Year 3

The following table is to provide you with an overview of the year. It is difficult to outline every area in detail and, if there are areas you wish to explore further, please contact your child's teacher.

History

Would you have preferred to live in the stone age, Bronze age or Iron age?

Why did the Romans settle in Britain?

What was important to Ancient Egyptians?

Geography

Why do people live near volcanoes?

Who lives in Antarctica?

Are all settlements the same?

Science

Materials rocks and soils

Animals – movement and nutrition

Farces and magnets

Energy – light and shadows

Plant reproduction

Making connections – hand strength / grip

Art

Prehistoric painting

Drawing – growing artists

Ancient Egyptian scrolls

D.T.

Mechanical systems – pneumatic toys

Electrical systems – Roman link

Textiles -Egyptian collars

Computing

Online safety

Programming

iPad apps

Digital content and the internet

Understanding application of ICT

English -

Texts

Stranded /   Stone Age BOY

Mo’s best friend /How to wash a woolly mammoth

Vladimir the volcano

Diary of a big bad wolf

The iron man

The wild robot

Cinderella of the Nile

The boy who stole the Pharaohs  Lunch

Flotsam

Genres

Narrative

Instructions (forces link)

Explanation text

Recounts

Non-chronological reports

Diary entries

Roman stories – fiction

Roman Myths

Egyptian Myths

Narrative – linked to text

Music

Environment
Buildings
Sounds

Poetry
China
Time

Singing French
Human body
Food & Drink

Physical Education

Invasion Games (Football, Netball, Basketball, Handball and Hockey)

Net and Wall Games (Tennis and Badminton)
Striking and Fielding Games (Cricket and Rounders)

Athletics
Gymnastics
Dance

Religious Education

Creation/Fall 

Incarnation/God 

People of God 

Salvation 

Gospel 

How and why do believers show their commitments during the journey of life?

French

Je Parle Français

(Classroom Objects and Determiners, Description of what is in a pencil case)

Je me présente’

Ma famille