Year 3 Curriculum Overview Plan
2014-2015 Term
TOPIC Title
History
Geography
Science
AUTUMN 2014
The Great North East
Local landmarks and the history behind them. Newcastle Keep?
British Islesmap; British city names and locations.
Forces and Magnets
The 12 Days of Christmas
SPRING 2015
A Grand Day OutWallace and Grommit
We will Rock You!
SUMMER 2015
The Rain Forrest
Spice Up Your Life
Computing E-Safety
Scratch
Inventors (telescope, camera, space explorers)
Ongoing mapworkcompass points, navigation, grid references
Stone/Iron Age
Physical geographyVolcanoes
Local Study:Hartley Pit Disaster/Sunde rland Music Hall- Life for Victorian children in our area. THEMED WEEKCollapsed timetable first week of term.
Rain forests of the worldgeography and ecology.
Climate zones/vegetatio n/ Food around the world
Light (including inventors/ explorers)
Rocks
Animalsnutrition & skeleton
PlantsGrowing herbs, sunflowers
Communicatio n and e-mail
Art & Design Modelling Angel of the North, Newcastle bridgesLaing art gallery visit? Ncle Keep?
Shade and Lightsilhouette pictures
Lego Robotsprogramming directions and using sensors.
Printing Stone age art.
Sculptrus Digital imagery/ animation
Tone/Shad e/Colour mixing with paint:-
Databases
“Flowers” Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keefe.
D&T Pulleys, gears, levers and constructi on-castle draw bridge.
Music
PE Gym
Dance
Sewing Puppet making/mo on buggy.
Swimmin g
Cookery Local cuisine, local produce and farming
CookeryGlobal recipesspices
Tennis/ Golf
Athletic s
RE What do followers of Christianity believe? What does the religion teach (Bible structure and significance of its teachings. Advent traditions. Islam Allah Muhammad Qur’an Worhip activities Family lifeRamadan and Eid-ul-Fitr
Why are some people important to followers of Christianity (first disciples). How do followers worship and live out their faith (Baptism and Nelson Mandela)
MFL
Literacy Genre/texts Information Texts Adventure Stories
Communication - letters, blogs, diaries etc Comic Strip
“White Stone Stories”; “Wolf Brothers” “Stone Age Boys” Myths
Year 3 Curriculum Overview Plan
2015-2016 Term AUTUMN 2015
TOPIC Title When in Rome…
History Ancient Romans
Geography
Science
British Islesmap; British city names and locations.
Forces and Magnets
The 12 Days of Christma s
SPRING 2016
SUMMER 2016
A Grand Day OutWallace and Grommit
Inventors (telescope, camera, space explorers)
We will Rock You!
Stone/Iron Age
The Rain Forrest
Local Study:Hartley Pit Disaster/Sunderlan d Music Hall- Life for Victorian children in our area.
Spice Up Your Life
THEMED WEEKCollapsed timetable first week of term
Ongoing mapworkcompass points, navigation, grid references
Physical geographyVolcanoes
Rain forests of the worldgeography and ecology.
Climate zones/vegetation / Food around the world
Light (including inventors/ explorers)
Rocks
Animalsnutrition & skeleton
PlantsGrowing herbs, sunflowers
Computing
Art & Design
D&T
ModellingRoman jewellery making, mosaic, architecture.
Pulleys, gears, levers and construction
Scratch
Christmas craft
Sewing
Communicatio n and e-mail
Shade and Lightsilhouette pictures
Puppet making/moon buggy.
E-Safety
Lego Robotsprogramming directions and using sensors. Sculptrus Digital imagery/ animation
Databases
Musi c
PE Gym
Dance
Swim ming
Printing Stone age art.
Tone/Shade/Co lour mixing with paint:“Flowers” Van Gogh, Georgia O’Keefe.
Cookery Local cuisine, local produce and farming
CookeryGlobal recipesspices
Tennis /Golf
Athlet ics
MFL
RE Christianity What do followers of Christianity believe? What does the religion teach (Bible structure and significance of its teachings. Advent traditions. Christianity Why are some people important to followers of Christianity (first disciples). How do followers worship and live out their faith (Baptism and Nelson Mandela)
Islam Allah Muhammad Qur’an Worship activities Family lifeRamadan and Eidul-Fitr
Literacy Genre/texts Information Texts Adventure Stories
Communicationletters, blogs, diaries etc Comic Strip
“White Stone Stories”; “Wolf Brothers” “Stone Age Boys”
Myths
