Maltese Road Primary Year 3 Curriculum Overview
Topics Titles/Term
DVD/ Book titles for
stimulus
Autumn 1
Let's go fly a kite!
Mary Poppins DVD
Autumn 2
Celebration
Rama and Sita
Spring: Romans
Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans
book and DVD
Summer : Down Under
Rainbow Bird: An Aboriginal Folk Tale from
Northern Australia
Jeannie Baker author study: The Hidden
Forest, Mirror, Window, Where the Forest
Meets the Sea
Trip or Visitor
Learning
Area
Visitor in role: Roman Centurion
Colchester Castle
Subject
Languages
English
French
Autumn 1
Stories with familiar
settings
Instructions
Shape poetry
Autumn 2
Myths and Legends
(Rama and Sita Diwali)
Plays into drama
Spring
Recounts (visit)
Free verse or Structured poetry
Adventure stories
Non-chronological reports (Roman life)
Finding Nemo DVD
Tropical Wings
Summer
Fairy stories and folk tales (Aboriginal)
Author study (Jeannie Baker)
Persuasion (Environmental/ poster to
remind children to use sunscreen)
Explanation (Life cycle)
Maths
Maths
Number – use
mulitples of 5 and
10 to solve addition
and subtractions,
compare and order
3 digit numbers,
know multiplication
for 5,10,2,4,and 3
Measures – days,
weeks months,
years, tell time to 5
minutes on
analogue
Geometry – know
properties of 3D
shapes
Number – double
and halve numbers
to 100, add and
subtract 2 digit
numbers by
partitioning, place 3
digit numbers on
number line, times
tables and related
division
Measures – use
money to add and
subtract, choose
instrument to
measure to cm,
know 1 litre,
estimate and
measure capacity in
mm
Number- Place
value of 3 digit
numbers, multiply
and divide by 10,
add pairs of 2 digit
numbers, recognise
and sort multiples of
2,3,4,5 and 10.
Fractions – identify
½, 1/3, ¼ and 1/8,
place fractions on
number line
Geometry –
Recognise right
angles, know degree
symbol, perimeter,
name properties of
2D shapes
Number – place
value of 3 digit
numbers, vertical
written addition,
add 2 digit numbers
mentally, investigate
patterns in numbers,
double and halve
numbers to 100,
know relationship
between multiply
and divide
Measurement – tell
time to nearest
minute on analogue
and digital, calculate
time intervals
Number – Add 3
digit and 1 digit
numbers mentally,
multiply by
2,3,4,5,8, use scaling
to multiply heights
and weights, divide
without remainders,
use grid method to
multiply
Fractions – compare
and order fractions
with the same
denominator
Statistics – draw and
interpret bar graphs
and pictograms,
draw tally charts
Measure – know
grams and Kilgrams
Number – column
addition, word
problems, grid
method, divide using
chunking, column
written addition
Geometry – identify,
name and draw
angles in 2D shapes
and horizontal,
vertical, parallel and
perpendicular lines,
measure perimeter
Measures – Tell
time to nearest
munite
Science and Technology
Science
Computing
Kaye
Forces and magnets:
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.
My Learning VLE: To
use an email address
book.
To be able to open an
email and send an
attachment.
Coding
Light:
Recognise that they
need light in order to
see things and that dark
is the absence of
Light.
Notice that light is
reflected from surfaces.
Recognise that light
from the sun can be
dangerous and that
there are ways to
protect eyes.
Recognise that shadows
are formed when the
light from a light source
is blocked by a solid
object.
Sound:
Plants:
Identify how sounds are made, associating
some of them with something vibrating.
Identify and describe the functions of different
parts of flowering plants: roots,
stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel
through a medium to the ear.
Find patterns between the pitch of a sound
and features of the object that produced it.
Find patterns between the volume of a sound
and the strength of the vibrations that
produced it.
Recognise that sounds get fainter as the
distance from the sound source increases.
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 patterns in the way
that the size of shadows
change.
To review images on a
camera and delete
unwanted images.
To experience
downloading images
from a camera into files
on the computer.
Word-processing skills (graphics, font)
To find relevant information by browsing a
menu.
To create a presentation that moves from
To be able search for an image, copy and paste
slide to slide and is aimed at a specific
it into a document.
audience.
To be able to input data into a prepared
To combine text, images and sounds and show database.
awareness of audience.
To sort and search a database to answer simple
questions.
Coding
Coding
D&T
Amy
Disassembly: kites and
toys. Investigate and
analyse a range of
existing products.
Design and make kites/
toys.
Investigate Diwali lamp
pots - thumb pots, coil
pots etc.
investigate and analyse
a range of existing
products.
Apply their
understanding of how
to strengthen, stiffen
and reinforce
Structures such as kites.
Design and make a pot
for a tealight.
Select from and use a
wider range of tools and
equipment to perform
practical tasks
accurately: cutting,
shaping, joining and
finishing.
Select from and use a
wider range of materials
and components,
including construction
Materials and textiles
according to their
functional properties
and aesthetic qualities.
Make a simple fridge
magnet (Science link)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/e
ducation/clips/zt8b4wx
Select from and use a
wider range of tools and
equipment to perform
practical tasks
accurately: shaping,
joining and finishing.
design, create and evaluate their own Roman
drawstring purses,
Hanging mobiles
Musical Instruments
Study some examples of Roman shields (called
scutum), looking at size, patterns and colours,
before encouraging your class to think about
how they could design, make and evaluate
their own Romabn shields.
Humanities
History
A study of an aspect
or theme in British
history that extends
pupils’
chronological
knowledge beyond
1066:
changes in an
aspect of social
history, such as toys
and childhood, from
Victorian times to
the present.
The Roman Empire and its impact on
Britain:
Examples (non-statutory)
Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 5554 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’ of Britain: sites such as
Caerwent and the impact of technology,
culture and beliefs, including early
Christianity.
Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD
410 and the fall of the western Roman
Empire.
The legacy of Roman culture (art,
architecture or literature) on later
periods in British history, including the
present day.
A non-European society that provides
contrasts with British history: The Aboriginal
People
Famous Explorer: James Cook. A study of his
life, voyages and achievements.
Geography
Geographical skills
and fieldwork
Use maps, atlases,
globes and
digital/computer
mapping to locate
India and the village
of Chembokoli
Locational
knowledge
Identify the position
and significance of
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 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. Compare
Great Baddow with
Chembokoli.
Geographical skills and fieldwork
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
countries in Europe and to locate modern
Italy and Rome.
Geographical skills and fieldwork
Use maps, atlases, globes and
digital/computer mapping to locate
continents and countries and describe
features studied.
Locational knowledge
Locate the world’s countries, using maps
to focus on Europe (including the location
of Russia), concentrating on their
environmental regions, key physical and
human characteristics, countries, and
major cities.
Locational knowledge
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)
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. Locate important
Roman settlements and sites.
Place knowledge
To understand geographical similarities
and differences through the study of
human and physical geography of a region
of the United Kingdom and a region within
Italy.
Human and physical geography
Describe key aspects of physical geography of
Australia such as rainforests, Ayers Rock or
Uluru and the Great Barrier Reef.
http://www.parksaustralia.gov.au/index.html
To understand the weather of Australia and
the different temperatures at different times
of the year compared to Britain
R.E
(Use Essex
S.O.W)
CPSHE
(SEAL)
Michelle
The Local Anglican
Church
New Beginnings
To identify ways of
making people feel
safe and welcome.
Hindu gods and
goddesses
Worshiping and
celebrating in the
home with Hindus.
Getting On & Falling
Out
To identify peaceful
strategies to resolve
issues.
Living as a
Christian, the bible
and prayer
Guru Nanak, Guru
Gobind Singh and
the Khalsa – Sikhism
The Buddha’s life
Story
Say No to Bullying
Going for Goals
Good to be Me
To identify ways of
solving a bullying
situation with
others.
To predict the
consequences of
actions, solutions or
goals for myself,
other individuals or
groups.
To know why it is
sometimes
important to stop
and
think when we feel
angry or stressed.
Relationships &
Changes
To be able to explain
how it feels to belong
to a group and how
important it is for
everyone.
Talents
Art
Amy
P.E
Faye
Music
Lin
Use 'Umbrellas' by
Renoir.
Predict with
accuracy the colours
that they mix.
Know where each of
the primary and
secondary colours
sits on the colour
wheel.
Create a
background using a
wash.
Create tones and
shades. To explore
different
brushstrokes
To throw and catch
with control when
under limited
pressure.
Use 'Stomp' as a
stimulus for
percussive music
playing.
Sing songs from
Mary Poppins
Add to their work to
create texture and
shape.
To create pop-ups
To use their sketch books to express
feelings about a subject and to describe
likes and dislikes.
To be able to cut very accurately.
To be able to overlap materials.
To experiment using different colours.
Aboriginal art
Use the Internet to explore a range of
symbolic art from different cultures.
Designing own aboriginal art pebbles
To be able to make a printing block.
To create a 2 colour print.
Mosaics
To use a greater
number of their own
ideas for movement
in response to a task.
To adapt sequences
to suit different
types of apparatus
and their partner’s
ability.
To improvise
freely, translating
ideas from a
stimulus into
movement.
To share and create
phrases with a
partner and in
small groups.
To follow a map in a
familiar context.
To move from one
location to another
following a map.
http://www.singup.org/nc/singupsongbank/songs-and-warm-ups/songdetail/type/song/view/416-just-like-aroman/
Sing Up: Just like a Roman
To run at fast,
medium and slow
speeds, changing
speed and direction.
To link running and
jumping activities
with some fluency,
control and
consistency?
To explain why it is
important to warm-up
and cool-down.
To identify some
muscle groups used in
gymnastic activities.
Looking at the didgeridoo—listening to some
didgeridoo music and designing own
‘didgeridoos’
Australian traditional folk music - waltzing
Matilda