‘Aztec Civilisation’
Mathematics
Number –place value, calculating, fractions and decimals
Measurement
Geometry
statistics
Number –place value, calculating, fractions and decimals
Measurement
Geometry
statistics
English
Reading – word recognition and comprehension
Writing – transcription and spelling , composition, vocabulary
grammar and punctuation
English will be taught using a variety starting points – often
topic based, which covers both fiction and a range of non-fiction
texts.
Speaking and listening.
Light and dark
Working Scientifically
Reading – word recognition and comprehension
Writing – transcription and spelling , composition,
vocabulary grammar and punctuation
English will be taught using a variety starting points –
often topic based, which covers both fiction and a range of
non-fiction texts.
Speaking and listening.
Rocks and soils
Plants
Working Scientifically
Art and Design
Pencil – Sketching of the Egyptian mazes and tombs.
Pastels – Writing names and messages in Hieroglyphics.
Paint – Painting the Egyptian death masks.
Press Print – Using Egyptian symbols to make stamps which will
form the pattern for the topic book covers.
Charcoal - Raven scenes around the tower of London.
String print – Produce the effect of vines and rainforest
scenes.
Paint – Green rainforest scenes using a focus artist.
Pastels – Rainforest pictures using smudging effects.
Collage – Children create outlines of their favourite
rainforest animals and then use resources to create a
collage.
Pencil – Animal drawings from the rainforest.
Pencil – Human movement drawings of the Aztecs
hunting around their villages.
3D – Nets to make chocolate boxes linked with the
maths work.
Paint – Aztec warrior drawings and decorating the
chocolate boxes.
Pastels – Designing chocolate bars, bill boards and
slogans.
Found objects printing – Aztec temples + villages.
Computing
E safety: establishing rules and codes.
Technology in our lives: Managing own files, digital literacy.
Multimedia: Sonic postcard created to demonstrate use of text
manipulation, copying and pasting images and importing of sound.
Programming using pro bots and bee bots. Create a maze in
textease.
Create a Fact book of the Egyptian way of life using hyperlinks.
E safety: Safer internet day, using email to communicate
within school.
Programming: Computer science and programming using
textease logo commands to produce shapes and patterns.
Multimedia – animation of animals moving through the
rainforest.
Programming: continue to develop writing own
programmes in textease.
Programming: Egg box - clown control.
Technology in our lives: Researching and presenting
the Bean to bar process with chocolate.
Handling data: Text ease database work linked with
health and fitness topic with use of top trumps.
E safety: Revisit emailing and safe internet use.
Science
Number –place value, calculating, fractions and
decimals
Measurement
Geometry
statistics
Reading – word recognition and comprehension
Writing – transcription and spelling , composition,
vocabulary grammar and punctuation
English will be taught using a variety starting points
– often topic based, which cover both fiction and a
range of non-fiction texts.
Speaking and listening.
Animals and human bodies
Magnets and springs
Working Scientifically
Year 3 Curriculum Planning 2014
Design and
Technology
Geography
History
Languages
Music
Christmas stockings
Christmas pop up cards
Celtic symbol sewing
3D - Egyptian death masks
Egyptian themed cooking
Modern Foreign Language cooking
Location Studies – Modern:
Maps skills, biomes, vegetation belts, trade and resources –
linked to location.
Map work – focus on Egypt and surrounding countries.
Use of symbols and keys.
3D – Plasticine animals and rainforest set making
Easter basket
South American cooking – savoury dishes
Aztec temples made from clay
Using resources make Aztec weaponry.
Aztec boat making from plastic resources.
Food technology – Chocolate making
Enterprise week – health sale.
Maps and map skills:
Brazil.
Continents.
The world.
The Amazon river.
Amazon basin.
Climate and vegetation.
Use of symbols and keys.
Local area links between woodlands and rainforest.
Children to observe, measure and record in the local area
Local area investigation, comparisons between a woodland
location in the UK and tropical Rainforest in South
America.
Maps and map skills:
Map work of Aztec location.
Bean to bar process of chocolate.
Climate for chocolate bean growth.
Equator belt, tropics, world climate belt.
Use of symbols and keys.
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian way of life
Chronology – time line entries
Features – society, everyday life, religion etc
Enquiry – how do we know? Who told the history?
Context – other ancient civilizations, links with modern world.
Influence – medicine, science, language, government
Mummification – process, temples, mazes, tomb robbers, traps.
Aztec way of life
History of chocolate links to Aztec people.
Chronology – time line entries
Features – society, everyday life, religion etc
Enquiry – how do we know? Who told the history?
Context – other ancient civilizations, links with
modern world.
Influence – medicine, science, language, government
La Jolie Ronde scheme of work
Numbers 0-10
Greeting and saying how are you
Classroom instructions
Nativity play, letters to father Christmas.
La Jolie Ronde scheme of work
Ask for and give name
Revision of numbers 0-10, ask for and state age.
Colours
Making a pancake,
Easter celebrations
Making an Easter card
La Jolie Ronde scheme of work
Names of fruit, food items
Days of the week
Moths of the year
Letters strings nursery rhymes.
Exploring rhythmic patterns.
Topics linked to: Egyptians
Christmas Production
Topics linked to: Indian music, Christmas Production
Exploring descriptive sounds
Topics linked to: Rainforest
Exploring descriptive sounds
Exploring arrangements
Topics linked to: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Exploring sound colours with ICT
Topics linked to: Health and Fitness
Year 3 Curriculum Planning 2014
PE
Swimming
Net and wall games.
Cross country
Gym- Travelling with change of front and direction.
Swimming
Tennis coaching from tennis tots
Dance -The Explorers
Swimming
Striking and fielding
Cross country
Athletics
PSHE
Objectives also
covered in
whole school
assemblies and
SEAL
RE/SMSC
Following Leeds
Agreed Syllabus.
Objectives also
covered in
whole school
assemblies
Anti-bullying
Good to be me
Getting on and falling out
Safer internet
Going for goals
Good to be me
Healthy living
PRIDE
relationships
Changes/transition
Hinduism
Christmas story
Christianity
Easter story
Christianity
Opposites attract
Beliefs and values in action
Key figures in faiths and philosophies
Sacred writing and formative literature
Practices of religions and philosophies
Beliefs about the meaning of god
Relate stories about key figures within the faith studied
Identify different signs of office a leader of faith community
might wear.
Recall a story from a religious tradition
Name some of the major festivals
Describe features of a religious building.
Beliefs and values in action
Key figures in faiths and philosophies
Sacred writing and formative literature
Practices of religions and philosophies
Beliefs about the meaning of god
Relate stories about key figures within the faith studied
Recall a story from a religious tradition
Name some of the major festivals
Describe features of a religious building.
Share information about some of the belief’s which people
have about God.
Beliefs and values in action
Key figures in faiths and philosophies
Sacred writing and formative literature
Practices of religions and philosophies
Beliefs about the meaning of god
Describe some ways in which people show care and
concern
Record some of the ways in which people may show
that their lives are affected by their religious
beliefs.
Share information about some of the beliefs which
people have about God.