Year 3 Overview 2015-2016

Subject
Theme

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Animals

Seurat - The
Bathers

Our School and Our

Local Area

Exploring Europe

The Romans

Monsters

Wow start hook

Animal Edutainment

Seurat Topic Week

French Day

Roman Day

Portrait Day/ Portrait

Gallery

London Museum Romans

Victorian School Day

Visit/ Experience/
Trip
Outcome

Animal Writing
displays

Pointillism painting

Booklet about our

school

Photo frames

Develop understanding
of history of London.

Family/community
Involvement

Researching chosen
animal

Parent help during

topic week.

Parents to help with

Victorian experience
day.
Ex pupils memories

Parent helpers on trip.

Photographs from holidays
Different home languages

Parents to help with

Roman experience day
and trip to London
Museum.

Challenge/
Homework Project

Produce own
information book.

Presentation using their

own research.

Booklet about Europe.

Create a timeline to
show English history.

Literacy

Non chronological
report (information
booklet), narrative x
2, performance
poetry.

Poetry, myths and

legends, persuasive
writing.

Play scripts, personal

recounts, poetry.

Create information
booklet on favourite
artist.
Instruction writing,
traditional tales,
letter writing (formal
and informal),
shape poetry.

Maths

Following the Numicon scheme of work

Art

Seurat and pointillism

Portraits

Patterns

DT

Designing a picture with light

Pictures Frames

Moving monsters

Visit from The

Gruffalo
.

Moving monster
Volunteers
gardening.
To build their own
theatre for their
puppet show.

History: The local area/

Our School. What was
Geography: Europe
life like for a Victorian
with a focus on France
child?
Where do you live?, Numbers to 31, French
Names and Classroom Instructions, Classroom
Objects

Geography:
Continents and
oceans

Humanities
(Geography/History)

History: Inventors

French

Greetings, Numbers to 12, Days and

Months, Christmas

Music

Saint Saens
Carnival of the Animals

On-going skills (Ocarina)

Computing

Programming an animation
Finding and correcting bugs in programs

Videoing performance

Exploring computer
networks, including the
internet

Communicating safely
on the internet

Collecting and
analysing data

PSHE

Global Awareness

Environmental issues

Making a contribution

Relationships

Values, rights and

responsibilities

RE

Traditions

Science

Animals including
humans. Skeletons
and nutrition.

Light

Rocks

Forces and Magnets

Plants

Plants

PE

Cross Country and

Handball

Gymnastics,
Football and Dance

Table tennis and dance

Badminton and
Creative Games

Athletics and Cricket

Rounders and
Gymnastics

Geography: The
UK

Bullying; Getting on
and falling out

History: The Romans

Brown Bear, Hungry Caterpillar

Rhyming patterns & Manipulating sound

Festivals

Ethics and morals