Autumn 1 – MTP - Year 3
Title: From Croods to Celts – the early journey of Man
Timescale: 7 weeks
Rationale: Welcome to the dawn of civilisation! When mankind first got tired of hiding in holes and stepped out into the light. This term the children will be learning
all about Stone Age man – how they lived, what they ate and what they did for fun. We will travel along the timeline of human evolution to the Bronze Age, as we
discover tools, fire and even the wheel. As we progress through the ages, we will look at the life of a Bronze Age woman and follow her descendants towards the Iron
Age and the warring clans of the Celts.
Nearer the end of this topic, the children will venture out through fields and ancient woods to see the Longstone in
Mottistone, a Stone Age monument.
For Literacy, the children will be recounting their holidays, with a creative twist. They will also learn letter-writing skills and write a letter describing all they have
done in Year 3. They will then get to post this letter home. Finally, we will again write a recount, based on the familiar setting of the Isle Of Wight and using our
visit to the Longstone. However in our story, we will be transported back in time…
Our topic will continue in many of the core subjects. As a class, we will look at the earliest forms of art – Stone Age cave paintings and try to recreate them in the
classroom. The children will also look at artefacts from these time periods and try and capture them in still life. For music, we will recreate the original ‘rock’ band,
with music using stone age instruments.
Welcome to Star Class.
The Big Questions:
Hook:
1.
How did Stone Age Man survive? What did they eat? Where did they live?
2.
What was the world like during these periods of time?
3.
What changes lead to the Bronze Age and then on to the Iron Age?
How did people live during period from the Stone age –Iron age? The children will be guided through the journey of Early Man with the help of Dreamworks
‘The Croods’ and the Horrible History Team.
Take-Away Task: As you walk around your garden look at the rocks and soil found there. Make observations about the colour, texture and general appearance. This
can be recorded in a variety of ways e.g. drawings, photographs, a collection but it must include some writing. It could also include looking at different rocks and soils
around the Island. Imagine that these are the only resources available. What tools could you make out of them? Draw pictures and explain your ideas.
Autumn 1 – MTP - Year 3
Educational Visits/Global/Cultural Link: The Longstone, Mottistone
Main Subjects Covered: History – Stone Age to Iron Age, Geography, Science, Art & Music
RE Topic for the Half Term: Sukkot
Science Topic for the Half Term: Rocks and soil.
PSHE/SMSC Link: Cultural
Link to the Value: Determination
Autumn 1 – MTP - Year 3
WEEK 1
Numeracy
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
Number & Place Value
Mental Addition &
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Assessment of
Using mental and
Using mental and
Using chunking
Investigating the place
Subtraction
value of 2-3 digit
Practice using
written methods to
written methods to
method to solve
numbers.
different methods of
solve subtraction
solve multiplication
division problems
mental adding &
problems
problems
Money – Pounds and
pennies
Learning
subtracting
Multiples of four & 10
more.
Literacy
Letter Writing – What
Letter Writing – What
Letter Writing – What
Letter Writing – What
Recount/Creative
Recount/Creative
Recount/Creative
we’ve been doing in
we’ve been doing in
we’ve been doing in
we’ve been doing in
Writing – Longstone
Writing – Longstone
Writing – Longstone
Year 3
Year 3
Year 3
Year 3
Time Travel Trip
Time Travel Trip
Time Travel Trip
Introduce text type
Building toolkit
Draft text
Final version & Review
Introduce and build
Draft text
Final Version & Review
Assessments
toolkit
Guided Reading
SPAG
Individual reading and
Individual reading and
assessments
assessments
Revise and consolidate:
To write in complete
sentences
Word Level
Key words
Story structure
Story structure
Settings
Settings
To punctuate
To punctuate
To use commas to
To identify and use
To identify and use
sentences
sentences
separate items in a list
inverted commas and
inverted commas and
appropriately using
appropriately using
the apostrophe for
the apostrophe for
basic sentence
basic sentence
contraction
contraction
punctuation and
punctuation and
Applying half term
learning
question marks,
question marks,
exclamation marks
exclamation marks
and ellipses
and eclipses
Applications
To use prefixes and
To use prefixes and
To use prefixes and
Formation of nouns
To write from
suffixes and
suffixes and
suffixes and
using a range of
memory simple
understand how to
understand how to
prefixes (for example,
sentences, dictated by
add them
add them
understand how to
add them
super, anti, auto)
the teacher, that
include words and
punctuation taught so
far
Autumn 1 – MTP - Year 3
Phonics
Individual assessments
Recap RWI 2
Recap RWI 2/3
Recap RWI 3
Recap RWI 3
Apply all covered
Assessments
Science
Fossils
Rock detectives
Under our feet
Rock investigations
Properties of soil
Soil investigation
Assessment
Computing
Internet safety
Internet safety
Word Processing –
Word Processing –
Word Processing –
Word Processing –
Word Processing –
Basics, typing skill
Letter Writing layout
Letter Writing –
Letter Writing –
Letter Writing –
technique/games
(borders, pictures,
typing of letter
typing of letter
typing of letter
SMART
SMART
address etc)
Why Sukkot is an
RE
What a sukkah is for.
important festival for
continued
Know how a sukkah is
Why the Jews
constructed
constructed a sukkah
Jews.
Review & Extend
Make a sukkah
Re-enact a Celebration
Iron Age
Assessment
Sukkot food
and what the link is to
the Bible.
History
Stone Age – Hunter
Stone Age – Skara
Stone Age to Bronze
Gatherers & Early
Brae
Age - Technology
World Geography –
Island geography -
Changing Continents
Fossils
Cave painting
Still Life Drawing –
Bronze Age
Bronze Age to Iron
Age
Farmers
Geography
Art and Design
Self Drawing
Island geography
Island geography
Designing a sukkah
Make a sukkah
Make a sukkah
Stone Age – Iron age
Design and Technology
Artifacts
Music
Stone Age Music
Stone Age Music
Stone Age Music
Stone Age Music
Stone Age Music
Language
Greetings
- Saying Goodbye
How are you?
- Name
Name & Colours
Racket skills
Racket skills
Racket skills
Stick skills
Stick skills
Stick skills
Tag rugby/ball skills
Tag rugby/ball skills
Tag rugby/ball skills
Tag rugby/ball skills
Games
Games
PE
Colours
Autumn 1 – MTP - Year 3
PSHE/SMSC
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect
Cultural – Respect