Teacher – Stephen McConnell
HLTA – Debbie Lewins
Teaching Assistant – Violet Ramdass
Year 3: Term 2
When in Rome
Science: 1st half: PLANTS
- Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers.
- Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth (air, light, water, nutrients from soil, and time to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant.
- Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants.
- Explore the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed formation and seed dispersal.
Cross Curricular
- Choose an appropriate unit of measure to measure length or height of plants
- Solve problems involving conversions
- Compare and order lengths of plants
- Write an instructional leaflet on how to care for plants
ICT Opportunities: Digital Media
- Discuss photos and how they might have been made
- Know and use basic film vocab: close up, long shot, zoom, pan
- Record an event with a series of digital photos
•Shoot digital video clips to record an event or process
Science: 2nd half: NUTRITION and SKELETONS
- Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition and they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat.
- Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.
Cross Curricular
- Divide a plate into fractions using healthy portions
- Create a tally and turn data into graphs relating to y3 diet
- Persuasive leaflet on staying healthy
Instructional leaflet on the muscles of the body and how they work
History: THE ROMANS
- Place the Roman Empire on a timeline.
- Ask key questions about the Romans.
- Use a range of sources to find out about the Romans.
- Study the Romanisation of Britain and its impact today.
- Know the main Roman leaders (Marius, Caesar, Augustus and Nero.)
- Research and understand the power of the Roman army.
- Learn about Claudius’s successful conquest including Hadrian’s Wall.
- Understand Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion in 55-54 BC.
- Find out who Boudicca was; her revolt and what happened after the revolt.
- Study Pompeii to find out more about the life of the Romans.
- Find out how Romans changed Britain after they left.
Maths Links
- Order and compare numbers up to 1000 by looking at a timeline
- Place different civilisations on a timeline based on given years.
- Word problems about the Roman army involving fractions.
- Learn about Roman numerals.
- Apply Roman numeral knowledge to solve puzzles and problems.
Writing Links
Write a short fact file about one of the Roman leaders
Write an interview with one of the Roman leaders
Write a description of a Roman centurion
Write a letter home from a Roman centurion’s point of view
Write an eye witness account about Caesar’s invasion.
Write a rap about Boudicca
Write a guide to Pompeii
Write a non-chronological report about the Romans – focus on food, houses, education, religion etc
Write an eye-witness account of a volcano erupting
Write a postcard from Naples
Write a non-chronological report about Naples
Retell a Roman myth
Write an explanation of how a volcano erupts
Create an Italian inspired menu (using food originating in Naples)
ICT Opportunities: Digital Research
- Use online mapping tools and apps to find information
- Use search tools within websites and digital libraries
•Use selected digital resources to answer questions
Geography: ITALY
- Use an atlas to locate Italy.
- Locate the volcanoes of Italy on a map and identify any patterns.
- Learn about Mount Vesuvius.
- Look at different types of land use in Naples and compare this to South-East England.
- Learn about the natural resources including: food, energy, minerals and water in Naples.
- Know the main features of a volcano and how it changes land.
- Compare the differences and similarities of Naples and London.
Maths Links
- Compare data about Naples and London
- Present information about Volcanoes in line graphs or bar charts
Writing Links
Write an eye-witness account of a volcano erupting
Write a postcard from Naples
Write a non-chronological report about Naples
Write an explanation of how a volcano erupts
Create an Italian inspired menu (using food originating in Naples)
ICT Opportunities: Digital Publishing
Plan and create publications for a specific audience
Use appropriate templates, layouts, and formatting tools
Evaluate and annotate their own work, give reasons for choices
ART: CREATE A ROMAN MOSAIC
(from paper/card)
- To compare different Roman mosaics.
- To apply their materials and processes to produce a mosaic.
- To combine visual and tactile qualities of materials.
- To develop their control of tools and techniques.
- To compare ideas, methods and approaches.
- To say what they think about their own and others’ work.
CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:
- Use different and more complex approaches for creating a mosaic tile pattern
Experiment with different techniques eg. Thickness of paintbrushes/strokes and explain which is the best for the purpose
ICT Opportunities: Digital Research and Digital Media
Use select, copy and paste tools to edit a painting/image
Create an simple animation for a purpose
Discuss photos and how they might have been made
D.T: MAKE PHOTO FRAME FOR PICTURE OF ITALY
- Understand the effectiveness of triangulation in structures.
- Know that some structures are made stable by having a wide base.
- Disassemble and evaluate familiar products.
- Find ways of making stable structures.
- Investigate ways of strengthening paper.
- Evaluate different methods.
- Implement prior learning about stiffness and stability into design products.
- Evaluate products against original design.
CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES FOR THE MORE ABLE PUPILS:
- Use more challenging materials to make stable structured with.
Know and use basic film vocab: close up, long shot, zoom, pan
Use online mapping tools and apps to find information
Use search tools within websites and digital libraries
Music:
- Music: Play in ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing instruments with increasing accuracy.
- Improvise music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music.
- Listen with attention to detail to sounds.
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Develop an understanding of the history of music..
ICT Opportunities Digital Media
- Record and play back sounds using a digital recording device
Create musical sequences using symbol-based software tools
Computing: Coding, Programming and Computer Games
- Create and edit flow diagrams to break down a sequence (eg traffic lights) into smaller steps
- Create more complex programs using symbols and text to achieve an outcome on screen
- Explore the variables in a range of simulations and relate to real life applications and situations
- Create simple interactive computer games and activities
Identify and de-bug errors in their own/others code
P.E: (see the P.E folder for more guidance)
ICT Opportunities; Digital Media and Tools – Take photos and videos for a purpose, using basic camera tools – zoom and a tripod
R.E:
- Christianity 5
- Cristianity 6
Entitlement and Enrichment
Crofton Roman Villa, the British Museum, link Vesuvius and forces by making a model volcano, trip to Veolia recycling plant to look at how magnets work, ukulele lessons,
DT:
MAKE A MOVING PREHISTORIC MONSTER
- Understand pressure can be used to produce and control movement.
- Understand & compare techniques for making simple pneumatic systems.
- Assemble a simple pneumatic system and use it in conjunction with simple levers to control movement.
- Explore ideas through 3-D modelling.
- Work safely with a range of simple hand tools.
- Use a storyboard to sequence their work.
- Evaluate the product.
CHALLENGE FOR MORE ABLE:
- Use a variety of tools and evaluate the best ones to use
Create two moving parts on your 3D structure, using two different pneumatic systems
ICT Opportunities: Digital Media and Tools
- Create simple interactive computer games and activities
Create and manipulate digital graphics (Including 3D) and animations for a purpose –
ART:
LASCAUX CAVE ART.
- Experiment with different effects and textures inc. blocking in colour, washes, thickened paint creating textural effects.
- Work on a range of scales e.g thin brush on small pictures etc.
- Create different effects and textures with paint.
- Mix colours, know which primary colours make secondary colours.
- Use more specific colour language.
- Mix and use tints and shades.
- Know about great artists in history.
CHALLENGE FOR MORE ABLE:
- Try to create more complex paintings eg. using their fingers to paint and add details
- Create tertiary colours using their colour knowledge of primary and secondary
- Explain which is best method of creating textured paint and why
Discuss artist’s life, influences and techniques in greater depth
ICT Opportunities: Digital Media and Tools
Create and manipulate digital graphics and paintings to explore artistic effects
Music: FOCUS STUDY: World music
- Play in ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing instruments with increasing accuracy.
- Improvise music for a range of purposes using the interrelated dimensions of music.
- Listen with attention to detail to sounds.
- Appreciate and understand a wide range of high-quality live and recorded music.
Develop an understanding of the history of music.
ICT Opportunities: Digital Media and Tools
Create and edit musical sequences with several tracks
P.E: games, gymnastics, dance(see the P.E folder for more detail)
ICT Opportunities: Digital Media and Tools
Take photos and videos for a purpose, using basic camera tools – zoom and a tripod
Computing: 1st Half – Using Technology Safely
- Use a safe online social space (learning platform) to explore collaboration and networking
- Understand some of the issues around possible online deception
- Know about the KIDSMART rules and other e-safety portals
Be able to describe how they would ask for support or help
Computing: 2nd Half – The Internet and Digital Research
- Know the basic structure of the Internet and World Wide Web
- Understand that information sources should be credited
Understand that information the internet needs to be checked and evaluated
Entitlement and Enrichment
Greenwich observatory and maritime museum, British Museum, Natural History Museum, puppet workshops? Ukulele lessons
R.E – SEE AGREED SYLLABUS
Buddhism 1
R.E – SEE AGREED SYLLABUS
Buddhism 2