Year 3Curriculum Map 2016– 2017
AUTUMN 1 (8 weeks) / AUTUMN 2 (7 weeks) / SPRING 1 (6 weeks) / SPRING 2 (4.5 weeks) / SUMMER 1 (7 weeks) / SUMMER 2 (6.5 weeks)
Whole School Theme / Our Environment
7 weeks / Festivals of Light
7 weeks / Take 1 Book
7 weeks / Picture the Past
6 weeks / Fly to the Future
5 weeks / Happy & Healthy
7 weeks
Year group curriculum Focus / geography / geography / Science / History / History / History
Educational visits / Winter gardens
Visit to museum – volcanoes? / Seven stories / Gateshead Quayside visit / Visiting Segedunum/ Roman Fort.
Curriculum Enrichment / church / Art gallery / Sports day
Literacy Genre / Narrative:
Non-fiction:
Information text (3 weeks) volcanoes.
Fiction:
Stories by the same author (5 weeks.
The Top secret diary of Pig.
Super Amazing adventures of me pig.
The seriously extraordinary diary of pig- Emer Stamp. / Narrative:
Non-fiction:
Contemporary narratives (4 weeks) The firework makers daughter.
Brochure topic work (1 week) visiting a place in Yorkshire or country in Europe.
Fiction:
Alternative fairy tales (2 weeks).
Fairy Tales. / Narrative:
Fiction:
Contemporary narrative – The BFG ( 6 weeks) / Narrative:
Non-fiction:
persuasive text ( 1 week)
Visit Gateshead quayside.
recount (2 weeks)
Recount of Gateshead Quayside – newspaper articles.
Report ( Lego) (2 weeks)
History of Lego.
Fiction:
Poetry ( 1 week) / Narrative:
Non-fiction:
4 weeks linked to topic.
Fiction:
Contemporary narratives ( 3 weeks)
Adventure stories. / Narrative:
Non-fictions:
Instructions ( 2 weeks)
Healthy eating – food the Romans ate.
Biography ( 1 week)
Famous Roman
Fiction:
classic narratives ( 4 weeks)
Myths and legends.
Core Text / Non-fiction books about volcanoes and earthquakes.
Rocks and soils
The Top secret diary of Pig.
Super Amazing adventures of me pig.
The seriously extraordinary diary of pig. / The Firework makers daughter – Phillip Pullman
Twisted fairy tales:
Cinderella is so annoying
The wolf’s story
Red riding hood is rotten
Goldilocks Rocks
Jack’s beanstalks stink. / The Usborne Official Astronaut's Handbook(Paperback) by Louie Stowell
The BFG / Stone age boy – Satoshi Kitamura
Ug– boy genius of the stone age and his search for soft trousers – Raymond Briggs.
The history detective investigations – stone age to iron age by Claire Hibbert. / The history detective investigations – stone age to iron age by Claire Hibbert. / The odyssey by Louise Stowell.
The roman soldiers handbook (Usborne)
Avoid being a gladiator – David Stewart
Avoid being a roman soldier – David Stewart.
Romans on the Rampage.
Follow up genre / Diary
In the style of I am Pig
Brochure – To visit a volcano. / Reports
Write a report about a fairy tale character / Persuasive letter/poetry. / Newspaper recount
History. / Explanation text
Linked to science topic forces and magnets. / Instructions
How to make a Roman invention.
Maths / Number: place value (2 weeks)
Number: Addition and subtraction ( 2 weeks)
Multiplication and division( 2 weeks)
Measurement ( 2 weeks) / Measurement ( 4 weeks)
Fractions( 2 weeks)
Consolidation ( 1 week) / Number: place value ( 1 week)
Number: Multiplication and division (2 weeks)
Measurement – time (2 weeks)
Fractions ( 1 week) / Number: Multipication and division ( 1 week)
Measurement – time ( 1 week)
Fractions ( 2 weeks)
Shape (0. 5 week) / Number: Place Value ( 1 week)
Fractions ( 2 weeks)
Measurement: position ( 2 weeks)
Number: addition and subtraction ( 2 weeks) / Fractions ( 1 week)
Measurement: money ( 2 weeks)
Statistics ( 1 week)
Shape (1.5 weeks)
consolidation ( 1 week)
Science
Rocks and soils / Light / We are astronauts / Plants / forces and magnets / Humans and other animals
Humanities / On-going geography skills / On-going history skills
Volcanoes / Place knowledge / Human settlement / Stone age and local study of Gateshead and Newcastle. / Iron age and local study of Gateshead and Newcastle. / romans
RE / God – creation (shared believes JCI) - caring for the world
God – relationship with humanity – covenant
People inspired by God – historical, saints etc
What is Christmas? (no more than 3 lessons / The Importance of the Bible for believers. Significance of some of its messages for today.
It origins, structure, content and use – OT stories (Abraham, Moses, David – mention their significance for Jews, Christians and Muslims)
NT stories - The Importance of Jesus – his teachings
What is Easter? (no more than 3 lessons / Islam
Belief in Allah as one true God, nature of Allah through some of the 99 names (2)
Life of Muhammed (4)
The first Muezzin - Bilal
Qur’an: handling; Shahadah (first pillar), texts
Mosque: Worship activities - wudu, prayer (mats, compass, 5 times a day – one of the pillars is prayer; Friday prayers)
Role of mosque as place of worship and school.
Role of the Imam
- Recall and retell some teachings and practices of the Christian faith and other faiths studied
- Know the meaning of Christian symbols, language and vocabulary
- Talk/communicate in simple terms about their feelings, actions and opinions
- Ask questions and realise that not all questions have answers
- Ask questions about what they have learned
- Be able to be still and reflect
Expressive Arts and Design / On going DT skills / On going Art skills / On going music skills
Cooking and Nutrition
Textiles
Electrical and mechanical components
Stiff and flexible sheet materials
Mouldable materials / Drawing
Painting
Printing
Textiles
3d
Collage
Use of IT / Performing
Composing (inc. Notation)
Appraising
Physical
Education / Skills around handball
Gymnastics / Tennis
dance / Swimming
Football / Swimming
Athletics / Swimming
Fielding and striking (cricket)
Computing / Bringing images to life
Create simple animations of volcanoes and earthquakes erupting. / Developing communication
Send and receive emails and be able to safely navigate the internet and email software. / Keeping informed
Create a healthy eating database that can be used to effectively sort information.
Online and
E-Safety / To understand the school’s eSafety rules and to know what to do in the event of an incident at home or school. / To be aware that many online games include chat facilities; to use these with care, protect their identity and only talk to those they know from home or school. / Use appropriate file-naming conventions and understandable folder structure to save, organise and retrieve their work.
Wellbeing & Involvement / Self-esteem / Stranger danger / Community / Job aspiration / Health, food and exercise / Young enterprise