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Year 3

Ancient Egyptians

Curriculum Overview

Spring 1

Reading

Writing

Maths

PSHE

As readers, we will be learning to:

  • clarify new and unknown vocabulary.
  • use evidence from the text to support our answers.
  • develop our reading fluency
  • summarise and retell events from stories we have read.
  • use our inference skills to answer questions and make predictions about texts.
  • make links between our story and others we have read.

As writers, we will be learning how to write a:

  • retelling
  • narrative
  • Information text

As mathematicians, we will be learning to:

Calculating with Multiplication and Division:

  • explore patterns in multiplication tables
  • multiply and divide by 10
  • derive facts
  • multiply 2-digit numbers
  • divide
  • solve correspondence problems

Time:

  • use analogue and digital clocks
  • measure and calculate intervals of time
  • problem solve involving time

As sociologists, we will be learning about:

Keeping Safe

  • Safe or unsafe?
  • Danger or risk?
  • The Risk robot
  • Super Searcher
  • Help or harm?
  • Alcohol and cigarettes: the facts

French

As linguists, we will be learning to:

  • describe shapes by their colour.
  • describe shapes by their size and colour.
  • understand and recognise what are cognates and near cognates.
  • to follow instructions in French.

History

Art

Music

Science

As historians, we will be learning:

  • to identify the difference between the time periods are of Ancient Egyptian civilisation.
  • explain how and when people first came to Egypt.
  • name the of Old Gods in Ancient Egypt.
  • know how the Ancient Egyptians communicated.
  • ask questions about the construction of the Great Pyramids.
  • understand how the mummification process works.

As artists, we will be learning to:

  • print different patterns that are in my control.
  • use sketchbooks to create and catalogue designs.
  • create own 3D blocks to print our own designs.
  • use patterns and colour overlaps for an infinite number of combinations.
  • mimic Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to create original designs.
  • create collage artwork of a Pharaoh.

As musicians, we will be learning to:

  • develop proficiency in reading musical notation, expanding our knowledge of semibreves, crotchets and quaver rhythms.
  • understand melodic notation n the treble and bass clefs.
  • play basic chords and play along with popular tracks.

As scientists, we will be learning to:

  • explain the role of the skeleton.
  • group animals based on their physical properties.
  • recognise the main bones in the body.
  • measure and sort data.
  • explain how muscles are used for movement.
  • explore scientific advances.
  • explain how food is an essential energy source for animals.
  • identify the main nutrient groups and their simple functions.
  • Be explain what makes a balanced diet.

R.E

Computing

P.E.

As theologians, will be exploring the question:

Christianity

How did Jesus change lives –

and how is it ‘good news?’

As computer scientists, we will be focusing on the following units:

  • touch typing

As active learners, we will be learning about:

Dance - Unit 1 - Social

Artistry

Partnering

Circles

Shapes

ESE

Netball