Making Learning Irresistible Billingshurst Primary School Curriculum Plan Year 3 Subject Autumn 1 Autumn 2 Spring 1 Spring 2 Summer 1 Summer 2 Topic/ theme Time warp Time warp Myths & Monsters Food for Thought School values/s Sept Pride Oct - Respect Nov Tolerance & equality Dec - Happiness Jan Love of learning Feb Responsibility March Trust Apr Positivity May Caring June Excellence & Ambition June Excellence & Ambition July - Safety Learning skill focus Teamwork & creativity Be numerate Solve problems Communication Be literate Work independently Have a global perspective Show initiative Life long learner
Stunning start How can we find out what it was like to live during the stone age? Build a fire on the field in the fire pit. What does it feel like? Link to poetry writing about fire. Visit from Worthing museum with artefacts (NB read parts of Stig of the Dump as a class text during first term) Visit from an estate agent to talk about persuasive writing to sell property Mystery box based on the Trojan horse, full of clues and evidence Theatre Visit Greek Day children dress up Letter/email from McDonalds/ Sainsburys they want to create a new range of sandwiches, can the children design? McDonalds visit study where they source their food. Marvelous Middle Visit to Butser ancient farm: exploring life in the stone age, bronze age and iron age. Estate agent returns and value their properties/ dens Battle of Troy on the field Find an artefact in the field Letter from McDonalds/ Sainsburys feeding back to the children about their designs Introduce sale of sandwiches to be held at the end of term. Fantastic Finish Archaeological dig outside what evidence can we find of the stone age, iron age and bronze age? Return to our fire pit outside to share stories and experiences of the stone age, bronze age and iron age. Fabulous Finish mini Olympics Class Museum for parents Supermarket visitor Sandwich sale. End of term invite parents to buy sandwiches, money raised to Send a Cow.
PHSE New beginnings Being an outsider, being different. Gender inequalities in Ancient Citizens in Should we buy British grown food? Should we buy cheap produce made in poorer countries? discuss fair trade. English Poetry writing about fire. Stone age boy, narrative. Time warp story writing. Persuasive writing Advertising to sell their den Writing letters Trojan horse debate. Poetry based on feelings of the Trojans and the Greeks in the battle of Troy. Cyclops persuasive arguments Greek myths News reports about McDonalds new sandwiches. news reports. Persuasive letters to parents to come and buy sandwiches. Maths Investigation of the route to buster farm- distances by different routes and petrol consumption Investigating floor plans and size of their den and the contents of it. Cross curricular investigations based on Ancient. Investigation based around the building of temples Data handling - surveys Measurement investigation of our cropsmass, height etc Selling crops Science Rocks & soils Magnet and forces Rocks & soils Magnet and forces Light Animals including humans (skeleton and muscles) Plants grow and harvest Animals including humans (nutrition) Computing Graphicsmanipulating images. Databases of rocks and soils. Stop frame animationbattle of Troy. Programming Scratch programme. Moodle Video news performances Moodle Simulationmap detectives/ badger trails
History Stone age & iron age changes to Britain from Stone age to Iron age including hunter-gatherers and early farmers. Bronze age religion, technology and travel. Iron age hill forts. Stone age & iron age changes to Britain from Stone age to Iron age including hunter-gatherers and early farmers. Bronze age religion, technology and travel. Iron age hill forts. Ancient A study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the Western World. Ancient A study of Greek life and achievements and their influence on the Western World. N/A N/A Geography Human Geography Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including types of settlement and land use and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food minerals and water. Human Geography Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including types of settlement and land use and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food minerals and water. Understand geographical similarities and differences by studying the human and physical geography of a European country. Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography including climate zones. Study a region of the UK. Locate world s countries, focusing on Europe and the UK, focus on key human and physical features. Where does our food come from? Food journeys Languages French French French French French French RE Bible stories Divali (festival of light, summer/ winter solstice) Pagan beliefs, Bronze age religion What is faith? What do we know about Jesus life? Hinduism Sacred texts Art Fire paintings using stimulus Cave baby/ cave paintings charcoal on paper then clay tiles. Drawing & painting. Pots, silhouettes. Greek masks mod roc. Textiles- class display plants. Drawing plant sketches. Link to great artists and painters.
D T Junk modelling/ building dens Greek mazes Food technologygrowing and cooking our crops Food technologygrowing and cooking our crops Music Violins play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, playing musical instrument with increasing accuracy. Violins play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, playing musical instrument with increasing accuracy. Violins use and understand staff and other musical notations. Violins use and understand staff and other musical notations. Violins appreciate and understand high quality live and recorded music drawn from great composers and musicians. Violins appreciate and understand high quality live and recorded music drawn from great composers and musicians. Visits/ visitors Worthing museum visitor with artefacts Butser ancient farm visit Estate agent visitor Stig visitor Rainbow theatre Visit to local allotments and talk by gardening professionals. McDonalds visit & supermarket Sainsburys in the village