Year 3
Concept | Identity | Rights and Responsibilities | Law and Order | Community | Environment | Celebrating Differences | ||
Overarching topic | Ancient Egypt | Fantastic Fossils Science | Dragons Literacy | Rainforests | Great Britain | Stone Age to Bronze Age | ||
| Autumn 1 (6.5 week) | Autumn 2 (7 weeks) | Spring 1 (6.5 weeks) | Spring 2 (6 week) | Summer 1 (5 week) | Summer 2 (6 week) | ||
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History | Local history study – How did the Egyptian collection come to Bagshaw Museum? (Local historian Amelia Oldroyd)
Ancient Egyptian Civilisation
Black history month – Slavery (links to class book) | Mary Anning – Significant women in history/ science
Pre- history (what came before humans and how do we know?) |
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| Stone age to bronze age
Effects on Britain and comparison to Ancient Egypt.
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Geography | Egypt –
| The rock cycle and the Jurassic coast of Britain (linked to science and history) | Draw and sketch maps using agreed symbols Use compass points Human and physical features of local area. | Biomes of the world - rainforest comparison link back to Egypt. Latitude and longitude Humans damage and improve environment
| Countries of the UK Geographical features of UK Rivers of the UK Geography – Erosion, transportation and deposition. |
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Science | Forces and Magnets | Rocks and soils | Revision of Year 2 units as required | Plants | Animals including humans | light | ||
Educational Visits / Visitors |
Bagshaw Museum
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Forest School |
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| Outdoor learning linked to surviving like a stone age person. Linked to book. | ||
English
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Reading | Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
Comparison with other versions cultures versions of Cinderella (Including from other countries and film versions) | Stone girl, Bone girl The story of Mary Anning by Laurence Anholt
Christmasaurus by Tom Fletcher | The boy who grew dragons by Andy Shepherd
| Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith
The Sheep Pig by Dick King Smith (will need to roll over)
Comparing books by the same author | Finish the sheep pig by Dick King smith
The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
| How to wash a Woolly Mammoth by Michelle Robinson
Stone age boy by Satoshi Kitamura | |
Writing | Story Writing – Creating new versions of Cinderella
Discussions (oral and drama work arguments for and against linked to Cinderella)
Clerihew poems linked to identity golden thread and book characters
| Diary writing – (linked to the books)
Explanations – Flow charts
| Newspaper reports based on dragons in local area.
Non chronological reports (dragons) | Letter writing – Linked to books
Limericks (Animals)
Story writing – Stories with animals of the UK based on our Dick King Smith books
| Story writing Continued with animal based stories but with animals of the rainforest.
Free verse
| Instructions – Linked to books
Revisit a unit from previously in the year that children need more practice on. | ||
Maths
| Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
| Multiplication and Division (A)
| Multiplication and Division (B)
Length and Perimeter
| Fractions (A)
Mass and capacity
| Fractions (B)
Money
Time
| Shape
Statistics
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RE
| What do Christians believe about a good life? | Non- religion | How do Jews remember God’s covenant with Abraham and Moses? | What do creation stories tell us about our world? | How do people express spirituality? | Who can inspire us? | ||
PSHE | Family and Friendships Respecting ourselves and others | Safe relationships | Belonging to a community
Money and work | Media literacy and digital resilience | Physical health and mental wellbeing
Growing and changing | Keeping safe | ||
Computing | Spreadsheets (3.3) (3 weeks) Touch typing (3.4) (4 weeks) | E-mai(3.5) (6 week)
| Branching databases (3.6) (week 4) Online safety(3.2)(3 weeks) | Simulations (3.7) (3 weeks) Graphing (3.8) (2 weeks) | Presenting (3.9) (5 weeks) | Coding (3.1)(6 week) | ||
MFL - French | Numbers to 10, Oui and Non Greetings | Classroom instructions Christmas | Asking for and giving names Ask for and state age
| Colours Verb is and connective and Easter | Fruit and food Days of the week
| Moths of the year Revision of years content | ||
DT
| Constructing castles - Kapow unit 6- adapted for pyramids and Egyptian structures. | Design a cushion - Kapow unit 1 | Pneumatic toy - Kapow unit 3 | Eating seasonally - Kapow unit 5 |
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Art (Kapow)
| Pencil drawing - self portraits (whole school project)
Elemental forms of art - Kapow unit 1 | Colour/Printing Dragon eyes- colour mixing using paint and printing for dragon skin around eye Texture/Form/Pattern Dragon eyes using clay
| Landscape of a British landmark using water colours Ashley Jackson https://www.ashley-jackson.co.uk/
Art and design skills Kapow Unit 2
| Prehistoric art Kapow unit 3 | ||||
Music (Charanga new mmc scheme) | How does music bring us closer together? | What stories does music tell us about the past? | How does music help make the world a better place? | How does music help us to get to know our community? | How does music make a difference to us every day? | How does music connect us with our planet? | ||
PE | Netball | Outdoor Challenges | Dance | Gymnastics | Athletics | Tennis | ||
