Year 3
Year 3 Overview 2021-2022
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 | |
| Maths | Place value to 1000 Mental addition and subtraction Written methods for addition and subtraction Multiplying my 4 and 8 Rounding Maths No Problem |
Multiplication and division word problems Multiplying two digit numbers Measures - writing lengths in cm, metres and kilometres Solving word problems relating to length Multiplying by 3, 4 and 8 Maths No Problem |
Mass - reading weighing scales and solving word problems relating to mass Solving word problems relating to capacity |
Money Naming amounts of money Adding and subtracting money Calculating change Solving word problems involving money Telling the time Finding number of days, hours, mins, secs Maths No Problem |
Fractions Adding and subtracting fractions Simplifying fractions Finding part of a set Comparing fractions Finding a fraction of a number Solving word problems involving fractions Graphs and charts Maths No Problem |
Shape Identifying and naming angles Comparing angles Describing, drawing and making 2 and 3 dimensional shapes Making and comparing angles Measuring and calculating perimeter Maths No Problem |
| English | Leon and the Place Between Setting description Narrative The Great Kapok Tree Persuasive speech |
Stone Age Boy Instructions Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth Non-chronological Report Boy Called Christmas Narrative - story |
Escape from Pompeii |
Fantastic Mr Fox Character description Instructions Iron Man Persuasive letter |
Palm Oil (Iceland advert) Persuasive speech Gorilla Diary |
Series of Unfortunate Events non-chronological report Me and My Fear Narrative - story |
| Science | Forces and magnets Scientist link - Magnes and William Gilbert (discovery of magnets) Andrew Wray (discovery of 'new type of magnet', 2019) |
Rocks Scientist link - Mary Anning, Dong Zhiming and Mary Leakey (palaeontologists) |
Plants Scientist link - Cynthia Letty and Barbara Jeppe (botanical illustrators) |
Plants Scientist link - Cynthia Letty and Barbara Jeppe (botanical illustrators) |
Light |
Animals, including humans Scientist link - Wilhem Rontgen ("accidentaly" discovered X-rays); Kathleen Lonsdale and Dorothy Hodgkin (used X-rays to further scientific understanding of molecules) |
| Computing | Communicate IT Combining text and graphics |
Program IT Programming |
Net IT E-Safety |
Create IT Manipulating sound |
Net IT Research |
Net IT Computer networks |