Curriculum Overview
Year 3 Curriculum Overview 2026-2027
| Autumn 1
| Autumn 2
| Spring 1
| Spring 2
| Summer 1
| Summer 2
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English | *Narrative Alternative Traditional Tale *Direct Speech Fairy Tale
The Lost Happy Endings
| *Geographical Report (disciplinary writing) – Volcanoes and Earthquakes *Note Taking Non Chronological Mentor Texts *Explanation (x7) Disciplinary writing Mummification *Narrative: Traditional Folktale When the Giant Stirred | *Narrative: new chapter
*Journalistic: news reporting
Kate on the Case
| Narrative story Contemporary Fiction Call Me Lion
| *Classic Fiction/significant author (x10) Romeo and Juliet
Poetry *Rhyming poem Free verse (x10)
Jelly Boots, Smelly Boots
| *letter writing *Recount- Diary *Narrative Story
Significant Author Butterfly Lion
Disciplinary writing - Greek City States x 3 lessons
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Maths | Number: place value Number: addition and subtraction | Number: addition and subtraction Number: multiplication and division | Number: multiplication and division Measurement: length and perimeter
| Number: fractions Measurement: mass and capacity | Number: fractions Measurement: money Measurement: time | Measurement: time Geometry: shape Statistics
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Science | Animals incl Humans (skeleton)
| Rocks | Light and Shadows | Environmental Study Bees | Plants | Forces and Magnets
Shadows (from Light and Dark unit) |
History |
| How much did Ancient Egypt change over time?
Continuity and change enquiry Evidential thinking enquiry |
| How similar and different were the ancient civilisations? Similarity and Difference enquiry Evidential Thinking enquiry |
| What did the Greek city states have in common?
(Persia and Greece) Similarity and Difference enquiry |
Geography | Volcanoes and Earthquakes Hemispheres, latitude, longitude, tropics, physical geography |
| How does food get to our plate? Mapping, Europe, North/South America, environmental regions. Human geography, economics |
| Exploring our Local Environment
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Computing | Programming A Sequencing Sounds | Creating Media Stop frame animation
| Programming B Events and actions in programmes
| Computing and Networks Connecting computers | Creating Media Desktop publishing | Data and Information Branching databases |
Design and Technology | Textiles 2D shape to 3D product Project: Pencil case (joining) | Textiles 2D shape to 3D product Project: Glove puppet (joining) | Food Healthy and varied diet Project: Energy Balls |
| Structures Shell Structures
Project: desk tidy
| Structures Shell Structures using computer aided design Project: Gift box
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Music | Writing Music Down How does music bring us closer together? | Playing a musical instrument Learning to play the recorder, developing understanding of musical notation | Compose using your imagination How Does Music Help to Make the World a Better Place? | More Musical Styles How Does Music Help Us Get to Know our Community? | Enjoying Improvisation How does Music Make a Difference to Us Everyday? | Opening Night How Does Music Connect Us with Our Planet? |
Art | Drawing Pencils Shading Using story as a starting point Develop part of an image Pattern, line and shape Vincent Van Gogh Owen Jones | Painting Colour tinting Thick pain/short brush Tonking & Sgraffito Vincent Van Gogh JMW Turner Sean Scully | Collage Responding to artist’s work Op art Paul Klee Henri Matisse Victor Vasarely | Printmaking Respond to artist’s work Explore arts and crafts movt Observe and sketch Create printing block Create repeating pattern William Morris | Textiles Artist in Residence Project | 3-D/Sculpture Transfer designs to a 3D object Roll and form clay slabs 3D relief surfaces Lucie Rie Howard Hodgkin Li Hongbo |
RHE/ PSHE
| Wellbeing Emotions: How can I manage my emotions?
Community: What does it mean to be British?
Citizenship -class charter, pupil leadership
| Wellbeing: Physical How can I get active and eat well every day?
Wellbeing Staying Safe and Healthy: How can I stay safe when out and about? | Healthy Relationships Family How can I help my family?
Healthy Relationships Friends: Are friends ever perfect? | Healthy Relationships Power in Relationships Who does my body belong to? | Online Safety Media Influence How do I keep myself safe online?
Online Lives How can I be kind and happy online? | Financial Literacy
Transition to Year 4 |
RE | What do different people believe about God? Christian focus and either or both Hindus and Muslims | What does it mean to be a Hindu in Britain today? (part 1) | Why are festivals important to religious communities? (Part 1) |
| What does it mean to be a Christian in Britain today? (part 1)
Why is the Bible so important for Christians today? | Why do people pray? |
PE | Invasion Games Football | Invasion Games Tag Rugby | Gymnastics /Dance | Athletics | Strike and Field Games Cricket
| Net and Wall Games Tennis |
French | Half-term 1: Describing me and others Half-term 2: Saying what I and others have Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [a] [o] [e] [i] [u] Silent Final Consonant [SFC] -t, -s, -d Silent Final E [SFe] [an/en] open and closed [eu] [ch] [au/eau/o/ô] [on] [ou] Vocabulary: greetings, adjectives to describe mood and character, days of the week, nouns for possessions, positional prepositions in, on, under, ‘I have a present for’ story Grammar: être (singular) regular adjective agreement (-e) with and without pronunciation change, (-eux, -euse) and adjectives already ending in -e, avoir (singular), singular indefinite articles (un, une), intonation questions (including with quoi, où)
| Half-term 1: Saying what I and others do Half-term 2: Saying how many and describing things Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [é/et/ez/er] [è/ê] [oi] [(a)in] [ai] Vocabulary: verbs and nouns to describe a range of activities, numbers 1-12, à meaning at, in, to Grammar: -ER present tense (singular), singular definite articles (le, la), regular plural marking on nouns (-s), plural indefinite article (des), il y a, intonation question (including with combien) | Half-term 1: Describing things and people Half-term 2: Expressing likes and saying what I and others do Phonics: the SSC (sound-symbol correspondences) taught this term are: [SFe] soft [c/ç] [-ien] [qu] [j/soft g] [-tion] Vocabulary: colour and other adjectives to describe animals, story creation, loves and hates, Hungry Caterpillar (rouge), revisit days, Toute une année (jaune) months Grammar: revisit definite articles & adjective agreement, subject pronouns (il/elle) with objects to mean ‘it’, plural definite article (les), using aimer | détester + definite article, revisit intonation questions (including with comment, quand) | |||
Educational Visits | Natural History Museum Geography - Earthquakes and Volcanoes | British Museum History - Ancient Egyptian Galleries | William Morris Gallery Art - Printmaking | City Farm Geography/Science
Local Field Study Geography | ||