Year 3 Curriculum Overview

Autumn

English	Cold Write Stone Age Boy (narrative) Skara Brae (non-chronological report) The Secret of Black Rock (narrative) Street Beneath My Feet (Non-fiction text) Christmas Poetry	History	Changes in Britain: Stone Age to Iron Age
Maths	Place Value Addition and subtraction Multiplication and division	Latin	Introduce oneself & greet another; know what the Romans ate; know how nouns & adjectives are used in Latin.
Science	Rocks, Soil & Fossils Animals including Humans	Music	‘How Does Music Bring Us Closer Together?’ What Stories Does Music Tell Us About the Past?’ Listen, sing, play, perform, improvise and compose
Art	Drawing: Cave Paintings inspired by Banksy (graffiti) Printing: Potato printing inspired by William Morris (designing, carving, printing)	PE	Tag Rugby Gymnastics Dance Ball Skills
DT	Sewing Stockings	PSHE	Being Me in My World Celebrating Differences
Computing	Computing systems and networks – Connecting computers Sequencing sound	RE
Geography	Water, weather & climate

English	Blue Umbrella (Narrative) Autumn is Here (Poetry) Star in a Jar (Diary Entry) Muscles and Skeletons (Non-fiction)	History	Romans in London
Maths	Multiplication & Division Fractions	Latin	Verb endings The roles of slaves Nouns verbs and adjectives Education system under Romans Adverbs Root words
Science	Animals, including humans Light	Music	How does music improve our world? How does music teach us about our community? Composing using imaginations and sharing musical experience.
Art	Sculpture – Soldiers (using clay and painting it) Inspired by the Terracotta Army Painting – Inspired by Miro Surrealism bleeding colours when using water colour	PE	Fundamentals Netball Football Dodgeball
DT	Roman Chariots	PSHE	Dreams and goals Healthy Me
Computing	Data and information – Branching Databases. Stop frame animation	RE	What is the importance of the symbols, beliefs and teachings in Hinduism? What is the Easter Story
Geography	Lets Visit Europe Biomes including Europe’s forest biomes Alps mountain range Rivers and tourism Focus on Italy

English

Blue Umbrella (Narrative)
Autumn is Here (Poetry)
Star in a Jar (Diary Entry)
Muscles and Skeletons (Non-fiction)

History

Romans in London

Maths

Multiplication & Division
Fractions

Latin

Verb endings
The roles of slaves
Nouns verbs and adjectives
Education system under Romans
Adverbs
Root words

Science

Animals, including humans
Light

Music

How does music improve our world?
How does music teach us about our community?
Composing using imaginations and sharing musical experience.

Art

Sculpture – Soldiers (using clay and painting it) Inspired by the Terracotta Army

Painting – Inspired by Miro Surrealism bleeding colours when using water colour

Fundamentals
Netball
Football
Dodgeball

Roman Chariots

PSHE

Dreams and goals
Healthy Me

Computing

Data and information – Branching Databases.
Stop frame animation

What is the importance of the symbols, beliefs and teachings in Hinduism?
What is the Easter Story

Geography

Lets Visit Europe
Biomes including Europe’s forest biomes
Alps mountain range
Rivers and tourism
Focus on Italy

English	The Incredible Book Eating Boy (Newspaper article) My Strong Mind (instruction text) The Magic Paintbrush (Narrative) Cold Write	History	British Empire British influence across the world The East India Company British Raj Pros and Cons of the British Rule
Maths	Fractions Length and Perimeter Statistics Shape Mass and Capacity Time	Latin	Adverbs Root words What the Romans thought about Britain
Science	Magnets and Forces Plants	Music	How does music shape our life? How does music connect us with our environment? Musical styles and recognising different sounds.
Art	Collage: Quilling inspired by Goldsworthy Textiles: Images of silk painting from the British Empire	PE	Tennis Rounders Cricket Athletics
DT	Seasonal Food Fruit Salads and Smoothies	PSHE	Relationships Family Roles and Responsibilities Friendships Being a Digital and Global Citizen
Computing	Desktop Publishing Events and actions programs	RE	What does it mean to be a Muslim? What does it mean to be a Jew
Geography	Where does our food come from Climate Farm land Trade Links

English

The Incredible Book Eating Boy (Newspaper article)
My Strong Mind (instruction text)
The Magic Paintbrush (Narrative)
Cold Write

History

British Empire
British influence across the world
The East India Company
British Raj
Pros and Cons of the British Rule

Maths

Fractions
Length and Perimeter
Statistics
Shape
Mass and Capacity
Time

Latin

Adverbs
Root words
What the Romans thought about Britain

Science

Magnets and Forces
Plants

Music

How does music shape our life?
How does music connect us with our
environment?
Musical styles and recognising different sounds.

Art

Collage: Quilling inspired by Goldsworthy

Textiles: Images of silk painting from the
British Empire

Tennis
Rounders
Cricket
Athletics

Seasonal Food
Fruit Salads and Smoothies

PSHE

Relationships
Family Roles and Responsibilities
Friendships
Being a Digital and Global Citizen

Computing

Desktop Publishing
Events and actions programs

What does it mean to be a Muslim?
What does it mean to be a Jew

Geography

Where does our food come from
Climate
Farm land
Trade Links

Year 3 Curriculum Overview

Autumn

Spring

Summer

Love learning, Love one another, Love God