LITERACY

Fiction – Miranda the explorer, writing a beginning,

middle and end of a story, writing a postcard from

another country. Wombat goes Walkabout.

Non- Fiction – Maps. Atlas, books about hot/cold,

writing fact pages, researching other countries.

Book Club-Traditional stories from around the world

Spelling – spelling rules and High Frequency words,

words with silent letters, finding shorter words

within long words.

Grammar-apostrophes as in can’t, homophones such as

their, there and they’re. prefixes, un de, dis,pre and

re

MUSIC

Tempo, pitch ,pulse,

rhythm and dynamics

ICT

Learnpads-using learnpads for

word processing. Saving and

retrieving work using the

QRKey.

Google Earth – looking at

countries and landmarks

Year 3 Spring Term

“Around the World”

ART

Looking at the works of Klee and making our own

representation of a journey through paint and other

materials. Using symbols to represent places in our

sketch books. Aboriginal Art.

GEOGRAPHY

Finding countries/continents

on world maps, looking at

different climatic zones.

Famous landmarks around the

world. Geographical language

Using grid references to

locate things on maps.

P.E

Games – net & wall games and

skills

Dance – linked to topic

Gymnastics- Directions

R.E

Islam with a focus on prayer

rituals and importance of

Mosque

The Church and the Community

NUMERACY

Place value to 1000

+ , - , ÷,x

money, clocks, length , shape,

fractions and data handling,

co-ordinates and directions.

P.S.H.C.E

Good to be me

Managing feelings

Learning about smoking and drugs

and the dangers.

SCIENCE

Sound – how sounds are

made, pitch, volume,

vibration, how sound travels.

FRENCH

Basic words – numbers, colours,

body parts, days of week,

conversation.