Charnock Hall Long Term Planner Y3 2015 - 2016
Autumn 1 (8)
Autumn 2 (7)
Spring 1 (5)
Spring 2 (5)
Summer 1 (8)
Summer 2 (6)
TOPIC
Mighty Metals
The Pied Piper
Tremors
Scrummdiddlyumptious
Heroes and Villains
Flow
Significant
Events
Harvest Festival
European Day of Languages
Rugby World Cup
Christmas
Remembrance Day
Children in Need
New Year
Chinese New Year (8th Feb)
Valentine’s (14th Feb)
Shrove Tuesday (9th Feb)
St George’s Day
Easter
Mothering Sunday
World Book Week
Science Week
May Day
Transition
Class Swap Day
Literacy – Text
The Iron Man – acrostic poetry,
character profiles of Iron Man,
letter writing to help find ‘him’
The Pied Piper – story writing,
play-scripts, drama
Rock Detectives – investigating
different types of rocks
Non-fiction texts on Volcanoes
Diary writing – Pompeii and
Vesuvius (Pliny)
TRICKY TO FIT ALL IN??
Recipes and instructional texts
Chris Mould Books
Scene description and story
writing
‘The River’ by Valerie Bloom poetry
Literacy –
Grammar and
Punctuation
(Conjunctions in
all)
use further prefixes (re, dis, un,
mis) and suffixes (y) and
understand how to add them
(English Appendix 1)
Plurals
Adverbs
Suffix –ly
Colons
Brackets
Paragraphs
Headings/Subheadings
Articles- a/an
Adverb starter for time
prepositions
Direct speech
Past tense
Present tense
Word families
Cross Curricular
Maths
Pumpkin Day
Christmas Maths
Science
Forces and Magnets
Light and Shadows
Rocks and Fossils
Nutrition and Healthy Eating
Skeletons
N/A
Green Plants and The Water
Cycle
DT
Methods to join different
materials. Looking at
advantages and disadvantages
of different methods
Designing a shadow puppet
Evaluating design and
producing prototypes. Basic
linkages
Evaluating different products of
the same object. I.e. spoons,
cups etc discuss and hypothesize
at to the reasons for the
differences.
Food technology
Designing, making and
evaluating moving toys. Using a
hydraulic pump.
Designing, making and
evaluating moving toys. Using a
hydraulic pump.
ICT
What makes a good poster?
(Sheffield)
We are programmers- How do I
design a program in Scratch
(Both)
We are network engineers
(Switched on)
How I draw complex shape in
Logo? (Sheffield)
We are presenters (Switched on)
We are bug fixers (Switched on)
RE
Would celebrating Divali at
home and in the community
bring a feeling of belonging to a
Hindu child?
Has Christmas lost its meaning?
Could Jesus really heal people?
Were these miracles or is there
some other explanation?
What is good about ‘Good
Friday?’
Do Sikhs think it is important to
share?
Would visiting the River Ganges
feel special to a non- Hindu?
PE
Gym:
Games: Hockey
Gym:
Games:
Gym:
Games:
Gym:
Games:
Gym:
Games:
Gym:
Games:
Geography
Rugby World Cup
Map work – locating important
cities and features
Volcanoes and Earthquakes
History
Stone Age/Iron Age
PSHCE
Being Me in My World
ART
Music
French
Cooking/ Recipes
Rivers and The Water Cycle
Soil, erosion
Pompeii
Celebrating Difference
Dreams and Goals
Historical heroes and villains
Healthy Me
Relationships
Changing Me
Planning Notes
– Visits etc.
History- Pompeii?
Trip to Burbage?