St William of York RC Primary School – Medium Term Planning: 2014-2015
Year Group
Year: 3
Subject &
Hours
coverage
requiremen
ts in week
RE 2.5hrs KS2.
2.0Hrs KS1.
Prayer/worship is
additional
English. 1hr specific
sentence structure,
punctuation, spelling.
4hrs RWI.
Additional spelling
time. 1hr segregated
handwriting sessions.
1hr extended writing
Term
Spring 1
National
Curriculum
Objectives. Units
of work
Topic/Theme if applicable
South America
Key Skills
Activities
Called to Change
Know Jesus called people to change and turn away from sin.
Know what Jesus taught about forgiveness.
Understand the meaning of reconciliation.
Know what happens during the Sacrament of Reconciliation
Know that Lent is a time to try to change.
Know that Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent.
Understand what the Bible is
Know that the Bible is one story told through many different
books
Name some bible stories and confidently share these with
the rest of the class.
Know that in the Bible God’s tells us about himself-when we
start to read the bible we start to understand who God is.
Answer questions related to the story of
Zaccheaus.
To act out the story of Zacchaeus.
To create a poster ‘God is my shepherd’
To retell the story of the Lost Sheep and
explain its importance.
To write a letter for ‘The Lost Son’
To read the ‘Act of Contrition’
To write ‘My Act of Contrition;
Building blocks of Love activity
Listen to your heart.
Grammar
Will be able to recognise nouns, including common and proper,
collective and pronouns.
Appropriate choice of noun within sentences
Understand verbs and how to use them
Know verb tenses, identify and change verb tenses
Identify and write nouns in sentences
Identify and write nouns in sentences
Manipulate verb tenses in sentences
Verbs
Nouns
Collective nouns
Pronoun
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Practise writing letters and joining letters
Practise making descenders and ascenders
opportunity
Handwriting
PenPals Unit 3 Beginning
to join
Ascender and descenders
Writing
Non-chronological report
Poetry
Recount
Discursive Argument
Newspaper report
Reading/Guided
Reading
Read Write Inc daily
Reading
Mathematics. 5hrs &
additional
mental/times tables
work
Increase legibility, consistency and quality of handwriting – spaced
sufficiently, ascenders and descenders of letters do not touch
Plan writing – understand structure of writing
Discuss and record ideas
To be able to plan and draft a piece of writing
Organise paragraphs
In narrative, create settings, characters & plot
In non-narrative, use simple organisational devices such as
headings, sub-headings
Proof read
Read aloud their writing, to a group or whole class, using
appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so
that the meaning is clear.
Check the text makes sense
Ask questions to understand the text
Draw out the main parts of the text and explain
Proof read
Read aloud their writing, to a group or whole class, using
appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so
that the meaning is clear.
Vocabulary Catch – understanding and putting into sentences
verbally
Rehearse place value in 3-digit numbers, order them on a number line
and find a number in between; compare number sentences; solve
additions and subtractions using place value; multiply and divide by 10
(whole number answers); count in steps of 10, 50 and 100.
Add pairs of 2-digit numbers using partitioning (crossing 10s, 100 or
both) and then extend to add two 3-digit numbers (not crossing
1000); recognise and sort multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10; double the 4
times-table to find the 8 times-table; derive division facts for the 8
times-table; multiply and divide by 4 by doubling or halving twice
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Planning and drafting of recounts, use story
plans, discuss ideas with partners, read
examples of texts, discuss key features of
poetry and use these within different examples
Look at pictures to create images and settings
Discuss features of non-fiction and fiction and
create success criteria for writing
Write a recount
Write a non-chronological report
Write a poem
Reading
Read various fairytales
Questions to talk about
Questions to ask
Performance
Drama
Read poems aloud to class and in assembly
Know number bonds to 100
Subtract a 3-digit from a 3-digit number
Understand place value in 4-digit numbers,
order, compare
Add pairs of 2-digit numbers with a total
Subtract 2-digit/3 digit numbers
Multiply mentally 2-digit by 1-digit
Find unit fractions of amounts
Science. KS2 2hrs.
KS1 1.5hrs
Computing.
Identify 1/2s, 1/3s, 1/4,s 1/6s, and 1/8s; realise how many of each
make a whole; find equivalent fractions; place fractions on a 0 to 1
line; find fractions of amounts
Recognise right angles and know they are 90°; understand angles are
measured in degrees; recognise ° as the symbol for the measurement
of degrees; name and list simple properties of 2D shapes; begin to
understand and use the term perimeter to mean the length/distance
around the edge (border) of a 2D shape; begin to calculate using a
ruler; know a right angle is a quarter turn; know 360° is a full turn;
begin to understand angles and identify size of angles in relation to
90°
Place 3-digit numbers on empty 100 number lines; begin to place 3digit numbers on 0-1000 landmarked and empty number lines; round
3-digit numbers to the nearest ten and to the nearest hundred; use
counting up as a strategy to perform mental subtraction (Frog);
subtract pounds and pence from five pounds; use counting up (Frog)
as a strategy to perform mental subtraction of amounts of money;
subtract pounds and pence from ten pounds
Write and tell the time to the nearest minute
using analogue and digital clocks and compare
durations of times
Begin to convert between different units of
measure, measure and compare
Understand 2-place decimals in the context of
money and length, recognise and write decimal
equivalents to 1/4; 1/2; 3/4
Understand 2-place decimals in the context of
money and length, recognise and write decimal
equivalents to 1/4; 1/2; 3/4
Light
Pupils should be taught to:
notice that light is reflected from surfaces
find patterns that determine the size of shadows.
Pupils should explore what happens when light reflects off a mirror
or other reflective surfaces, including playing mirror games to help
them to answer questions about how light behaves.
Note: Pupils should be warned that it is not safe to look directly at
the Sun, even when wearing dark glasses.
Pupils might work scientifically by: looking for patterns in
what happens to shadows when the light source moves or
the distance between the light source and the object
changes.
Look at sources of different light
Observe some examples of natural and artificial light.
Observe how different shadows are formed.
Explore opaque, translucent and transparent shadows.
Observe how the size and form of shadows change.
Scratch – We are Animators
To be able to consider characteristics of animated cartoons.
To develop their skills with bitmap editing software.
To gain familiarity with a simple scripting tool or language
To experience some aspects of software development.
To provide feedback to others, and act on feedback received
To develop collaboration skills through work with a partner.
Talk about what makes a good animation
To discuss ideas of a character.
Talk the purpose of a cartoon
Work with their partner to explore possible
scenarios for their character and create a
storyboard.
Children to brainstorm ideas for their cartoon
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Use compact column addition to add pairs of 3digit numbers with a total < 1000
Use column addition to add three 3-digit
numbers with a total < 1000
Use expanded decomposition to subtract 3-digit
from 3-digit numbers
character.
Children to use Scratch Background Editor to
create background scene for story.
Children to create a script.
Children to showcase their work.
History. 1hr
Geography. 1hr
N/A
South America
N/A
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Art. 1hr
Henri Matisse
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physical geography, including: climate zones and rivers,
mountains.
use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries and
describe features studied.
build their knowledge of the wider world.
locate the world’s countries, using maps of South America,
concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical
and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.
identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude,
Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the
Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic
Circle
Experiment with ways in which surface detail can be added to drawin
gs.
Use sketchbooks to collect and record visual information from diffe
rent sources.
Draw for a sustained period of time at an appropriate level.
Lines and Marks
Make marks and lines with a wide range of drawing implements e.g.
charcoal, pencil, crayon, chalk pastels, pens etc.
Experiment with different grades of pencil and other implements to
create lines and marks.
Form and Shape
Experiment with different grades of pencil and other implements to
draw different forms and shapes. Begin to show anawareness of obj
ects having a third dimension.
Tone
Experiment with different grades of pencil and other implements to
achieve variations in tone.
Apply tone in a drawing in a simple way
Texture
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Use maps and atlases to study the different features
of the world.
Fill in blank map of South America
Complete map of the world, including the countries,
oceans, positions of the equator, Tropics of Cancer,
Tropics of Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic
Circle.
Complete the climates of the different parts of the
world.
Look at the work of Henri Matisse
Create a piece of work using Henri’s ‘Painting with
scissors.’
Experiment with an observational drawing of various
objects, experimenting with forms and shapes of the
objects, creating marks using 2B pencils, create tone
and apply simple textures.
Complete large scale recreations of Henri Matisse
piece of work.
Create a collage, using various media such as tearing
the paper, card, tissue paper etc and overlap layers.
Create textures with a wide range of drawing implements.
Apply a simple use of pattern and texture in a drawing.
Experiment with a range of collage techniques such as tearing,
overlapping and layering to create images and represent textures.
Use collage as a means of collecting ideas and information and
building a visual vocabulary.
Design and
Technology
Music & additional
provision.
PE 1.25 hr
NA
NA
NA
Singing and repeated
rhythm
To sing with a sense of the shape of the melody;
To perform simple patterns and accompaniments keeping to a steady
pulse;
To sing in tune with expression;
To perform rhythmically simple parts which use a limited range of
notes.
Recognise rhythmic patterns.
Perform a repeated pattern to a steady pulse.
Identify and recall rhythmic and melodic patterns.
Identify repeated patterns used in a variety of music. (Ostinato).
Sing in tune.
Recognise simple structures. (Phrases).
Sing expressively with awareness and control at the expressive
elements.
Sing songs and create different vocal effects.
Understand how mouth shapes can affect voice sounds.
Internalise sounds by singing parts of a song ‘in their heads.
Warm up Activities – Warm up voices with a simple
song and create a simple beat.
Listen to the rhythm of the music.
Children to create their own beats.
Other children to copy child’s beat.
Children to focus on a song and use hands and voice to
create music.
Children to create their own songs and rhythm.
Children to showcase their music to the class.
Games
consolidate and improve the quality of their techniques and their
ability to link movements
·develop the range and consistency of their skills in all games
improve their ability to choose and use simple tactics and strategies
keep, adapt and make rules
describe the short term effects of different exercise activities on
the body
know how to improve stamina
begin to understand the importance of warming up
Warm up - Discuss the importance of warming up our
body. Why is it important?
Play game tag.
To take part in games i.e. the colour game
To throw at a specific target
To take part in an obstacle course
To create their own obstacle course.
Discuss how their body changes during exercise i.e.
breathing, heart rate.
Discuss how we can improve our fitness – exercising
regularly, eating healthy foods etc
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MFL 30mins
Months of the Year
Weather
listen attentively to spoken language and show understanding by
joining in and responding
explore the patterns and sounds of language through songs and
rhymes and link the spelling, sound and meaning of words
engage in conversations; ask and answer questions; express opinions
and respond to those of others; seek clarification and help*
2 Simple Spanish
You Tube songs and rhymes
Reciting months and weather
Weather Activities
Match and catch
speak in sentences, using familiar vocabulary, phrases and basic
language structures
present ideas and information orally to a range of audiences* read
carefully and show understanding of words, phrases and simple
writing
appreciate stories, songs, poems and rhymes in the language
Reading. Designated
class novel
P4C
The Lion, the Witch and the
Wardrobe.
Read further exception words, noting unusual
correspondences between spelling and sound and where these
occur in the word
Apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and
suffixes
Read aloud and understand meanings of new words
Ask relevant questions to extend their understanding and
build vocabulary and knowledge
Use spoken language to develop understanding through
imagining and exploring ideas
Participate in discussions, presentations, performances and
debates
Develop positive attitudes to reading and understanding of
what they read
Listening and discussing fiction
Use dictionaries
Discussing words and phrases that capture interest
Working with others
Thinking about the environment
Self confidence
Creativity
Turn taking
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Weekly reading and class reading aloud
together
Discussing new vocabulary
Completing book review
Catching new vocabulary
Big Questions
The Pit
Treasoning
Lego blocks
Golden time
Film Club
Children to watch a range of traditional films and discuss the
making of the films.
To be able to understand a play scripts for actors and
actresses.
To understanding lighting, film cuts, editing etc.
Theme week
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Watch films i.e. Oliver Twist, Fly Away Home
To discuss with children the eerie of the film.
Discuss the making of the film
Discuss scripts and lighting
To use I Pads to explore film making.