Curriculum Map September 2016– 2017 Class 2 Years 2 / 3/ 4 ~ Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Floyd
Term1 / Term 2 / Term 3 / Term 4 / Term 5 / Term 6History / Ancient Greece / The Mayans
Non- European country. / Local History study – WW1 evacuees
Geography / Geography based around Greece. Human and Physical Geography. / Mapping
Geography skills and fieldwork. / Contrasting area Broad Town, village in south America.
Science / Forces and magnets / Animals including humans – Teeth, Digestion and Food Chains / Plants / Rocks
Computing
Year 3 strand
1 lesson per term on e-safety / Get blogging / We are publishers / Class democracy / We love games / Big robots / My first program
DT / Food – A Greek feast / Construction- Making pyramids / Textiles – Sewing- mending clothes – sewing buttons
Art / Drawing- Exploring and designing patterns
Printing-Clay pots, printing their patterns
Textile –Mosaic / Drawing- using tone to draw pyramids
Collage-Mayan masks / 3D- Making landscapes out of paper Mache.
Painting / Drawing – Exploring texture, form and shape. / Painting – South American art
Digital media- South American art.
RE / Holy Trinity
How special is the relationship Jews have with God (Y4) / What is the most significant part of the nativity story for Christians today? (Y4) / How important is it for Jewish people to do what God asks them to do? (y4) / Is forgiveness always possible? (y4) / What is the best way for Jews to show commitment to God? (y4) / Do people need to go to church to show that they are good Christians? (y4)
Music / Heroes of Troy / Exploring descriptive sounds. / Exploring rhythmic patterns / WW1 performance pack Archie Dobson’s war
PE Real PE Year 3 unit / Unit 1- Personal skills
Football – Joe / Unit 2- Social skills
Ball skills and team games – Joe
REAL PE – Rosie / Unit 3- Cognitive skills
Hockey
Dance – Natasha
Tri Golf – Joe / Unit 4- Creative skills
Tri Golf – Joe / Unit 6- Health and fitness
Athletics – Joe / Unit 5 - Applying physical skills
Cricket – Joe
PSHE / Our Happy School (y3) / Out and About (y3) / Looking Forward (y3) / My Friends and Family (y3) / Healthy Bodies, healthy Minds (y3) / Ready, Steady, Go (y3)
MFL (French) / Le Quatre Amis – Unit 5 / Ca Pousse! – Unit 6 / On y va (Unit 7 ) / L’argent de pouche – Unit 8
English / Fiction- Fables – Greek link with Aesop (3weeks)
Non – fiction Instructions and Explanations (3weeks)
Poetry (1week)
(Approximate unit lengths) / Fiction – Stories in familiar settings
(3 weeks)
Non- fiction – Information text (2 weeks)
Poetry (1 week) / Fiction Myths and Legends (2 weeks)
Non- fiction Recounts (2 weeks)
Poetry (1 week) / Fairy stories and playscripts (2 weeks )
Non-chronological report (2 weeks)
Poetry (2 weeks) / Fiction -Stories with humour (2 weeks )
Non- fiction Persuasive writing ( 2 weeks )
Poetry- non-sense poems (1 week ) / Fiction – Stories from other cultures
(2 weeks )
Non-fiction
Chronological report
(2 weeks )
Poetry- Poetry by heart. ( 1 week)
Spelling / Revision Pre- fixes – un
New prefixes – pre- dis- mis- re-
Revised suffixes – s, -es,- ed-, ing, -er
K- ch- greek origin link to topics
Homophones
Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class
Checking spelling for KS1 common words / Teach- ay>ei, eigh, ey,
I >y, o, u,ui and e
u- o- son, ou- young, oe- does, oo- blood
words ending with /g/ e.g gue
Apostrophe for contraction
Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class
Checking spelling for KS1 common words / Revise suffixes – ment, -ful, less-, ly
Teach pre-fixes sub- tele- super- auto-.
Homophones
Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class
Using dictionary to check spelling / Teach sh- ch, s, ss, t, ci,ce.
Apostrophe for contraction
Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class
Using dictionary to check spelling / Revision ly straight onto root word
Homophones
Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class / Revision
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Year 2,3,4 common exception words taught in class
Grammar and punctuation / See coverage sheet / See coverage sheet / See coverage sheet / See coverage sheet / See coverage sheet / See coverage sheet
Special Events/ visits and visitors / Visit from Greek Workshop in school, Greek feast, Worldwide Roald Dahl Day / Evacuee day
School Drivers / WB 17th Oct Bible week / WB 12th Nov anti- bullying week
WB 5th Dec Art/Dt/ Money week / Maths – Jan
Music week - Feb / ICT/ Science week – March
Geography – April / SATS- May
Sports week – June / MFL- July
Christian Value / Thankfulness / Justice / Courage / Truthfulness / Caring / Hope
British Value / Rule of Law / Democracy / Tolerance of Faith and Cultures / Personal Responsibility / Mutual Respect
Gem / Emerald- Give it a go / Sapphire- No distractions / Ruby – Empathy / Diamond – Overcoming a problem / Amethyst – Work with a partner / Topaz- Work in a group