Maths: Year 3
Writing: Year 3
Number and place value
Counts from 0 in multiples of four, eight, 50 and 100
Multiplication and division
Writes and calculates mathematical statements for multiplication and
division using the multiplication tables that are known including for two-digit
numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal
written methods
Fractions
Recognises and shows, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small
denominators
Geometry: properties of shape
Identifies right angles, recognises that two right angles make a half-turn,
three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn; identifies
whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle
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Organises paragraphs around a theme
In narratives, creates settings, characters and plot
Proof-reads for spelling and punctuation errors
Uses the forms ‘a’ or ‘an’ according to whether the next word begins
with a consonant or a vowel eg a rock, an open box
Expresses time, place and cause using conjunctions
Introduces inverted commas to punctuate direct speech
Uses headings and sub-headings to aid presentation
Uses the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past eg
‘He has gone out to play’ in contrast to ‘He went out to play’
A child is beginning to understand the skills and processes that are essential
for writing: that is, thinking aloud to explore and collect ideas, drafting, and
re-reading to check the meaning is clear.
A child is beginning to understand how writing can be different from speech.
Statistics
Interprets and presents data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
Reading: Year 3
Develops positive attitudes to reading and understanding of what they read by:
- fiction and reference books or textbooks; ks. Reads further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between
spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word Understands what they have read independently by: hts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence; and
predicting what might happen from details stated and implied. Retrieves and records information from non- fiction Maths: Year 4
Number and place value
Counts in multiples of six, seven, nine, 25 and 1,000
Multiplication and division
Writes and calculates mathematical statements for multiplication and
division using the multiplication tables that are known including for two-digit
numbers times one-digit numbers, using mental and progressing to formal
written methods
Fractions
Recognises and shows, using diagrams, families of common equivalent
fractions
Geometry: properties of shape
Compares and classifies geometric shapes, including quadrilaterals and
triangles, based on their properties and sizes
Plots specified points and draws sides to complete a given polygon
Statistics
Solves comparison, sum and difference problems using information presented
in bar charts, pictograms, tables and other graphs
Writing: Year 4
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Organises paragraphs around a theme
In narratives, creates settings, characters and plot
Proof-reads for spelling and punctuation errors
Writes from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that
include words and punctuation taught so far
Uses standard English forms for verb inflections instead of local
spoken forms
Uses fronted adverbials
Can choose an appropriate pronoun or noun within and across
sentences to aid cohesion and avoid repetition
Uses inverted commas and other punctuation to indicate direct
speech
A child understands the skills and processes that are essential for writing in
order to enhance the effectiveness of what is written: that is, thinking aloud
to explore and collect ideas, drafting and re-reading to check the meaning is
clear, including doing so as the writing develops.
Reading: Year 4
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Applies a growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) - as listed in English appendix 1 of the national curriculum
document - both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words that are met
Listens to and discusses a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
Uses dictionaries to check the meaning of words that have been read
Identifies themes and conventions in a wide range of books
Reads further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word
Checks that the text makes sense to the individual, discussing his understanding and explaining the meaning of words in context
Draws inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions and justifies inferences with evidence
Predicts what might happen from details stated and implied
Identifies main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and summarises these
Retrieves and records information from non-fiction
Geography
Science
Location & Knowledge
Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator,
Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and
Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian.
Animals, including humans
Time zones (including day and night).
Pupils should be taught to:
Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and
amount of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they
get nutrition from what they eat
Identify that humans and some animals have skeletons and muscles
for support, protection and movement.
Art
To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review
and revisit ideas.
To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing,
painting and sculpture with a range of materials.
PE
Competitive games
Play competitive games, modified where appropriate and apply basic
principles suitable for attacking and defending.
RE: Comparing Easter in the UK with Easter in France
Foreign Languages: Spanish
Listen and engage
Engage in conversations, express opinions
Speak in simple language and be understood
Develop appropriate pronunciation
Present ideas and information orally
Show understanding in simple reading
Adapt known language to create new ideas
Describe people, places and things
What does it mean to belong to a religion? Themes: Religion and the
Individual/Religion and Community
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How and why do people express their beliefs in different ways?
Theme: Symbols and Religious Expression
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To be able to identify and make comparisons between religious
celebrations
: Christian New Year; Buddhist New Year; Chinese New
year.
Identify own practices and feelings around celebrations encountering
religion through visitors and visits to places of worship, and focusing
on the impact of religion on the local and global community
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discussing religious and philosophical questions, giving reasons for
their own beliefs and those of others
, considering a range of human
experiences and feelings, reflecting on their own and others’ insights
into life and its origin, purpose and meaning
, expressing and
communicating their own and others’ insights into life through art
and design, music, dance, drama and ICT
, developing the use of ICT,
particularly in enhancing pupils’ awareness of religions and beliefs
globally.