Long Term Scheme of Learning YEAR 2017 – 2018 Year 3
Term 1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6Themed Week / International Week
wc 25th September 2017 / Community Week
wc 20th November 2017 / Aspirations Week
wc 22nd January 2018 / World Book week
wc 26th February 2018 / Science Week
wc 7th May 2018 / Fitness Week
wc 25th June 2018
Big Question / What did the Victorians do for us? / Could you become a citizen of Victorian England? / Who were the Ancient Egyptians? / Who were the Ancient Egyptians? / Who were the First people in the UK? / How is life the same and different between here and Caribbean? (local study)
English / Fairs Fair by Leon Garfied
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Diary Entry
Continuation of a story
Genres Through History:
(Non Chronological Report)
Persuasive Letter
Description / PoR: Oliver Twist
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Letter
Narrative
Discussion
Genres Through Science/History:
(Non Chronological Report)
Persuasive Letter
Description / The Time Travelling Cat and the Egyptian Goddess by Julia Jarman
The Scarab’s Secret by Nick Would –
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Diary Entry
Continuation of a story
Genres Through Science/History:
Information Leaflet
Explanation / There’s a Pharaoh in our bath- Jeremy Strong
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Newspaper
Instruction Writing
Genres Through Science/History:
Persuasive leaflet / PoR: Ug Boy
PoR: Pebble in my pocket
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Letter
Discussion
Description
Genres Through Science/History:
Non-Chronological Report / PoR: Gregory Cool
Genres for Literacy Lessons:
Playscript
Poetry
Narrative - story
Genres Through Science/History/Geog:
Instructions
End of day reading / PoR: Leon and the Space between / PoR: The Green Ship / PoR: Into the Forest / PoR: Amazing Grace
PoR: Grace and my family / PoR: Ice Palace / PoR: The Mousehole Cat
Maths / Victorian Maths Theme
Ideas: Venn diags of similarities/differences of Victorian/Modern classroom
Bar graph e.g. Population growth in cities / Egyptian Maths Theme
Ideas: Algebra through symbols
Place Value: numbers represented through hieroglyphics /
Stone age counting patterns Nrich
Comparing numbers e.g. exploring dinosaurs (Top Trumps) / Bar Graphs of temperatures
Measure – distances
Comparison of features e.g. rivers etc
Weighing - recipes
Science / Animals, including humans (nutrition)
Darwin/exploration animals in other countries / Forces and Magnets
(Alexander G Bell invented the metal detector using magnets) / Animals, including humans (skeletons/muscles) / Light – links to Ancient Egyptians
Light/dark
Shadows
Sun’s energy / Rocks
Rock cycle
Uses of rocks/materials / Plants
Parts of plant we eat
Label plant/flower
Grow cress (experiment)
Geography / Mapping skills:
Continents
UK countries and capital cities
Map reading (signs and symbols, linked to railways LE)
Human and physical characteristics
Greenwich Mean Time, meridian lines and equator / Urban/rural areas:
Man made/natural features
Population growth (mapping)
Birds eye view plan (classroom, Victorian classroom, Victorian house, church, cathedral) / Key rivers of the world and UK
Climates of UK and Egypt / Geographical patterns
Land use – linked to Egyptian farming and British land use / Settlements in early Britain
Ordinance survey maps
Compass skills
Rock cycle
Water cycle
Human/physical features now and then
Natural vegetation growth (link to Science): wooded areas/fields – how are these affected by humans? (Mapping skills) / Comparison between two places: climate, land use, population, growth
Questionnaires
Tourism in the Caribbean vs Tourism in UK
History / Queen Victoria
Kings and Queens through history (timeline)
Inventions
The Great Exhibition
Transport and railways
Migration
Victorian Empire / Daily life
School
Workhouse
Rich and poor
Slavery (human rights)
Hygiene and sanitation
Medication and health / Timeline of civilisations
Pharohs
Pyramids
Mummification and Burials
Animal Gods / Beliefs – other gods, stories and legends
Social infrastructure
Food
Transport
Land use and agriculture / Land use
Tools and hunting
Social groupings
Technology and travel
Key sites – Stonehenge, Amesbury / Christopher Columbus
Slave Trade
Spanish Inquisition
Food now and then
MFL / French programme of study / French programme of study / French programme of study / French programme of study / French programme of study / French programme of study
DT and ART / DT Design a new invention (Great Exhibition)
Mechanisms: levers, pivots, hinges etc. / Victorian Art – Lowry
Perspective drawing, near and far / Egyptian Art
Paper batik of Eqyptian gods and goddesses
Printing Hierolgyphics / DT Egyptian Shaduf design and making: / Painting and drawing from stone age to current
Colour mixing
People in proportion / DT Healthy eating & fitness week
RE / What similarities do religious buildings have:
Churches/ cathedrals
Visit to church/cathedral
Physical layout
Significance of objects / What similarities do religious buildings have:
Islamic focus/ Egyptian tombs
Significant features
Create model of each / What similarities do religious buildings have:
Tobago churches (wooden) , Hindus in Tobago
Use of materials
Observational drawing
PE / Ball skills
Games (link to Victorians) / Gymnastics / Egyptian Dance / Swimming / Team building – outdoor activities, challenges / Athletics
Sports Day prep
Frome Vale Citizen / Motivation/
Aspiration
Friendship
Democracy- Class Charter.
H&S representative election.
What is respect? / Collaboration
Fairness
Justice
Firework safety
What is collaboration?
Differences in living standards between Victorians and Modern day. / Self-Evaluating
Contribution
Self-evaluation of our class assembly
New Years resolutions / Resilience
Loyalty / Focus
Courage / Curiosity
Forgiveness
Healthy eating week
Relationships
Computing / We are programmers
(Link to LE - inventions) / We are bug fixers
(Link to LE – progression of technology) / We are communicators
(link to LE – language in Egypt and other countries) / We are presenters
(Link to LE – presentation of Egyptian facts) / We are network engineers
(Link to LE – network communications in Stone age and now) / We are opinion pollsters
(Link to LE and Geog questionnaires about local area and Carribean)
Music / Musical instruments (make from recycling – link to LE) / I can sing!
Victorian songs/Christmas songs / How do songs inspire us?
Link to aspirations
Meaning of songs / Song to follow a story (link to Egyptians) / Music from around the UK – folk songs, lullabys, shantys, rhymes / Caribbean music and dance – drumming
Slave songs