Our Year 3 Curriculum

Within Year 3, our curriculum is taught across the year through our three enquiries. The enquiries all have an overarching question which the children work towards answering through an authentic outcome. Our enquiries are developed by driving and enhancing subjects. 

In addition, our enquiries connect to our DEAL curriculum principles and shape the way the enquiries are planned and delivered.

Our Year 3 Enquiry Topics 25/26

 

Autumn Term – Is the past set in stone?

In Key stage one, the children will have explored elements of British History (Victorians and The Great Fire of London) as era which have create and established significant change to modern day.  

Through this enquiry, our children will have the opportunity to explore and learn how humans advanced from the earliest of civilisations with a focus on agriculture, food, tools and technology during this time.  

In the summer term, year 3 will make links through their history knowledge to compare daily life and culture of a non-British ancient civilisation (Ancient Greece). Throughout KS2, children will build their chronology of history revisiting the concepts of cause and effect and significance  

In Art, children will discover how cave art (primary source) has informed historians about the stone Age period comparing the reliability of this and historical sites (Skara Brae/ Stonehenge) In DT, the children will evaluate the effectiveness of stone age tools and weapons before creating their own.  

In science, children will work scientifically to develop their understanding of rocks and how different types had different properties which were suitable for different uses.   

Our Autumn authentic outcome

What happens after the disaster has passed? 

In EYFS, the children will have learnt about their local community, in town in which they live and compare this to other countries around the world with a particular focus on Brazil and Italy. In year one, our children will have learned the unique qualities of their city, the four countries of the UK and their capital cities.  Through their geographical enquires in EYFS and KS1 children will understand weather patterns and use geographical vocabulary to explain climates and habitats. In Year 2, the children will have explored different types of settlements across the world’s seven continents and the advantages and disadvantages of living in these places.  

Through this enquiry, our children will study other European countries across and compare their physical features with the UK. Our children will also learn what causes an earthquakes and other natural disasters. Through their authentic outcome, our children will develop their understanding of social impact as they learn how people from the UK support others through charities who respond to natural disasters.  

In year 4, our children will reactivate their knowledge of Nottingham’s physical features (River Trent) whilst learning about rivers, which they will be able to compare with rivers around the world (the River Nile and the Amazon River and the city of Manaus in Brazil). In year 5/6 in cycle one, children learn about the rainforests and the impact of their humans and their carbon footprint on our world.  In year 5/6 cycle 2, our children will learn about countries which are less economically developed and contrast these with European developed countries. They will utilise this knowledge to inform their opinions around displacement and how to demonstrate empathy, support and display non discriminative behaviour.   

Children in year 3 will reactivate their learning in science from the previous year in relation to forces (Autumn Cycle 2).  Through our personal development programme, children will be able to take part in the civic virtue of fundraising for a given cause. 

Spring Term Knowledge Organiser

Our Spring authentic outcome

Summer term 

What defines a culture? 

 

To be announced.