Newlands Primary School - Curriculum Overview Year 3

English Art and Design Computing

Reading discuss understanding and explain the Use a or an; use paragraphs to group related Create sketch books to record observations and use them Design and write programs to achieve specific goals,
Apply growing knowledge of root words, meaning of words; ask questions; draw material; use headings and sub-headings to aid to review and revisit ideas including solving problems; use logical reasoning to explain
prefixes and suffixes; read further inferences from characters’ feelings, thoughts presentation; use present perfect form of verbs; how some simple algorithms work; understand computer
exception words; develop positive and motives; justify with evidence; make use inverted commas to punctuate direct speech Improve mastery of art and design techniques, including networks; use search technologies effectively; select, use
attitudes to reading; listen to and discuss predictions; identify main ideas and extend range of sentences with more than one drawing, painting and sculpture with a range of and combine a variety of software on a range of digital
fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction; use summarise these; identify how language, clause, using a wider range of conjunctions; using materials [for example, pencil, charcoal, paint, clay] devices; design and create a range of programs, systems and
dictionaries to check meaning of words; structure, and presentation contribute to conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to content that accomplish given goals; collect, analyse,
increase familiarity and retell a wide meaning; retrieve and record information express time and cause; discuss structure, Learn about great artists, architects and designers in evaluate and present data and information; use technology
range of books, including fairy stories, from non-fiction; participate in discussion grammar and vocabulary of writing similar to history safely, respectfully and responsibly
myths and legends; identify themes and Writing what will be written; discuss / record own ideas;
conventions; prepare poems and play Use further prefixes and suffixes; spell further compose and rehearse sentences; build a varied
scripts to read aloud and to perform; homophones; use possessive apostrophe for and rich vocabulary; in narratives, create settings,
discuss words and phrases that capture regular and irregular plurals; check spellings in characters and plot; suggest improvements to
the reader’s interest and imagination; a dictionary; join letters; increase legibility, own writing; propose changes to grammar and
Design and Technology Geography
check that the text makes sense; consistency and quality of handwriting vocabulary; proof-read for errors Design - use research and criteria to develop products which Understand geographical similarities and differences through
are fit for purpose; generate, develop, model and the study of human and physical geography of a region of the
communicate ideas, using annotated sketches and prototypes UK – (Southampton and the docks) and a region in a
Maths Make - select from and use a wider range of tools, equipment, European country – (France - Le Havre)
Number and Place Value use inverse operations to check recognise and show equivalent fractions; materials and components; Describe and understand key aspects of human geography –
count from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100; answers; solve problems, including + and - fractions with the same denominator; Evaluate – investigate / analyse existing products; evaluate types of settlement and land use, economic activity, including
find 10 or 100 more or less than a given missing number problems, using compare and order fractions; solve problems products; know how individuals and events shaped the world trade links and physical geography – river
number; recognise the place value of each digit number facts, place value, and more Measurement - measure, compare, + and - Technical knowledge - apply understanding of how to Locate the world’s countries
in a three-digit number; compare and order complex + and – lengths; mass; volume/capacity; measure strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures; Use maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping to locate
numbers up to 1000; identify, represent and Multiplication and Division - recall and perimeter of 2D shapes; + and - amounts of understand / use mechanical systems – levers and linkages countries and describe features studied
estimate numbers using different use x and ÷ facts for the 3, 4, 8 money to give change; tell time to the nearest Cooking and nutrition - understand and apply principles of a Name and locate counties and cities of United Kingdom
representations; read and write numbers up to multiplication tables; write and minute; record and compare time and durations healthy / varied diet; prepare and cook a variety of savoury Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid
1000 in numerals and in words; solve number calculate x and ÷ statements, including Geometry - draw 2D shapes; make 3D shapes; dishes; understand seasonality; know where and how references, symbols and key
problems and practical problems for two-digit numbers times one-digit recognise / describe 3D shapes in different ingredients are grown, reared, caught and processed Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the
Addition and Subtraction numbers; use mental / formal written orientations; recognise and identify angles in human and physical features in the local area
+ and - mentally; + and - a three-digit number methods; solve x and ÷ problems turns, identify angles greater or less than a right
and ones; a three-digit number and tens; a Fractions - count up / down in tenths; angle; identify perpendicular and parallel lines. Modern Languages – French Music
three-digit number and hundreds; + and - recognise tenths; recognise, find, write Statistics - interpret and present data using bar Listen, join in and respond; explore patterns and sounds; link Play and perform, using voices and playing musical
numbers with up to three digits, using formal and use unit and non-unit fractions of charts, pictograms and tables; solve one-step spelling, sound and meaning of words; engage in instruments with accuracy, fluency, control and expression;
written methods; estimate answers sets of objects and numbers; and two-step questions conversations; ask / answer questions; speak in sentences, improvise and compose music for a range of purposes; listen
using familiar vocabulary, phrases / language structures; with attention to detail and recall sounds; use and understand
Science History develop pronunciation and intonation; read; appreciate staff and other musical notations; appreciate and understand
Working scientifically - ask / answer questions; set up practical enquiries / fair Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age stories, songs, poems and rhymes; broaden vocabulary; write a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music; begin to
tests; make observations; take measurements; gather, record, classify, present, (include Bronze Age) phrases; create new sentences, understand grammar develop understanding of history of music
record, report data and findings in a variety of ways; use results to draw
conclusions; make predictions; suggest improvements; raise further questions; Roman Empire and its impact on Britain PSHE (RSHE) Physical Education Religious Education
Plants – identify / describe functions of parts of flowering plants and explore JIGSAW units: Use running, jumping, throwing and Religions - Hinduism and
life cycles; explore life and growth of plants and how water is transported Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and catching; play competitive games; attack Christianity
Animals, including humans - identify that animals need the right types and understanding; note connections, contrasts and trends Being Me in my World and defend; develop flexibility, strength, Festivals – Diwali and Christmas
amount of nutrition; identify the functions of skeletons and muscles over time and develop the appropriate use of historical Celebrating Difference technique, control and balance; perform Concepts covered:
Rocks - compare / group together different kinds of rocks; describe how fossils terms; address and devise historically valid questions Dreams & Goals dances; take part in outdoor and Good and evil
are formed; recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter about change, cause, similarity and difference, and adventurous activity challenges; Holy
Light - investigate light and dark; notice that light is reflected from surfaces; significance; construct informed responses that involve
Healthy Me
compare performances and make Devotion
recognise how shadows are formed and find patterns in the way they change thoughtful selection and organisation of relevant Relationships improvements Symbol
Forces and magnets - compare movement on different surfaces; observe how historical information; understand how our knowledge of Changing Me Creation
magnets attract or repel; compare and group together magnetic / non- the past is constructed from a range of sources Rituals- prayer
magnetic materials