St Mary S RC Primary School Year 3 2016-17 Long Term Plan

St Mary’s RC Primary School Year 3 2016-17 Long Term Plan

R.E.

• Homes
• Promises

• Visitors
• Journeys

• Listening and Sharing.
• Giving All.

• Giving All.
• Energy.

• Choices.
• Multi faith week.

• Choices.
• Special places.

SPAG

English

• Adventure stories about the Stone Age (based on books – ‘Stone Age Boy’ by Satoshi Kitamura and ‘UG’ by Raymond Briggs).
• Recounts – a typical day in the Stone Age.
• Setting descriptions, using adjectives and adverbs, comparing a Stone Age setting with a modern city.
• Character descriptions.

• Chronological reports – Iron Age Invasion/Battle.
• Recounts (1st person narratives) – Discovery of new metal.
• Instructions – How to create an iron sword.
• Write a set of instructions for a healthy snack.
• Write a menu for a healthy day’s food.

• Non-Chronological Reports about the Harry Potter Studio Tour.
• Character profiles on favourite characters in Harry Potter.
• School Report for a Hogwarts student.
• Letters from Hogwarts students.

• Information texts about plants and what they need to grow.
• Instructions – how to plant a seed?
• Chronological reports relating to scientific experiments.
• Recounts (1St Person Narratives) of key Anglo-Saxon events.

• Setting description of Ancient Egypt – Why might this be a good place to start a settlement?
• Debate whether to close/keep open Tutankhamun’s tomb.
• Write a letter to the Egyptian Tourism Federation.
• Write a newspaper article about the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.

• Write a set of instructions for how to mummify a pharaoh.
• Write a postcard from Ancient Egypt.
• Write a fact file about Cario.

Maths

• Place value
• Addition (using the partitioning method and column method)
• Subtraction (using the counting on method).
• Fractions.

• Recap and review of ‘Number’ – addition, subtraction and place value.
• Multiplication
• Division
• Shape and Space

• Multiplication and Division.
• Fractions.
• Recap Place Value, Addition and Subtraction.

• Shape and space.
• Statistics and data handling.
• Problem solving involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

• Revision of calculations.
• Problem solving.
• Measurement and Geometry.

• Multiplication and division.
• Problem solving.
• Shape and space.
• Revision of calculation.

Science

• Fossils and how they are formed
• Rock formation (3 different types of rock – sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous).
• Volcanoes and ‘The Ring of Fire’, including a volcano experiment.
• Soil investigation – what is soil made of?

• Food groups and their benefits to our body.
• Balanced diet and how to stay healthy.
• Digestion.
• Animal diets.
• Compare our diets to Stone Age/Bronze Age/Iron Age.

• Human skeletons.
• Endoskeletons, exoskeletons and hydrostatic skeletons.
• Muscles and how they help us move.
• Different forms of movement.
• The effect of exercise on our body.

• How do plants grow? What do they need to help them grow into mature plants?
• Plant lifecycle.
• Experiment – what do plants need to survive?
• Plant parts.

• Push and pull forces.
• Friction – experiment with moving objects.
• Magnets – Why do they attract and repel?

• Light and darkness.
• The sun and how it casts shadows.
• Mirrors and reflection.
• Transparency.

Computing

• Basic computer skills.
• Explore PurpleMash – create rock posters, pictures of a Stone Age setting and create an exploding volcano.
• SMART when using the internet. Keeping your passwords secure.

• Introduction to Computational Thinking.
• Design a set of instructions for a healthy meal on PurpleMash.
• Programming and algorithms – use of BeeBots.
• Information Technology – how do computers and the internet work?
• E-Safety: my online community.

• Research of topical areas (Anglo-Saxons)
• Interactive skeleton games. Create a skeleton on PurpleMash.
• Digital literacy: Word processing – Write non-chronological reports and import pictures.
• E-Safety: Cyberbullying and respect online.

• Animation of the life-cycle of a seed.
• Research topical areas – how to use a search engine.
• Word processing.
• E-Safety: Things for sale.
• Data and analysis – creating graphs and tables, using spreadsheets.

• Diagrams of forces.
• Coding.
• Programming.
• E-Safety: Writing good emails.
• Word processing/creating a PPT.

• Research on topical areas.
• Word processing.
• Design a tomb for a Pharaoh on PurpleMash.
• E-Safety: Recap and review/ Being SMART online.

Topic

History

Geography

• What life was like 25,000 years ago in the Stone Age.
• Cave paintings and where they are in the world (Geography).
• Where people lived in the world, how they hunted and their settlements (Geography).
• Stone Age food, weapons and tools, housing and clothing.
• Animals from this period.

• Weapons and tools – development and sophistication.
• Stonehenge – Why was it built? What do historians believe it was used for?
• Iron Age hill forts.
• Iron Age culture and art.

• Who were the Anglo-Saxons and why did they want to come to Britain?
• Settlements, kingdoms and place names.
• Using maps, grid reference and symbols.
• Anglo-Saxon art, culture and religion.

• Anglo-Saxon invasions and settlements.
• Settlements, kingdoms and place names.
• Everyday life as an Anglo-Saxon.
• Anglo-Saxon art, culture and religion.

• What is an Ancient Civilisation?
• Who were the Ancient Egyptians? What was it like in Ancient Egypt?
• Hieroglyphics and communication in Ancient Egypt.
• Howard Carter’s discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
• Understand who ruled Ancient Egypt.
• Geographical research about the location and climate of Egypt – using maps and atlases.

• Pharaohs and tombs – why did they have these special burial places?
• Mummification.
• Mythology and the afterlife.
• Daily life in Ancient Egypt.
• The Nile – Why did people worship the Nile and treat it like a living thing?

D.T.

Art

• Rubbings of fossils and create a fossil out of papier-mâché.
• Create some Stone Age tools.

• Recreate an Iron Age hill fort.
• Cook an Iron Age meal.
• Create a model of Stonehenge.
• Cookery: Prepare a healthy meal.

• Create a class skeleton.
• Recreate some Anglo-Saxon art using different methods.
• Observational drawing of a particular body part/Diagram of how it moves.

• Investigate a range of healthy products. Why are they good for us?
• Design a greenhouse to help plants grow.
• Observational drawing of a plant.

• Create a mechanical system that uses a push or pull force.
• Create Egyptian crowns.
• Multi-faith week: Art relating to this faith.

• Create a sarcophagus for a Pharaoh.
• Create a set of canopic jars out of clay.

PE

• Dance and Team Games

• Ball sports (Football/Hockey)

• Gymnastics

• Athletics – running, jumping and forms of movement.
• Ball games.

• Team Games.
• Dance.

• Cricket and Football.

• Rounders and athletics.

Music

Educational visits