Year 3

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Subject 

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Reading (including literature)

  • Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

  • Elizabeth Godley, ‘Extremely Naughty Children’  (Poem)

  • Charlotte’s web

  • Hilaire Belloc, ‘Matilda’  (Poem) (Spring 2 or Summer 1)

  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Writing

  • Writing, punctuation and spelling in Year 3 regularly revisits the coverage from Years 1-2. 

  • Using complex sentences. 

  • Understanding main and subordinate clauses. 

  • Using ‘a’ or ‘an’ accurately. 

  • Apostrophes to show contraction

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

  • Conjunctions 

  • Adverbs 

  • Prepositions

  • Fronted adverbials

  • Apostrophes - all uses

  • Punctuating speech.

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

  • Revisiting sentence types

  • Fronted adverbials. 

  • Using nouns and pronouns to avoid repetition in writing and aid clarity. 

  • Punctuating speech. 

  • Spelling curriculum mapped against national curriculum expectations. 

Maths

  • Place Value

  • Calculation 

  • Measurement

  • Statistics

  • Fractions, Decimal and Percentages

  • Geometry 

  • Measurement

History

  • Ancient Egypt

  • Persia and Greece

  • The golden age of Greece

  • Alexander the Great

  • Local study of Norfolk

Geography

  • Rivers

  • Mountains 

  • Cities 

  • Agriculture

  • Coasts

  • Culture

RE

  • Abraham & Isaac

  • Isaac & Ishmael

  • The Abrahamic Faiths 

  • Jacob & Esau

  • Joseph in Egypt

  • Moses and the Exodus

  • The Ten Commandments in Judaism & Christianity

  • Into the Promised Land

  • Saul is Made King

  • David & Goliath

Science & Computing

  • Chemistry: Substances and Mixtures 

  • Computing: Logo

  • Biology: Being Healthy

  • Computing: Word processors and spreadsheets

  • Physics: Types of Energy

  • Biology: Food webs

Music

  • Pizzicati - Léo Delibe

  • Gymnopédie No. 1

  • Für Elise - Beethoven

Art

  • Formal Elements: Tone, Painting

  • Painting 

  • Drawing

  • Printing

  • Sculpture

  • Mixed Media 

PSHE & RSE

  • Relationships
  • Living in the wider world
  • Be yourself
  • It’s my body
  • Money matters
  • Aiming high

PE

  • Hockey
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Circuit training
  • Athletics
  • Tennis