Download Year 3 - Shipton Bellinger Primary School

Theme: Land of the Giants: 3 weeks (Science theme)
Inspiration Day: Dinosaur Dig- archaeologists
Make find fossils of shells from salt dough
Make dinosaur models with the children – these are made using chicken wire and mod roc
Travel company arranging and promoting - "Visit the Past!"- The trip of a lifetime to the age of the dinosaur!
History, Geography, Science
Science- Rocks and Soils
Cover some aspects of geology - look at types of rocks
and their whereabouts in Britain
How were these rocks formed?
Locate parts of Britain where there have been significant
fossil finds eg: Lyme Regis. Why have fossils been
found here?
Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on
the basis of their appearance and simple physical
properties
things that have lived are trapped within rock
matter.
Autumn Walk- explore local area looking for
different rocks and soils.
Geography- Name and locate counties and cities of the
United Kingdom, geographical regions and their
identifying human and physical characteristics
Looking at the world – why different dinosaurs would
live there because of their physical characteristics
History - Development of chronological understanding
by putting the various periods of pre-history and history
onto a timeline
English links
Adventure story
the land before
time
Poetry and
recount – Nature
Walk
Reports – on
dinosaurs
R.E.
P.E.
Art/ DT
Music
Computing
Concept
Belonging
link with
PSHE
Photocopy
planning from
pinkie
Autumn 2012
Football
skills
Drawing, painting
and sculpture with a
range of materials.
Dinosaurs
Unit and
Fossils section
(Music
Express Y2)
Programming
Multi-skills
Collecting natural
resources for
collage
DT – Moving
monsters
PSHE
Our
Happy
School
Theme: Stone Age 7 weeks (History Theme)
Inspiration Day: Stone Age shelter. Collect natural resources and we brought nature into the classroom
Create a burial chamber in the style of a long barrow and create a classroom Stonehenge Experience.
History, Geography, Science
Geography – Four grid references, symbols and key
(including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build
their knowledge of the United Kingdom
Locating go places to farm and settle links to Danbury
English links
Non-fiction
writing
R.E.
P.E.
Weave with wool
Gymnastics
Information
writing
Football
History- stone age to iron age
Late Neolithic hunter gatherers and early farmers, for
example, Skara Brae
Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, for
example, Stonehenge, Danbury
Iron Age hill forts: tribal kingdoms, farming, art and
culture
*Visit to Andover Museum and Danebury Hillfort
Class reading
book: Ug the
stone age boy –
Raymond Briggs
Instructional
Writing- how to
live in the stone
age – links to the
stone age boy
Text Study stone
age boy
Science on going Rocks and Soils
Art/ DT
Your own
decorated cave, and
engraved pieces of
portable art – all
inspired by original
Ice Age art?
Designing and
making models of
prehistoric
buildings and roleplaying the life of
the Mesolithic and
Neolithic people
Music
Invaders
(Sounds Of
Music Y3)
Computing
Word
processing
PSHE
Getting
On and
Falling
Out
Out and
about
Theme: Light 4 weeks (Science/Seasonal theme)
Inspiration Day:
History, Geography, Science
Science - recognise that they need light in order to see
things and that dark is the absence of light
N
that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there
are ways to protect their eyes
Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from
a light source is blocked by a solid object
Find patterns in the way that the size of shadows change.
English links
Poetry: light
Christmas story
R.E.
P.E.
Art/ DT
Concept:
Holy
Mary, Mother
of God
Dance: Light
Pastels / Silhouettes
of Madonna and
child
Music
Light/
Christmas
Computing
Word
processing
PSHE
Out and
about
Spring Term
Theme: The Romans 6 weeks
Inspiration Day: Artefacts box: what is in there, what do the artefacts tell us about our topic
History, Geography, Science
English links
History – The Romans Julius Caesar’s attempted
invasion in 55/54 BC
The Roman Empire by AD 42 and the power of its army
Successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including
Hadrian’s Wall
British resistance, for example, Boudica
Romanisation – the effects we still see today of Britain:
sites such as Caerwent and the impact of technology,
culture and beliefs, including early Christianity
Compare a range
of myths.
Analyse a quest
myth, identifying
the text structure
and language
features
Geography - Economic activity including trade links,
and the distribution of natural resources including
energy, food, minerals and water
Science - Compare how things move on different
surfaces
Notice that some forces need contact between two
objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and
attract some materials and not others
Compare and group together a variety of everyday
materials on the basis of whether they are attracted to a
magnet, and identify some magnetic materials
Describe magnets as having two poles
Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each
other, depending on which poles are facing.
Writing Roman
reports
R.E.
Concept:
Making
Choices
P.E.
Outdoor
adventure/
ball skills to
build towards
invasion –
(prelim. To
netball &
basketball)
Art/ DT
Mosaics- create
their own mosaic
picture
Drawing
people/possible
links to statues of
Romans
Design – look at
designs on togas
Gymnastics
to include
multi skills
DT: Making Roman
slings(ballista) or
chariots
Music
Roman March
(HMS)
Computing
We are
presenters
Movie
makers
PSHE
Looking
forward
Theme: Evacuees 6 weeks
Inspiration Day: I spy video series
History, Geography, Science
History - A study of an aspect of history or a site dating
from a period beyond 1066 that is significant in the
locality
Science Forces on going / Investigations
English links
Information
writing based on
WW2?
Letters from
evacuees
Labels for
suitcases
Recipes
R.E.
RE
Concept:
remembering
Easter story
Paschal
candle
P.E.
Dance
Tag rugby
skills
Art/ DT
Healthy Eating
Sandwiches for the
journey (evacuees)
Music
The Blitz
(HMS)
Computing
We are
network
engineers
PSHE
My
Friends
and
Family
Summer term
Theme: Author study (Roald Dahl) 3 weeks
Inspiration Day: Film/clip of some of book
History, Geography, Science
Geography - identify the position and significance of
latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere,
Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and
Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and
time zones (including day and night)
Science Animals - identify that animals, including
humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition,
and that they cannot make their own food; they get
nutrition from what they eat
Identify that humans and some other animals have
skeletons and muscles for support, protection and
movement.
English links
Stories by Roald
Dahl
R.E.
P.E.
Dance
Net and wall
Letter writing
Diary writing
Characterisation
Art/ DT
Birds and wildlife
Sketching
Making a bird based
on the muggle
wump
Music
Portsmouth
(HMS)
Computing
Word
processing
PSHE
Healthy
bodies
Healthy
minds
Theme: Rainforest 8 weeks
Inspiration Day
History, Geography, Science
Biome eg Rainforest climate and vegetation
What makes it have its own biome – how is it created
What is it like /Where do we find rainforests
What makes it a rainforest /Rainforests of the world,
their locations, climates and main features. You will
learn through an exciting range of interactive challenges
such as creating a Senses Journey arrow, completing a
rainforest word definition game, generating a question
and answer display
To understand the four main layers of a rainforest. Find
out about the plants and the creatures that grow in the
different layers and how they are adapted to live there;
create an informative classroom wall ‘Rainforest Layers’
display
Science - Plants
Recap on what the children already know about plants
Identify and describe the functions of different parts of
flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth
(air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and room to grow)
and how they vary from plant to plant
Investigate the way in which water is transported within
plants
Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of
flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation
and seed dispersal. Find out how they are useful for
humans too! Start a plant diagram display.
English links
Newspaper
reports (to inform
and entertain)
Personal recounts
(to inform and
describe)
Poems to perform
(entertain)
Poetic
Language –
creating images If I had Wings by
Pie Corbett
Kapok Tree
R.E.
Concept
Creation
Creation
Stories
P.E.
Art/ DT
Music
Athletics
Make a salt dough
map of a rainforest
region and continent
Striking and
field games
Construct
informative group
dioramas illustrating
your understanding
of the different
layers that make up
a rainforest. Artist
study: Rousseau
Pictures in
Sound
(Sounds of
Music Unit 6
– use some
Rainforest
Images)
Describe tribal art
and understand its
significance; design
and create your own
tribal art works;
understand the
importance of
masks, headdresses
and face paint to
tribal people; design
and make your own
masks and
headdresses
Computing
We are
opinion
pollsters
PSHE
Ready,
Steady,
Go
Continuous Geography
Locational knowledge
locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe (including the location of Russia) and North and South America,
concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities
name and locate counties and cities of the United Kingdom, geographical regions and their identifying human and physical
characteristics, key topographical features (including hills, mountains, coasts and rivers), and land-use patterns; and understand how
some of these aspects have changed over time
identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of
Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)
Human and physical geography
describe and understand key aspects of:
physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts
human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural
resources including energy, food, minerals and water
Geographical skills and fieldwork
use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied
use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps)
to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world