Year 3 Spring Term Curriculum Overview
Cave to Coliseum: Growing our children’s curiosity and historical awareness of Britain’s past and that of the wider world,
discovering life through the ages and challenges of their time.
From the depths of cave life to the grandeur of the coliseum, our children will embark on a historical journey of invasion,
settlement and life through the ages. Their time travel adventure will take discovery trips through Britain’s past with stops at
the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age with a final disembark at the Roman invasion. Through investigative and hands on
project work, our children will be inspired to ask questions about the past, developing their understanding and enquiry of past
life and change and the impact this has on their own identity.
As part of their time travel journey, our children will engage with Britain’s past through project work, exhibitions, report writing,
diary entries and the performing arts.
MATHS
ENGLISH
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*Place value in 3 digit numbers and ordering. Count in steps of
10, 50 and 100.
*Solve additions and subtractions using place value. Add 2and 3- digit numbers using vertical written addition.
*Derive multiplication and division facts. Multiply numbers
between 10 and 25 by 1-digit numbers using the grid method.
*Investigate patterns in numbers when adding them.
* Identify 1/2s, 1/3s, 1/4s, 1/6s, and 1/8s. Find fractions of
amounts.
* Identify size of angles in relation to 90°. Tell the time to the
nearest minute on analogue and digital clocks
Non-chronological
reports
Poetry
Adventure and mystery
stories
Historical writing such as
diary entries
COMPUTING
HISTORY
*Programming
SCIENCE
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Changes in Britain from the Stone
Age to the Iron Age.
*Internet research
Materials
The Roman Empire and its impact on
Britain
*Power-points
*Colour magic
*Log-it
RE
Life of Jesus
Easter Pause Days
DT
Roman vehicle or
catapult
FRENCH
MUSIC
Birthdays
Percussion
Time
Recorders
Present tense
verbs
ART
Collage
Celtic patterns
Mosaics
Cave paintings
Sketching
PE
Dance: Stone Age
Gymnastics:
Travelling and
sequences
Games: net/wall
and multi skills