Curriculum Map
Year 3
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Autumn 1
Autumn 2
HOMES – God’s dream for every family
PROMISES – Promises made at baptism
OTHER FAITH JUDAISM - Synagogue
VISITORS – Advent; waiting for the coming of
Jesus
Spring 1
Spring 2
JOURNEYS – Christian family’s journey with
Jesus
LISTENING AND SHARING – Jesus gives himself
to us in a special way
GIVING ALL – Lent a time to remember Jesus’
total giving
CHRISTMAS PLAY
OUR LADY OF LOURDES FEAST DAY
Science
Rocks
Describe rocks and
compare properties.
Learn how fossils are
formed and study
different soils.
Geography
Holiday
locations
and map
work
History &
Geography
Healthy Food
Find out about food
groups and balanced
diets. The digestive
system and investigate
skeletons and muscles.
British History
Changes in Britain -Stone Age to Iron
Age:
 Late Neolithic hunter-gathers
and early farmers.
 Bronze age religion, technology
and travel e.g. Stonehenge
 Iron Age hill forts
Plants
Study the parts of
flowering plants and
their functions, the
conditions affecting
plant growth.
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Plants
Describe plant life
cycles, seed formation,
dispersion and
germination.
Name and locate counties and cities in UK
Latitude, longitude, tropic lines, time zones,
compass points, OS map
Understand similarities and differences
through the study of human and physical
geography of a chosen region in the UK
Climate, main rivers, mountains, settlement
type, natural resources etc.
Maps, atlases, globes, digital/computer
mapping, 8 point compass, 4-6 fig. grid
references. Observation, measure, sketch,
map
Summer 1
Summer 2
ENERGY – Gifts Of the Holy Spirit
CHOICES – The importance of examination of
conscience Sacrament of Reconciliation
OTHER FAITHS rolling programme:
2015 ISLAM – Places for worship
2016 HINDUISM – Holy Books
2017 SIKHISM – Places for worship
SPECIAL PLACES – Holy places for Jesus and the
Christian
Forces and Magnets
Light
Identify pushes and
Identify light sources.
pulls as forces,
Know darkness is an
magnetic forces and
absence of light. Look
magnetic materials.
at transparency and
shadows.
World History
Egyptians – an in-depth study
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Social structure
Pyramids and Howard Carter
Rosetta Stone
Mummification and life after death
Egyptian gods
Computing
We are programmers.
Programming an
animation.
We are bug fixers.
Finding and correcting
bugs in programs.
We are presenters.
Video performance.
Gym
Develop flexibility,
strength, technique,
control and balance.
Dance
LCP unit -Stone age
Perform dances using a
range of movement
patterns. Compare
their performances
with previous ones and
demonstrate
improvement to
achieve their personal
best.
Gym
Develop flexibility,
strength, technique,
control and balance.
Isolated skill work.
LCP unit (invasion)
Use running, jumping,
throwing and catching
in isolation and in
combination.
Basketball
Play competitive
games, modified
where appropriate.
Apply basic principles
suitable for attacking
and defending.
Isolated skilled work –
Running, Jumping,
throwing and catching.
Striking games.
P.E.
Indoor
P.E
Outdoor
We are network
engineers.
Exploring computer
networks, including
the internet.
Dance
LCP unit (Y2) -At the
seaside
Perform dances using a
range of movement
patterns. Compare
their performances
with previous ones and
demonstrate
improvement to
achieve their personal
best.
Rounders
Play competitive
games, modified
where appropriate.
Apply basic principles
suitable for attacking
and defending.
We are
communicators
Communicating safely
on the internet.
We are opinion
pollsters.
Collecting & analysing
data.
Gym
Develop flexibility,
strength, technique,
control and balance.
Dance
LCP unit- Life on the
Nile
Perform dances using a
range of movement
patterns. Compare
their performances
with previous ones and
demonstrate
improvement to
achieve their personal
best.
Take part in outdoor
and adventurous
activity challenges both
individually and within
a team.
Athletics
Use running, jumping,
throwing and catching
in isolation and in
combination
Sports day training,
Class Charters
Class Rules
Anti-Bullying Week
Internet Safety (SID)
Lent Fundraising
PSHE
Music
Performance
Poetry (English)
Explore three contrasting poems using voice, body
percussion, movement and instruments.
Pitch
In the past (PE)
Origins of pitch notations, making hand signals
and composing three-note melodies. Learn basic
dance steps.
Personal Care and
Hygiene
Summer Uniform
New Ambassadors
Moving Up
Journey in Love – How
we live in love (link to
R.E.)
Structure
Ancient worlds (History)
Explore song cycles and rounds, and compose
own ostinato through stories of Ancient Greece.
Art
Design &
Technology
Journeys
Using symbols and signs for imaginative work
based on aboriginal pieces
Taking a line for a walk
Looking at shapes and symbols in abstract works
Using and creating own symbols
Using other ways to apply paint (dot paintings)
Colour mixing, accurate brush work
Artists:
Klee
Aboriginal artists
Masks
Use imagination and sources to draw and design
own mask based on Mexican folk art Alibrijes
Use papier mache and add features using card
and tape
Finish piece using careful brushwork
Add pattern carefully following own design
Artists:
Mexican folk art
Portraying relationships
Drawing from observationPortrait self and friend
Use background to show connection
Mixing paint for skin tones
Using flat tones for background
Artists:
Vermeer
Photography
Links with GeographyRiver Life:
Talk about ideas.
Plan product design.
Create a river from source to mouth.
Materials to contain water.
Sketch the life of a river.
Share ideas.
Evaluate design and comment on
changes from original design to end
product.
Links with World History- Ancient Egyptians.
3D Pyramids:
Talk about ideas.
Plan product design.
Using different materials.
Linked with Maths shape.
Sketch.
Evaluate design and comment on
changes from original design to end
product.