Curriculum Overview 2017 / 2018 Year 3 Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter

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1 Walk to the local Woodland Year 3 sleepover Butser Ancient Farm visit campfire and den building in school grounds Literacy Literacy Literacy "Into the Forest" by Anthony Browne. If I ran the rainforest Where the Wild Things Are The Enchanted wood Making predictions about the story. creating a sound performance and drama list poem Writing setting descriptions diary from one of the characters' perspectives. writing a different ending to the story. Eragon How to train your dragon Dragons guide to the care and feeding of humans The dragon in the sock drawer Dear Dragon Instructions- How to trap a dragon Non-fiction reports letters Adventure stories based on sequence of stories Poetry based on mythical creatures stone age boy Ug: stone age genius wolf brother Cave baby How to wash a woolly Mammoth Research Instruction writing Non-fiction reports Diaries Letter writing Traditional tales George and the Dragon Fantasy stories Research (linked to Geography) Numeracy [Thematic links] Numeracy (Thematic links) Numeracy (Thematic links) Measuring- length, width and height of sticks in Co-ordinates linked to work on Dragons 2-D shape concentric circles- art wildlife area or tree s in the local forest. Area and Perimeter of an area of Forest from an Time Timeline of achievements aerial view map. History Money Stone Age-iron age 16 P a g e D o c u m e n t 5

2 History History History Local history Study Early inventions and achievements Timeline of achievements Aerial photographs of Frimley woodland and forest areas from the past Stone Age-iron age What shaped our forests-timeline Geography Geography Geography Geographical skills and Fieldwork -forests Earthquakes Human and Physical Geography The trip to the local forest will enable us to discover what life is like in the forest - conducting traffic surveys and looking at landuse in the forest. Using maps and atlases to locate and describe forests in other countries. Similarities and differences between forests in the local forest, Europe and south America. 4-6 figure Grid references and eight points of a compass. Volcanoes where are they? Famous volcanoes, fact files, how are they formed? Linked to science work Types of settlement and land use including natural resources such as food and water. Time zones-linking to science Science Science Science Structure/ Lifecycle of plants Compare and group several types of rocks on Light and shadowsbasis on physical properties and appearance. Shadow puppets- linked to literacy. 17 P a g e D o c u m e n t 5

3 Plant survey on local grounds Flower labelling plan an experiment to decide what plants need to grow well. Animals/skeletons What animals live in the forests studied in Geography? Grouping animals What is nutrition and where does it come from? Label the bones in the human body How fossils are formed Recognise soils are made from rocks and organic matter. Erupting volcano Magnets and forces Movement on different surfaces Observe how magnets attract and repel Compare and group materials that are/not magnetic Children perform a story in groups. AFL: Can children recognise how shadows are formed? Time passing- Children investigate their own shadows. Link to history. Art Art Art Tree and leaf rubbings Dragon collage Celtic Art Anthony Goldsworthy Drawing a picture pre-designed by the children in pencil to be coloured using natural materials Mosaic stained glass window Research- Designing-planning- collecting materialsland art-evaluation Leonid Afremov oil paintings of landscapes DT DT DT Making a healthy sandwich -linked to science Designing Clay thumb pots Autumn Sun catchers 18 P a g e D o c u m e n t 5 Cutting out designs Weaving bookmarks

4 Sewing dragon cushions Computing Computing Computing Create a fact file presentation on PPT on an E-Safety Unit Algorithms animal or minibeast of their choice. They will then present these to the class. Making dragon games using Scratch PE PE PE Gymnastics Dance link to music create movement sequences to songs using freeze frames and counting beats. Team Games Athletics Striking and Fielding Learn the Jive Invasion Games RE/ PSHE RE/ PSHE RE/PSHE RE: The Bible, what s it all about? RE: How is the Christian faith expresses through RE: Who are the Jews? Why is prayer important for Christians? worship? What does it mean to be a Jew? How can artists help us understand What happened during Jesus last week on earth? Christmas? Friendships/ fallouts Similarities/ differences Families Anti-bullying Achievements (in history and our own) School days in the past ( link to changes, new things) (Puff the Magic Dragon, Pete s Dragon) Music Music Music 1950 s composer Dragon scales (Pentatonic scales) Camp music 19 P a g e D o c u m e n t 5 Listen to/ appreciate famous composer (Boom Chicka Boom, Ging Gang etc)

5 Songs from Matilda the Musical musical theatre British Values/SMSC British Values/SMSC British Values Tolerance/Mutual Respect interview Tea Party Mutual Respect/SMSC: Geography understanding guests and residents of Frimley and empathy of what it would be like to live under threat Geography- looking at impact of changes to of earthquakes and volcanoes Frimley on the residents and the environment Rounds, 2 part songs, call and response, action songs. Mutual Respect/ Tolerance - RE- Judaism Democracy/Rule of law Stone age society 20 P a g e D o c u m e n t 5