ST CYPRIAN’S GREEK ORTHODOX PRIMARY ACADEMY
CURRICULUM MAP
YEAR: 3
Dates
English
Maths
Greek
Autumn 1
7 sept – 12th Oct 15
Stories with familiar
settings
Report
Number place value and
rounding
Addition and
subtraction
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry: Properties of
shapes
Geometry: Position,
direction and motion
Statistics
Autumn 2
2 Nov – 30th Nov
Authors and letters
Information texts
1. Our School: School,
Class and teachers names,
Subjects ( Greek/English),
class tools, uniform ,
colours, instructions, key
verbs
2. Myself: asking others
their name and saying
mine, age, gender, body
parts, I am (not), I have
3. My family: family
members, names, ages, I
love
5.Key Autumn Term
dates:
- The Virgin Mary’s birth
(8/9)
-Elevation of the Holy
Cross (14/9)
- St. Cyprian (2/10)
- Cyprus Independence
Day (1/10)
- Harvest (4/10)
- Remembrance day (28th
October- Ohi Day)
- The Virgin’s entry to the
th
nd
Number place value and
rounding
Addition and
subtraction
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry: Properties of
shapes
Geometry: Position,
direction and motion
Statistics
Spring 1
4 Jan - 8th Feb
Myth and legends
Instructions
Poems to perform
Number place value and
rounding
Addition and
subtraction
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry: Properties of
shapes
Statistics
Number place value and
rounding
Addition and
subtraction
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
Geometry: Properties of
shapes
Statistics
1. Home: sizes, some
parts/rooms of the house,
what my house has
2. Carnival / Clothes:
School uniform (revision),
Carnival Clothes, I wear,
we celebrate, Making
masks
3. Festivals: Lent/Clean
Monday: Fasting food,
Customs & vocabulary,
Lady Lent body parts, Key
verbs
5.Key Spring Term Dates:
-The lights (Christ’s
Baptism 6/1)
-The 3 Hierarchs (30/1)
-Presentation of Christ to
the temple (2/2)
-Carnival (21/2)
-Clean Monday (14/3)
-Annunciation of the
Virgin & Greece
Independence Day (25/3)
-Cyprus Independence
Fight (1/4)
th
Spring 2
29 Feb – 4th April
th
Summer 1
9 May – 30th May
Adventure stories
Persuasive texts
Shape poems
Number place value and
rounding
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
Summer 2
20 June - 11th July
Dialogue and plays
Language play
1. Animals: pets, farm and
forest animals, their body
parts, describing words,
related verbs
3. Key Summer Term
Dates:
th
2. My neighbourhood:
Neighbourhood key
places, What is it? Where
is it? Adverbs (near-far),
Connectives
th
Number place value and
rounding
Multiplication and
Division
Fractions
Measurement
-Saints Constantine &
Helen (21/5)
-Ascension (9/6)
-Pentecost-Holy Spirit (1920/6)
-Saint John the Baptist
(24/6)
4. Christmas: the story in
simple words, customs,
making a Christmas card
temple (21/11)
- St. Andrew (30/11)
- St. Nicholas (6/12)
Science
What do rocks tell us
about the way the Earth
was formed?
(Rocks)
28th Sep – 15th October
Computing
Design & write a
program that
accomplishes a specific
goal, e.g. making a
character move.
How can Usain Bolt
move so quickly?
(Living things and their
habitats)
2nd Nov – 20th Nov
3 weeks
Design and write
programs that
accomplish specific
goals, including
controlling or simulating
History
Ancient Greece
7th September – 25th
September
Geography
DT
Music
What makes the Earth
angry?
(Volcanoes & extreme
weather)
23rd Nov - 4th dec
2 weeks
ENVIRONMENT
Musical focus:
SOUNDS
Musical focus: Exploring
4. Festivals: Easter:
(revision) week days,
Easter customs &
vocabulary, making our
Easter candle, key verbs
Use sequence, selection
and repetition in
programs; work with
variables and various
forms of input and
output.
Why has Greece always
been in the news?
(Ancient Greece)
4th Jan – 22nd Jan
3 weeks
Are you attractive
enough?
(Magnets)
29th Feb – 18th mar
3 weeks
How did that blossom
become an apple?
(Plants)
9th May – 27th may
3 weeks
To detect and correct
errors in algorithms and
programs.
Work with variables.
How far can you throw
your shadow?
(Light)
20th June – 1st July
2 weeks
Who first lived in
Britain?
(Early Britons)
30th may – 10th June
2 weeks
How did the Victorian
period help to shape
the Croydon we know
today?
(Victorians: influence
that shaped Croydon)
4th July – 15th July
2 weeks
HUMAN BODY
Musical focus: Structure
ANCIENT WORLDS
Musical focus: Structure
Why do so many people
choose to go the
Mediterranean for their
holiday?
(European Country)
21st Mar – 8th Apr
3 weeks
Linked to the current topic learning
CHINA
IN THE PAST
Musical Focus: Pitch
Musical focus: Pitch
Art
PE
RE
PSHE
Cultural
EnrichmentGreek
Mythology
Composition
The children explore songs
and poems about places.
They accompaniments and
sound pictures to reflect
sounds in their local
environment.
BUILDING
Musical focus: Beat
The sights and sounds of a
building site provide the
inspiration for exploring
and rhythms. The children
play games, sing and
compose music to build
into a performance.
sounds
How are sounds produced
and classified? The
children explore timber
and structure through
musical conversations in
music from around the
world.
POETRY
Musical focus:
Performance
Three contrasting poems
are explored and
developed. The children
use voices, body
percussion, instruments
and movements to create
their own expressive
performances.
Sports hall athletics Cross
country
Dance – linked to topic
Athletics
Love means obeying
rules
1. Mythology: (Ancient
Greek Heroes)
The life and 12 labours of
Hercules. We will listen to
the myths, look at small
videos and talk about
them. We will see pictures
of ancient greek art and
draw our own. We will
compare the old heroes to
our new super heroes, and
find different
plots/endings to the
myths.
The children explore the
pentatonic scale and ways
of notating pitch. They
listen to traditional
Chinese music, sing, read,
and compose music,
ending in a musical
celebration of the Chinese
New Year.
TIME
Musical Focus: Beat
The children develop their
understanding of beat,
metre and rhythm. They
combine melodic and
rhythmic patterns, and
use staff notation as part
of a final performance.
The origins of pitch
notation are introduced as
the children make hand
signals and compose
three-note melodies. They
learn basic dance steps
and prepare a
performance.
COMMUNICATION
Musical focus: Composing
The children learn to make
music inspired by
technology and
computing. They explore
and compose sounds for
earcons, emoticons,
mobile phones ringtones,
computer games and
apps.
Linked to the current topic learning
Gymnastics
Mini Tennis
Netball
Basketball
Skeleton dances and songs
teach the children about
the human body.
Percussion instruments
are used to improvise,
create word rhythm, and
build a final skeleton
dance.
SINGING FRENCH
Musical focus: Pitch
Un, deux, trois and away
we go to enhance
language learning through
songs. Children are
introduced to French
greetings, vocabulary and
numbers as they play
lively singing games.
Explore ancient Greece
with music inspired by
Orpheus, Echo and
Theseus. The children
perform a song cycle and a
round, and compose their
own ostinato.
FOOD AND DRINK
Musical focus:
Performance
A feast of chants, songs
and performances.
Composing word rhythms,
singing a round, and
creating musical recipes
will develop the children’s
skills from breakfast
through to dinnertime.
Tri golf
Rounders
Sports hall athletics
Athletics
Love means being
respectful
Anti-bullying
We all need love
Love in church
Love means serving
others
SRE
2. Culture : We will learn
our class – island song, the
Greek topics songs and a
traditional dance (Syrtos
sta tria- Zeuyi)
1. Mythology: (Ancient
Greek Heroes)
Theseas and the Minotaur,
from the beginning of the
story (Daidalos and Icaros)
to the end (the return and
death of king Aegeas) and
to its extensions (Dionysos
and Ariadni). We will listen
to the myths, look at small
videos and talk about
them. We will see pictures
of ancient greek art and
draw our own. We will
1. Mythology: (Ancient
Greek Heroes)
Jason and the Argonauts:
From the tragic beginning
(the golden fleece) to the
epic adventures of Jason
in Colchis and the equally
tragic end (Medea). We
will listen to the myths,
look at small videos and
talk about them. We will
see pictures of ancient
greek art and draw our
own. We will compare the
2. Culture : We will learn
the Greek topics songs,
one traditional and one
modern greek song and a
traditional dance (Syrtos)
Love at home
Drug education
2. Culture : We will learn
the Greek topics songs,
religious and national
celebrations songs and a
traditional dance
(Karagouna)
compare the old heroes to
our new super heroes, and
find different
plots/endings to the
myths.
old heroes to our new
super heroes, and find
different plots/endings to
the myths.