Year 3 Curriculum Plan 2011-12
Integrated Units
Term 1 (7 weeks)
Bright Sparks
Term 2 (7
weeks)
Ancient Egyptians
Egyptian day
Term 3 (7 weeks)
A Taste of India
Indian dance workshop
Term 4 (6weeks)
The Games
Children Play
DVD ‘Riverdance’
Visiting speakers
Term 5 (5 weeks)
Creepy Crawlies
DVD ‘A Bug’s Life’
Local allotment
visit
Literacy
Unit 1: Stories
with familiar
settings.
Unit 2: Myths and
Legends.
Unit 2: Fables (Myths
and Legends).
Unit 1: Poems to
Perform.
Unit 5: Dialogue
and Plays.
Unit 5: Dialogue
and Plays.
Unit 1: Reports.
Unit 2:
Instructions.
Science
Electrical
conductors.
Switches/Symbols.
Circuits (lighting a
bulb, circuit
diagrams).
Magnetic
materials.
Static electricity.
Term 6 (7 weeks)
Town Planners
Local area visits
Visiting speakers
(older residents of
local area)
Unit 4: Letters.
Unit 1: Reports.
Unit 3: Adventure
and Mystery.
Unit 5: Dialogue and
Plays.
Unit 3: Adventure
and Mystery.
Unit 3:
Information Text.
Unit 2: Shape
Poetry and
Calligrams.
Unit 2: Instructions.
Unit 4: Authors
and Letters.
Unit 3: Language
Play.
Science
investigations:
Disappearing dots.
Senseless skin.
Twisting tongues.
Plants/animals
comparison.
Plant growth.
Seed dispersal.
Habitats.
Life cycles.
Food chains.
Unit 3:
Information Text.
Germinating and
growing.
Moving heavy
objects.
Pushes and pulls.
Friction.
Measuring forces.
Air resistance.
Unit 3:
Information Text.
Unit 3: Language
Play.
Investigating
materials – rocks
and soils.
Soil investigation.
Testing rocks.
ICT
Internet Safety
(Hector’s World).
History
Word Processing
(Egyptian leaflet).
Unit 3B Manipulating
Sound (Music link).
Egyptian day.
Artefacts.
Timeline.
Research – food,
clothing, beliefs.
Geography
Thunderstorms –
climates in other
countries.
Art
Sketching.
Observational
drawings.
Use of pastels.
DT
Houses, furniture.
Locating Egypt on
world map.
Landscapes,
climate, features
(River Nile
Egyptian food and
jewellery.
Design and make a
sarcophagus and
mummy.
Unit 3C
Introduction to
Databases.
Unit 3D Exploring
Simulations.
E-mailing.
Games from the
past (visiting
speaker,
research).
How the local area
has changed.
Talk by older
resident.
Local old maps.
Locating India on a
world map.
Village life, population,
main features.
Games around the
world.
Mehndi hand patterns.
Printing to create
different textures.
Quick figure
sketching.
Quick life
drawing.
Create class
version of
‘Children’s Games’
painting.
Creating a map of
an imaginary
settlement (using
book ‘Window’ by
Jeannie Barker).
Changing
landscape.
Map work – keys,
grid references.
Landscapes/Collage
(creating a fantasy
window).
Observational
skills.
Textures.
Puppets (tube, rod,
string) – create
characters from story
of Rama and Sita.
Group sculptures.
RE
Why is Jesus an
inspirational leader
for some people?
Music (Music
Express scheme).
Animal Magic.
PE/Gym
Unit L
Stretching/Curling
2.
French
PSHE
Hinduism (part 1).
Light and Dark.
Unit 1 The Church
Year.
Hinduism (part 2).
Parables.
The Class Orchestra.
Salt, Pepper,
Vinegar, Mustard.
Painting With
Sound.
Dragon Scales.
Unit M
Symmetry/Asymmetry.
Val Sabin Unit 1.
Who Am I?
PE/Dance
PE/Games
What matters
most to
Christians and
Humanists?
Play It Again.
Unit 1 Ball Skills,
Passing and
Receiving.
Lessons 1-5.
Colours, letters.
Unit 3 Net/Wall
Games.
Rules and
Responsibilities
(ICT link).
Tolerances of
differences.
Lessons 6-10.
Names, numbers.
Unit N Pathways
2.
Individual and
group work linked
to ‘Children’s
Games’ painting.
Unit 4
Striking/Fielding
Games.
Lessons 11-15.
New Year traditions,
songs.
Different points of
view.
Unit 2 Creative /
Making Games.
Athletics.
Lessons 16-20.
Phrases.
Lessons 21-25.
Names of clothes,
counting.
Effects of
Tobacco and
Alcohol as drugs
(link to Life
Education Bus).
Playground Games.
Val Sabin Unit 4
Mechanical
Progress Dance 6
Human Engine
Dance 7
Athletics.
Lessons 26-30.
Revision.
Importance of
friendships.