Autumn Term
1st Half
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
SUPER SLEUTHS
ALIVE AND KICKING
TYPES OF TRAVEL /TRAVEL
Literacy:
Persuasive writing – letter of application for the job of a
super sleuth.
Use of persuasive phrases and techniques
Descriptive writing – writing a newspaper article/ lost and
found poster
Note-taking - Life of the Stone Age People
Researching key details and information
Non-chronological reports – The Stone Age and Rocks
Use of subheadings to organise information, writing in
paragraphs
Poetry – winter/Christmas shape poems with descriptive
language
Audio Interviews - Using audio recording equipment
(interview)
Literacy:
Narrative – Fairy Tales (Storytelling and innovating)
Performance poetry
Identifying distinctive features such as repetition, rhyme,
rhythm, alliteration and the use of oral language based on
speech
Exploring how to use the voice and body to present poetry
expressively
Roald Dahl’s revolting rhymes
Persuasive writing - Posters (teeth)
Use of persuasive techniques, including how images and
words can be combined to persuade.
Letter to persuade parents to let you eat what you like!
Literacy:
Instructions (How to grow plants, make a shaduf)
Comparing different forms of instructions and texts.
Reviewing the common feature, identifying organisational
devices to make them easier to follow.
Note-taking – Information about Ancient Egypt
Researching key details and information
Non-chronological reports – Ancient Egypt Life
Use of subheadings to organise information, writing in
paragraphs
Poetry
Read, discuss and analyse a range of poems that play with
language, such as puns, riddles, nonsense verse, cautionary
poems, word games or word puzzles.
Maths:
Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Measurement (Time and length)
Geometry (properties of shapes)
Fractions
Science:
Rocks - Comparing, grouping and investigating their
physical properties
Fossil and soil formation
Forces and magnets - Comparing how things move on
different surfaces
Exploring how magnetic forces work,
Light - how it travels, how we see, formation of shadows,
investigating patterns between the distance of the light
source and the size of the shadow
Maths:
Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Measurement (Capacity and mass)
Geometry (position and direction)
Fractions
Science:
Digestion –
Nutrition and how much should we have of different food
groups
What happens to the food in our body?
The functions of the organs involved, including the types
of teeth. Investigating the effects of sugar on our teeth.
Computing:
E-Safety – researching safely on the internet
Digital literacy – Persuasive posters - copying and pasting
images; combining text and graphics
Using hyperlinks to trail an idea
Maths:
Number and place value
Addition and subtraction
Multiplication and division
Measurement (Time)
Geometry (position and direction)
Fractions
Science:
Seeds – formation, location in a plant, seed dispersal, the
role of the flower in the life cycle of a plant.
Plants
Parts of plants and their functions
Exploring the requirements of plants for life and growth,
how water is transported
Geography:
Investigating a contrasting locality - - Mougins – France
Land use
Amenities and Facilities
Autumn Term
1st Half
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Geography:
Food Around the World – where does it come from?
Using an atlas
Food in France
Reading maps with OS symbols, using 4-figure grid
references
Using a compass and the 8 compass points
Fieldwork – finding suitable locations to live
History:
The Stone Age – where does it fit in history? How do we
know about what life was like in the past? What were the
eras of the Stone Age and how did life change between
these eras? How did life compare in the Bronze and Iron
Age? Being an archaeologist.
Computing:
Email and communicating safely (E-safety)
How we communicate
How to use electronic communications safely and
responsibly
Knowing how to deal with inappropriate contact or
materials as well as the risks hardware can face.
Learning to open and send emails, add attachments
Art:
Sketching (link to Sci)
Architects – as creators (link with DT)
Rock art painting – creating different tones
RE:
Creation
Comparisons of Creation Stories
Buddhism
Buddha’s life story
Local Anglican Parish church – Why Christians go to
church and what happens there.
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Recognising that some information found on the internet is
biased or inaccurate and validating any information found
on the internet.
Art:
Kandinsky – use of colour, his inspiration - Creating art to
music
DT
Structure - Exploring how structures are strong and
stable (making portable device)
RE:
Hinduism
Hindu Gods and Goddesses
Puja and Diwali – How Hindus worship
Music:
Glockenspiel Stage 2
Playing and performance
Benjamin Britten – There was a Monkey.
Appraising, comparing, Exploring Britten’s life
PE:
Country dancing
Learning to develop control and spatial awareness while
learning a set of dance movements
Working co-operatively while dancing with a range of
partners/groups of children.
Identifying elements of good dance/actions/performance.
Netball
Learning to pass, catch and shoot with growing accuracy
Learning to keep possession and use an awareness of space
within the context of a game.
Hockey
Learning to dribble the ball with increasing/developing
control while showing awareness of space
Learning to keep possession of the ball and then look for
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
Fieldwork. Maps/ globes (hemisphere, equator, poles,
climate zone).
History:
Ancient Egypt – When were the Egyptians around? What
was life like for them?
Being an archaeologist.
Using artefacts and images to infer what life was like.
Computing:
Programming – probots
Learning about algorithms and programs, using special
words and symbols to write programs for a device/game
Following, developing, testing and improving sets of
instructions
Finding and correcting errors in simple algorithms and
programs through the application of logic (rather than
trial and error)
Art:
Egyptian art – wall paintings, use of colour and symbol to
represent ideas
Hieroglyphics
Printing with nature
DT:
Researching what a healthy balanced diet is
How healthy is the food we eat?
Designing and creating healthy sandwiches
RE:
Sikhism – Guru Nanak, The 5 Ks
Living as a Christian – The Bible and prayer
Music:
Let Your Sprit Fly
Singing in vocal parts and playing
Reflect, Rewind and Replay
Autumn Term
1st Half
Autumn Term
2nd Half
Music:
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley – Reggae, playing
rhythmically
Ho, Ho, Ho
Improvisation
Christmas carols
Singing
PE:
Gymnastics
Working independently to plan and improve sequences
using a range of apparatus while sliding, balancing, jumping
and travelling.
Tag rugby
Running with the ball, sending and receiving the ball with
an awareness of space and increasing accuracy
Learning to dodge and tackle so they maintain possession
Football
Passing the ball with increasing accuracy and pace over
short distances. Improving control when receiving a ball.
Begin to show awareness of how to shield the ball using
the body to maintain. possession and prevent the defender
taking the ball.
Shooting the football in the direction of the goal with
developing accuracy and speed (and power).
Spring Term
1st Half
Spring Term
2nd Half
Summer Term
1st Half
Summer Term
2nd Half
space/a team player to pass to/an opportunity for
scoring/shooting
The history of music and performance
PSHE:
Staying healthy - Dental hygiene
Handling food safely
Communicating with others
People in a community, respecting others.
PE:
Expressive Dance
Interpreting music to express our ideas and feelings.
Athletics
Throwing underarm and over arm with increasing accuracy
and distance
Improving techniques of jumping and running while
developing their individual stamina
Recognising the benefits of focused practise on improving
results/standard
Kings
Passing and receiving the ball with increasing/developing
control showing awareness of space/team players
Identifying different techniques involved with defending
and attacking then implementing these within a game
situation
Kwik Cricket,
Bowling the ball with increasing/developing control showing
awareness of batsmen position
Sending/receiving throws to stumps/wicketkeeper/friend
with increasing accuracy
Batting- keeping the ball down and avoiding being caught
out
MFL:
Ou Habites-Tu?
Where do you live? Location (town or country), types of
homes Countries and rooms in a house.
Year 3 Production will occur this term.
PSHE:
Anti-Bullying Day
Keeping ourselves safe
Working cooperatively
Remembrance
PSHE:
Handling Food safely.
Valuing ourselves and others
Communicating about how we feel
MFL:
Moi – Me
Greetings, simple conversations about myself and my
family.
MFL:
Portraits
Body parts and colours