Year Three Curriculum Maps

2020-2021

Key

Geography Topic/English/

maths

R.E. ICT Music Art BV Fundamental British Values

History Science PSHCE DT PE Spanish † Christian Values

Year

3

Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2

Topic Prehistoric

World- Stone

age to Iron age

Plants of the

world

Celebrating our

community

Who were the Ancient

Egyptians?

Online

Safety

Week 8-12

Feb

Who were the

Ancient Egyptians?

WBD

4th

March

Countries of the

world

Invaders & Settlers–

Romans

STEM

Week

Subjects 1 Pa M 4 Pr T 2 C M D F English S 5 T S

Trips London Aquarium

Stand Alone

Subjects 1 1 B 1 1 2 F 2 2 2 3 4 T 3 3 3 4 4 H 4 5 5 5 T 5 6 6 6 R 6 6

PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As athletes we will be: Learning Basket ball techniques. Learning gymnastic skills and movement.

Computing (Article 29) As programmers we will be: Learning to programme to make animations.

RE († - Trust, Hope and Wisdom) (BV—The Rule of Law) (Articles 12, 13, 14)

‘What is the Bible’s ‘Big Story’ and what does it reveal about having faith in God?’ As Philosophers we will be: Understanding how the Bible came into being. Understanding some stories from the old and new testament. Explaining what the metanarrative of the Bible is for Christians. Understanding how and why the Bible is important for Christians and other people. Understanding what Christians mean by the word ‘faith’. Understanding what ‘faith’ means to me. Understanding some examples in The Bible of people who showed faith and how their lives inform the lives of

believers.

History († - Endurance and Koinonia) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 7, 13, 17, 24, 27, 28)

Year 3 will journey across millions of years of prehistory and be immersed in the prehistoric world, exploring and

questioning how palaeontologists and archaeologists find out what the world was like millions of years ago. They

will discover and explore dinosaurs, early man and Ice Age animals, as well as investigating what life was like in Brit-

ain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.

Year Three- Autumn One The Prehistoric World- Stone Age to Iron Age

Science († - Creation) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Article 29) As scientists we will be exploring rocks in our environment and finding out how they are formed by working scien-tifically on a variety of quick challenges and longer tasks to learn about rocks. This topic covers the properties and uses of rocks, the rock family, soils and finally fossils. English links: Read about and research different rocks/minerals. Plan how to construct a Facebook page for a ‘pet rock’. Plan how to present findings.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Learning to play the Bamboo Tamboo.

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about Number and place value by: Learning about the value of the hundreds, representing numbers to 1,000, recognise the val-

ue of 100’s, 10’s and 1’s. Learn how to identify numbers to 1,000 on a number line. Find 1, 10, 100 more or less than a given number. Compare objects and numbers to 1,000. Order numbers and count in 50’s.

Understanding addition and subtraction by: Adding and subtraction multiple of 100. Adding and subtracting 3-diigit and 1-digit numbers crossing and not

crossing 10. Adding and subtracting 3-diigit and 2-digit numbers crossing and not crossing 100. Spot patterns in addition and subtraction. Subtract a 3 digit number from a 3 digit number with no exchange.

Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

The Arts (Articles 29 and 31) As artists we will be focusing on painting techniques such as: Using a number of brush techniques using thick and thin brushes to produce shape and lines . Using watercolour paint to produce washes for backgrounds. As design technicians we will be: Learning how to use Stiff and Flexible sheet materials to build replicates of different artefacts that we will

look at during our Prehistoric topic.

English Year 3 will write an explanation on ‘How did humans in the Stone Age collect their food? ‘ At the end of the half term, Year 2 will prepare a poem (haiku, tanka and kennings).

PSHE († - Koinonia, Peace, Justice, Friendship and Compassion) (Articles 2, 12, 13, 14, 15) (BV - Democracy, Rule of Law,

Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Being Me in My World As good citizens we will be: Understanding being part of a class team. Learning about being a school citizen. Learning about the rights, responsibilities and democracy (Rights ambassadors). Understanding rewards and consequences. Learning how to make group decisions. Understanding how to have a voice.

Trip: As explorers we will be visiting the Museum of London.

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: how to greet others about Spanish speaking countries.

English († - Creation and Wisdom) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Article 29)

RECOVERY CURRICULUM. The Black Hat- Children are to use their planning sheets to produce an independent

narrative. They should include a variety of the skills recapped from Yr2 and new Yr3 skills learnt throughout the unit, in

particular descriptive language, a range of sentence types, high level vocabulary and good grammatical understanding.

PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As athletes we will be: Learning football techniques. Learning dance skills and movement.

Computing (Article 29) As technicians we will be: Learning to fix bugs by finding and cor-

recting bugs in programs.

RE († - Service and Hope) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 14, 29, 31) How do Advent and Epiphany show us what Christmas is really about? What makes a Christian? As Philosophers we will be: Understanding what the prophets foretold about the first Christmas. Understanding that Advent is an important time for Christians and can explain why. Understanding how Christians prepare for Christmas. Explaining ways that we can help others at Christmas time. Understanding the meaning of Epiphany.

Geography († - Creation) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13, 17, 24, 29) Year 3 will discover weird and wonderful plants of the world as they find out about flora in all seven continents. They will locate continents and countries on a world map, identify climate zones and biomes (and the plants that grow in them), explore ways in which humans use plants and much more. Book link: Wangari’s Trees of Peace- This true story of Wangari Maathai, an environmentalist and first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize. She is a shining example of how one woman's passion, vision, and determination inspired great change.

Year Three- Autumn Two Plants of the World

Science († - Creation) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 24, 29)

Get ready to be transformed into a green-fingered gardener. As scientists we will be learning all about the fascinating world plants! We will be identifying the functions of the different parts of a plant, find out what plants need in order to grow well and explore how plants reproduce, all through engaging lessons and activities and investigation. English links Explaining what happens as light travels and how it reflects on a surface. Describing the different times of day and how this is shown through the world around us.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Learning to play the Bamboo Tamboo and

reading our own music.

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about multiplication and division by: Learning about multiplication as equal groups. Multiplying and dividing by 3, 4 and 8. Using concrete and pictorial representations to build on our knowledge of times ta-

bles. Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

The Arts (Articles 29 and 31) As artists we will be focusing on Print such as: Making a print with impressed designs using materials such as plasticine, clay and polystyrene press

print tiles. Using rollers with printing inks. Using layers of two or more colours. As design technicians we will be focusing on: Textiles and sewing using different images/pictures/symbols.

English (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 2, 1, 17 and 29) Year 3 will write an explanation on ‘What is pollution?’ Year 3 will find out who Wangari Maathai is and how she started the Green Belt Movement and write a

report on their findings.

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: Dates Numbers

English

Bedtime Stories. Year 3 will create an original bedtime story book- a story about helping a dragon return home.

RE († - Creation) (BV—Mutual Respect and Tolerance) (Articles 13, 14, 29, 30) Children will recall information about various creation stories. They will go on to find out how various religions account for the creation of plants before looking at why plants are important and what they give us.

PSHE († - Compassion, Friendship and Justice) (Articles 2, 9, 19, 12) (BV - Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Celebrating Differences As good citizens we will be: Understanding that everybody’s family is different and important to them. Understanding that differences and conflicts sometimes happen among family members. Learning what it means to be a witness to bullying and that witnesses can make the situation better or worse by what they do. Learning that some words are used in hurtful ways. Reflecting on a time when my own words affected someone’s feelings and what the consequences were.

Year Three- Autumn Two Celebrating Our Community & Friendship Week

The Arts ( BV - Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual

Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs)

(Articles 2, 19, 12, 13, 14, 30)

As design technicians we will be engaging in our whole school

’Celebrating our Community ‘ event and we will be researching and mak-

ing a traditional dish.

English ( BV - Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different

Faiths and Beliefs) (Articles 2, 19, 12, 13, 14, 30)

During ‘Celebrating Our Community’ week, English/literacy lessons will be based on a new book each day, helping

the children to learn, grow, discuss, and begin to create a future that resolves differences which works perfectly

alongside the PSHE lessons they will do that week too. The children will focus on a range of books with inspiring

messages of peace, love and truth to lift others up with kindness and courage.

The book we will start off with as a whole school is a wonderful book called ‘Let’s Talk About

Race’ by Julius Lester. A springboard for discussions about differences, this book explores what

makes each of us special.

Other book themes include:

Growing and learning from each other's traditions- where diversity is a strength.

The Bindi- its cultural significance.

Personal boundaries and asking for permission – strangers touching black hair.

African-American identity.

Finally, we will end the week with the theme of loving who you are, respecting others, and

being kind to one another.

PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As athletes we will be: Learning to play tag rugby by passing, catching and evading

an attacker.

Computing (Articles 17 and 29) As communicators we will be: Learning how to use Google Classrooms effec-

tively,

Science († - Creation) (BV—Individual Liberty) (Articles 24, 17, 29) As scientists we will be exploring food and our bodies. In our scientific communities we will learn all about how hu-mans need specific nutrition to help them move and grow; including how humans have skeletons, joints and muscles to help their bodies move. We will be observing and comparing animals with and without skeletons. As scientists we will have plenty of opportunities to gather, record and present data in different ways. English links Explaining how our bodies move and grow through the skeleton bones, joints and muscles. Describing the differences between animals with and without skeletons. Explaining the information we have gathered and what these findings mean.

History († - Justice and Koinonia) (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13, 17, 29) Year 3 will understand and become more familiar with the ancient Egyptian civilisation. From mummification to the River Nile, they will find out all about life in ancient Egypt and what we can learn from the evidence the ancient Egyptians left behind.

Year Three– Spring One Who were the Ancient Egyptians?

RE († - Humility, Service and Compassion) (BV—The Rule of Law, Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 5, 12, 14, 29) ‘What is Buddhism? As Philosophers we will be: Learning the story of Prince Siddhartha and can name some of the key characters. Leaning why Buddhists do not believe that having material objects is important. Understanding what it means to make a ‘sacrifice’ to help others. Learning that stories are an important part of Buddhist teachings and can name a well-known Buddhist story. Understanding the importance of showing kindness to others.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Learning the Tamboo Bamboo- Under-

standing the four part beat and putting on a performance.

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about multiplication and division by: Comparing mathematical statements, learning to multiply 2 digits by 1 digit, divide a 2 digit

number by a 1 digit number, learning about scaling. Understanding about money by: Learning about pounds and pence, converting between pounds and pence, learning to subtract money and giving

change. As Statisticians we will: Learn about and interpret data within: pictograms, bar charts and tables. Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

The Arts (Articles 29 and 31) As artists we will be focusing on drawing techniques such as: Sketching objects having a third dimension. Using different hardness of pencils to show line, tone and texture. As design technicians we will be focusing on: Using mouldable materials to make clay canopic jars.

English (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13, 17, 29) Tadeo Jones– Based on the story of Tadeo Jones, an adventurer who enters a pyramid where he finds a

family of mummies. Yr3 will use the main events from the character’s daily life to write their own story.

Children will attempt to use fronted adverbials (time conjunctions) to sequence their writing.

Instructions on mummification

Ancient Egyptian limerick

PSHE († - Endurance, Hope and Koinonia) (Articles 5, 6, 12, 13, 29) (BV - Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Dreams and Goals As good citizens we will be: Explaining about a person who has faced difficult challenges and achieved success. Identifying a dream/ambition that is important to me. Enjoying facing new learning challenges and working out the best ways for me to achieve them. Being motivated and enthusiastic about achieving our new challenge. Recognising obstacles which might hinder my achievement and can take steps to overcome them. Evaluating my own learning process and identifying how it can be better next time.

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: About myself Things I like to do

Science (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 13 and 29)

Year 3 will learn about ‘Light’ all through the context of ancient Egypt! Your class will explore dark tombs and consider why nothing can be seen without light, use mirrors to help soldiers guarding a pyramid to see around corners, compare ancient Egyptian beliefs in the sun god Ra to modern explanations of the Sun, find out how obelisks were used to tell the time, and much more!

Year Three- Spring One Online Safety

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PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As athletes we will be: Learning Hockey by passing, receiving and dribbling.

Computing (Articles 17 and 29) As vloggers we will be: Learning to present information by making and

sharing a short screencast presentation.

English SpyFox- Dr. Hammer and his sardines decide to test their weapons of mass destruction. There is only one

'person' to save the world from disaster and that is Fox, Spy Fox. Yr3 will recount the events of the mission Year 3 will find out who Lennox Lewis is and will write a report about how he became a Heavyweight Champi-

on.

Geography († - Justice and Koinonia) (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13, 17, 29) Year 3 will explore the geography of ancient Egypt, including the location of Egypt on a map, exploring the geo-graphical features of the River Nile and using information about Egypt and ancient Egyptian sites to plan a holiday in Egypt!

Year Three– Spring Two Who were the Ancient Egyptians?

PSHE († - Friendship, Wisdom and Creation) (Articles 24, 5, 33, 19) (BV - Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Re-spect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Healthy Me As good citizens we will be: Understanding how exercise affects my body and know why my heart and lungs are such important organs Learning that the amount of calories, fat and sugar I put into my body will affect my health Explaining my knowledge and attitude towards drugs Identifying things, people and places that I need to keep safe from, and can tell you some strategies for keeping myself safe including who to go to for help. Identifying when something feels safe or unsafe. Understanding how complex my body is and how important it is to take care of it.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Carrying out music study. We will be deciding on

a types of music and learning how to appraise are chosen genre.

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about measurement by: Measuring length, learning equivalent lengths—m & cm, mm & cm, comparing lengths, adding

and subtracting lengths, measuring perimeter and calculating perimeter. Understanding fractions by: Understanding unit and non-unit fractions, using fractions to make a whole, learning about tenths, counting in

tenths, understanding tenths as decimals, learning fractions on a number lone, understanding fractions as a set of objects as an amount.

Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

Art (Articles 29 and 31) As artists we will be focusing on collage techniques such as: Exploring coiling, overlapping and montage. Selecting and arranging materials to create a striking effect.

As design technicians we will be focusing on Food technology by: Designing, creating and evaluating Hot Cross Buns.

RE († - Hope, Forgiveness and Compassion) (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13 and 14)

‘Jesus New Commandments and the two greatest Commandments and Easter people: who is the most important person in the Easter story? As Philosophers we will be: Understanding the idea of life as a journey. Learning the major events of Jesus’ Jerusalem Journey leading to Easter. Understanding the significance of the cross, thorns and Easter eggs for Christians. Understanding the importance of the Easter holidays for Christians.

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: How to design a monster.

RE (BV—Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 13, 14 and 29) Year 3 will be introduced to some of the most famous people of the Bible and Torah with ‘Israelites in Ancient Egypt’. They will find out about a promise God made to Abraham and how this promise was fulfilled through his descendants. They will travel with Joseph to Egypt and find out how and why a boy from Canaan ended up as the Pharaoh’s second-in-command, how this led to Jacob’s (Israel’s) whole family settling in Egypt, how the Israelites became slaves to the Egyptians and finally how they escaped to reach the land God had promised them.

Year Three- Spring Two World Book Day

PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As tennis players we will be: Striking the ball using forehand and backhand.

Computing (Articles 2, 17, 19 and 29)

As communicators we will be: Learning to communicate safely on the internet.

RE († - Friendship, Justice and Reverence) (BV—The Rule of Law, Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 5, 19, 30)

‘What does it mean to be a Hindu? And The Liturgy. As Philosophers we will be: Understanding that family is important in Hindu culture. Learning that Hindus follow the values of honesty, family and non-violence. Understanding that every action has a consequence and know how ’karma’ helps Hindus think about how to

be respectful and kind to one another. Learning what happens in a mandir and can name some of the objects used during puja. Explaining why pilgrimage is important to many Hindus.

Geography († - Peace, Justice and Creation) (BV—Democracy, The Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 24, 27, 28, 30) Year 3 will learn about the wider world: identify and locate the seven continents and some of the countries within each one; explore the areas of human and physical geography around the world, from population and culture to mountains and rivers.

Year Three– Summer One Countries of the World

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: Me gusta

English The Firework-maker’s daughter. Preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing under-

standing through intonation, tone, volume and action before writing their own play scripts. The Villainous Speech. Based on the film the Lion King’ - Mufasa's death was a terrible tragedy. Can Year 3

become villains and trick their audience into agreeing with their dastardly plans?

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about fractions by: Learning bout equivalent fractions, comparing fractions, ordering fractions, adding and sub-

tracting fractions. Understanding time by: Learning about months and years, hours in a day, telling the time to 5 minutes, telling the time to the minute, us-

ing a.m and p.m to tell the times, find the duration of times, comparing durations. Understanding and calculating start and end times and measuring time in seconds.

Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

Art (Articles 29, 12, 13) As artists we will be focusing on Sculpture such as: Create and combine shapes to create recognisable forms (e.g. shapes made from nets or solid materials). Form and join a 3D shape and decorate models to create texture.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Carrying out music study. We will be deciding on a types of music and learning how to appraise are chosen

genre.

PSHE († - Friendship, Wisdom and Compassion) (Articles 2, 19, 5, 3, 6, 24, 28, 30, 12, 13) (BV - Democracy, Rule of Law, Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Relationships As good citizens we will be: Identifying the roles and responsibilities of each member of my family and reflecting on the expectations for

males and females. Identifying and put into practice some of the skills of friendship e.g. taking turns, being a good listener. Learning and using some strategies for keeping myself safe online. Explaining how some of the actions and work of people around the world help and influence my life. Understanding how my needs and rights are shared by children around the world and identifying how our

lives may be different. Learning how to express my appreciation to my friends and family.

Science (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 24, 13 and 29) Year 3 will Identify that animals from different countries and look at nutrition and what they eat. They will also Identify that humans and some other animals have skele-tons and muscles for support, protection and movement.

PE (Articles 24, 29 and 31) As athletes we will be: Learning to play rounder's using throwing,

catching, striking and fieldling. .

Computing (Articles 17 and 29) As analysts we will be: Collecting opinions and analysing data.

RE († - Friendship, Justice and Reverence) (BV—The Rule of Law, Tolerance and Mutual Respect) (Articles 5, 19, 30)

‘What does it mean to be a Hindu? And The Liturgy. As Philosophers we will be: Understanding that family is important in Hindu culture. Learning that Hindus follow the values of honesty, family and non-violence. Understanding that every action has a consequence and know how ’karma’ helps Hindus think about how to

be respectful and kind to one another. Learning what happens in a mandir and can name some of the objects used during puja. Explaining why pilgrimage is important to many Hindus.

History († - Endurance, Koinonia and Friendship) (BV—Democracy and the Rule of Law) (Articles 2, 13, 14, 17, 24, 28) Year 3 will learn about the Roman invaders and settlers who came to Britain. They will learn about everything they need to know about the rise of Roman Britain, opposition from the Celts, the legacy that was left behind when they went home and much more.

Year Three– Summer Two Invaders & Settlers: Romans

Science († - Endurance and Creation) (BV—Mutual Respect) (Articles 29, 31, 17) Get ready to blast off into space in this topic all about Space and Astronauts. We will be learning all about the moon from real life and secondary sources. We will be learning about the history of space exploration in particular what hap-pened in the ‘Space Race’ in 1960. We will be exploring what it is like to be an astronaut by identifying the best foods to take to space and what factors affect the design of a space suit. We will be designing and building some model rockets and a moon lander. English links Instructions on how to make a model rocket. Explanation writing about how a rocket works.

Music (Articles 29 and 31) As musicians we will be: Learning to play Bamboo Tamboo.

Stand alone units

Maths (Article 29) As Mathematicians we will be: Understanding about Geometry by: Understanding turns and angles, finding right angles in shapes, comparing angles, learning to draw accurately. Un-

derstanding the terminology horizontal, vertical, parallel and perpendicular lines. Recognising and describing 2D and 3D shapes and making 3D shapes..

Understanding measurement by: Learning to measure mass, compare mass, add and subtract mass. Learning to measure capacity, compare capacity

and add and subtract and capacity. Throughout our learning we will deepen our knowledge by reasoning and problem solving investigations.

The Arts (Articles 29 and 31) As artists we will be focusing on Digital Media techniques such as: Creating images, videos and sound recordings Creating a piece of art work that includes the integration of images we have taken. As design technicians we will be engaging in an exciting STEM project alongside the rest of the school!

English (BV—Democracy and the Rule of Law) (Articles 2, 13, 14, 17, 24, 28) How did the Roman’s Change Britain? We will be immersed in what life was like in Roman times by: research, role-play, Escape to Pompeii and The Ro-man Record and using this knowledge we will write a variety of recounts to create a Roman newspaper. We will be writing a persuasive letter, persuading someone to be a Roman Soldier—using all our new knowledge about the Romans. Year 3 will be learning to: Use formal/informal style Consistently use 1st or 3rd person in our writing, Include a mixture of sentences types in our writing.

PSHE († - Creation, Thankfulness and Wisdom) (Articles 5, 7, 12, 13, 29) (BV - Individual Liberty, Mutual Respect and Tolerance of Those of Different Faiths and Beliefs) Changing Me As good citizens we will be: Learning that in animals and humans lots of changes happen between conception and growing up, and that

usually it is the female who has the baby. Learning how babies grow and develop in the mother’s uterus. Learning what a baby needs to live and grow. Learning that boys’ and girls’ bodies need to change so that when they grow up their bodies can make babies . Identifying how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the outside during this growing up process. Identifying how boys’ and girls’ bodies change on the inside during the growing up process. Explaining why these changes are necessary so that bodies can make babies when they grow up. Recognising stereotypical ideas I might have about parenting and family roles. Identifying what I am looking forward to when I move to my next class.

Spanish (Article 30) As linguists we will be learning how to speak, write and hear: Mi familia

Year Three– Summer Stem Project