1. Theme Map for Year 3: Summer 1
Theme – The Romans
*Programming with Kodu
Experimenting with sequencing and debugging commands to create a game.
*Developing skills in cricket.
*Reading and enjoying a variety of Roman myths.
*Further developing skills and confidence in swimming.
Please
encourage
your child to read
each day
*Reading and responding to plays and dialogues before writing our own.
*Reading and writing traditional poems. PE
English
*Discovering the Roman Gods, and thinking about what the Roman’s impact on our lives today by studying bath houses and roads.
*Learning about Boudicca and the rebellion against the Roman invasion.
ICT
*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 room to grow) and how they vary from plant to plant
Year 3
The Romans
Science
History
Music
Geography
Art and DT
*Learning an interactive composition using body percussion, instruments and voice.
*Making a Roman mosaic
Focus on insects, sketching shape, using colour and sculpture.
*Exploring the geography of the Roman Empire and the Roman invasion of Britain.
Discovering the location of Hadrian’s Wall.
Solving a range of one and two-step problems involving number, shape and measure,
Maths RE
PSHE
*Estimating and reading time with increasing accuracy,
*Comparing the duration of events.
*Learning how to use four figure grid references to locate objects.
*Recalling and using multiplication and division facts for the 3, 4 and 8x table.
*Understanding and being able to express feelings.
*Learning how to cope with challenging feelings.
*Exploring and responding to beliefs, festivals and symbolism of Hinduism.