Year 3 LONG TERM OVERVIEW Year 2016-2017

LITERACY
UNITS / LITERACY UNITS / LITERACY UNITS / LITERACY UNITS / LITERACY UNITS / LITERACY UNITS
Autumn 1
7 weeks & 4 days / Oct / Autumn 2
7 weeks / Dec / Spring 1 / Feb / Spring 2 / Easter / Summer 1 / May/Whit / Summer 2 / Jul
Framework Units / Narrative
Cloudland
Autobiography (invented recount) WS – could change to famous person
All about me? 3.1 / Narrative (WS)
Storm 3.1
Poetry Theme / Narrative (WS)
Folk Tales
Non-Chronological Reports / Narrative
cultural Setting
Lila and the secret of rain
Newspaper report Fairy Tales / Narrative
Stories from other cultures
Baba Yaga
Persuasion (WS)
Letters / Narrative (WS)
Ottoline and the yellow coat 3.3 / Novel as a theme.
Poetry Theme / End of year Results – used to inform tracking/progress

Additional

Unaided
Writing
including Cross-
Curricular links / 1. Narrative
Fantasy land story
2. NC report / 1. Narrative traditional tale
2. Instructions – how to catch a dragon?
Autobiography – About Scott the explorer / 1. Cultural setting story linked to Egypt
2. Newspaper report about event or something being found
Narrative – ghost story in Egyptian tomb / 1. Narrative Stories from another culture.
2. Persuasive advert poster
Narrative – Egyptian myths and legend Story – A Mummy’s Tale / 1. Narrative Mystery story – across the globe.
2. Non chronological report -
Newspaper report – Aviation and exploration. / Non chronological report about the Olympics

Science

/ Rocks detectives / Amazing Bodies / The power of forces / Our changing world / How does your garden grow? / Can you see me?

D/T & Art

/ Pan project
Make own spear heads/ cave paintings / Pan project
Snow art –Simon Beck / Sketching, painting, mask making.
Make a Canopic jar / Design a moving transport image
map design / Look at movement of people
Create medal

History /Geography

/ MEET THE FLINTSTONES
Britain in the Stone, Iron and Bronze Age
History / EXTREME SURVIVAL
Adapting to different climates and environments
Geography / TOMB RAIDERS
Ancient Egyptians
History / TRANSPORT
Aviation and Exploration
History/ Geography / Olympics
History/ Geography

RE/PHSE

/ Buddhism
What can we learn from the life of people who started a religion? / What does it mean to be inspired? - God / Islam
Are the founders of faiths good role models?
X factor / Can one person change the world? - Jesus / What qualities make a good leader? – The Church / Hindu Dharma
Who should we look up to?

Computing

/ We are communicators / We are opinion pollsters / We are presenters / We are engineers / We are programmers / We are bug fixers