Year 3 Overview: Launde Primary School, Oadby

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1 Yr 3 Autumn Term Spring Term Summer Term Literacy 1. Introductory narrative activity Planet 51 (Setting description, character description) 2. Poetic language (The sound collector) Poems using onomatopoeia and descriptive language 3. Instructions How to mummify a body 4. Narrative -Egyptian Adventure 5. Explanation covered in history- River Nile, Howard Carter (diary entry), Tutankhamen, Ancient Egyptian Fact file 6. Narrative - Action story Nemo s Adventure (Setting description, postcard, hot seating, letter, dialogue and write own story ending) 7. Non-fiction writing Non-Chronological Report based on a city in the UK 8. Christmas story 9. British values Linked to ICT 1. Narrative The Twits by Road Dahl (Character description, wanted poster, setting description, story ending) 2. Spring Poem Similes 3. Narrative focus on a book eg: Ice Palace (Freeze frames, story openers, character description, story ending) 4. Topic Talks (Easter holiday homework to prepare for talk) 5. Non- fiction writing How to make a pizza (Linked to DT) 6. Narrative- Stig of the dump & Stone age boy (linked to history topic) 7. Narrative- How to train your dragon 1. Persuasive writing (Adverts, poster, letter) 2. Narrative - The BFG (decription writing, dreams, newspaper, TV news report, diary or rewrite a chapter) 3. NCR based on Bradgate Park. 4. Recount of Foxton Locks trip. 5. Non-fiction writing report based on human body eg information text 6. Narrative fairy tale problems include formal letters 7. Seasonal poetry (The Sun/ light descriptive poems) Numeracy Maths groups are in three ability groups: - Group 1: follow MTP for Year 4 - Group 2: follow MTP for Year 3 - Group 3: follow MTP for Year 3/2 See attached planning outlines.

2 Science Plants Autumn 1 *Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem, leaves and flowers *Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant write a letter to Mr Wood, explaining what plants need to grow. *Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants. *Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal. Forces and magnets - Autumn 2 *Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance *Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials and not others *Compare and group together a variety of everyday materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a magnet, and identify some magnetic materials *Describe magnets as having two poles *Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing. Rocks (spring 1) *Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties *Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock *Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter. Animals, including humans (start in Spring 2 nd and finish in Summer 1) *Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat *Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement. Light (summer 2) *Notice that light is reflected from surfaces *Find patterns that determine the size of shadows measure shadows *Understand opaque, translucent and transparent History The achievements of the earliest civilizations an overview of where and when the first civilizations appeared Ancient Egypt Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age

3 A study of Egyptian life and customs Evidence and the legacy of the Egyptians Visit to New Walk Museum *Late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers, e.g. Skara Brae *Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, e.g. Stonehenge *Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and culture *Local study evidence of Iron Age in Midlands eg; Bradgate park Geography Countries and cities of the UK An overview of where the UK is place in world context. Use terms equator, northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied World Week - UK RE What is faith? - What does the term faith mean? - How can it affect our daily lives? - To recognise some personal applications of the idea of faith/trust. - To recognize the influence of religious stories on ideals of character and values. DT Structures Shelters Investigate link to humanities Design, test and improve Trip to Brocks Hill Park to build shelters. Make a mini model of a shelter and test with fan, watering can etc. Water in Leicestershire Compare water in Leicestershire with other areas of UK Study the reasons for flooding, effects and suggested solutions Local study measuring rainfall Comparison of rainfall in various areas of UK. Measure rainfall. Religious Leaders - Who has inspired the religious community both now & in the past? - Look at the leadership of individuals throughout history: Guru Nanak, Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Dalai Lama - What qualities do these religious leaders have? Product Healthy Pizza (Main DT unit) Investigate Skills associated - Design, adapt, make and evaluate product for specific client Food Technology soup & pizza Countries and cities of the UK human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water Leicestershire land use use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied Trip to Foxton Locks Trip to Bradgate Park Sikhism - What do we already know? - What symbols are important to us? - What are the 5Ks? - Look at the history of Vaisakhi - How can we learn from Sikh beliefs? - Visit to East Park Road Gurdwara Mechanisms Pulleys Investigate how do they work, what do we use them for Design and test in real situation (Play/Build/Make own/evaluate) Food Technology- vegetable pasta

4 Food Technology Scones & Christmas shortbread biscuits Art Andy Warhol Printing and painting Egyptian silhouettes Portraits Melody Johnson quilt (Brusho and oil pastels) Antony Gormley sculptor Lindsey Hambleton UK landscapes Indian artwork ICT - Research and development and E - Awareness - Handling Data and interpreting data using database program - Communication: through art creating a piece of art using ICT tools, using green screen then adding costumes to pretend they are Egyptians. - Andy Warhol- image editing - Create a family crest linked to British values - Modelling and simulation: exploring the effect of changing variables in models of real life situations, eg: the effect of using different rocks and soils - Control: using Beebot virtually to navigate through different environments - Communication through text: presenting information using text, images through formatting. - Communication video and sound: using recording software to prepare a news report BFG - Production of maps to show different use of land throughout Leicestershire and the UK - Newspaper report BFG PE Tag Rugby Aut 1 Hockey Aut 2 Fitness Gymnastics Tennis Basket ball Fitness Gymnastics Orienteering linked to geography- Stonehenge and Bradgate park Cricket Athletics Fitness Gymnastics Music -Singing- Christmas concerts Recorders Graphic notation- composition

5 French -Music appreciation Carnival of the animals by Saint-Saens. - composing their own compositions for an animal Unit 1 Moi (QCA scheme of work) Simple greetings (extended vocabulary from Year 1 and 2) Making simple statements (about name, age and family) Asking simple questions (about name, age and family) Numbers 1-12 French alphabet Grammar: Je/Tu forms of s'appeler, inversion of verb and subject in questions, possessive adjectives (mon/ma) Phonic focus: on, u, je, ère Unit 2 Jeux et chansons (QCA scheme of work) Responding to a song or story in French Understanding simple questions Numbers French playground games Expressing preferences Grammar: singular and pural nouns, awareness of genders Phonic focus: é/er, ère, silent -s, on,oi Unit 3 On fait la fête (QCA scheme of work) Saying what they can do well Celebrating achievements and special occasions Making simple statements (about activities) Expressing praise Months of the year (Extended from Year 2) playing games (following instructions) Grammar: regular 'er' verbs (je form), simple adverbs, position of simple adverbs Phonic focus: j/ge, ère/aire, é/er/ez, oi/j/è/é,on,u Trips 27 th Sept Brocks Hill country park- Shelter building Oct New Walk Museum- Egyptians TBA- Beaumanor Hall- The Celts TBA- Whetstone Pasture Farm pizza making TBA- Bradgate park- science, geography and history TBA- Foxton Locks- geography *DT money ( 3) to be asked for from parents at the beginning of the academic year.

P4C Ideas: Do plants know anything? Key: Science Geography History Art Design and Technology

P4C Ideas: Do plants know anything? Key: Science Geography History Art Design and Technology Topic name: Guardians of the Globe Spring 2 1) Using straightforward scientific evidence to answer ideas and processes. 2) Identifying differences, similarities or changes related to simple scientific